Don't Miss this Special Guest
Friday, October 9
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| Dr. Steven Harvey |
Writers’ Night Out features retired Young
Harris College professor, Steven Harvey, PhD, on Friday night, October 9. An
open microphone will follow for those who’d like to read their own poetry or
prose. The event takes place at the Union County Community Center in
Blairsville and is free and open to the public. Food and drinks are available
for purchase. The program begins at 7 p.m., but attendees should arrive by 6 p.m.
if they plan to eat.
Harvey’s
most recent book is The Book of Knowledge
and Wonder, a memoir about coming to terms with the suicide of his mother.
It was published by Ovenbird Books as part of the “Judith Kitchen Select”
series. A section of the memoir appeared
in The Best American Essays 2013. He is also the author of three books of
personal essays, A Geometry of Lilies,
Lost in Translation, and Bound for
Shady Grove and edited an anthology of essays written by men on middle age
called In a Dark Wood. Harvey is a professor emeritus of English and
creative writing at Young Harris College, a member of the nonfiction faculty in
the Ashland University MFA program in creative writing, a senior editor for River Teeth magazine, and the creator of
The Humble Essayist, a website
designed to promote literary nonfiction. He lives in the north Georgia mountains. You can learn more about Steven and his work
at his web site: www.steven-harvey-author.com .
Writers’ Night Out
is sponsored by North Carolina Writers’ Network-West and takes place on the
second Friday of the month, April through November. Prose writers or poets
wishing to participate in the open mic can sign up at the door to read for
three minutes. In its fifth year, the event draws audience members from four
counties. The Union County Community Center is located at Butternut Creek Golf
Course, 129 Union County Recreation Rd., Blairsville, Georgia 30512, off
Highway 129 near the intersection of US 76, phone (706) 439-6092. For more information, please contact Karen
Holmes at (404) 316-8466 or kpaulholmes@gmail.com.
