Thursday, April 7, 2016
NetWest Open Mic, City Lights Bookstore, Sylva, April 8, 7:00 p.m.
NetWest and City Lights Bookstore are hosting NetWest's third Jackson County Open Mic night tomorrow night, Friday, April 8th. This time, poet, essayist, and activist Brent Martin will host the event. Signup begins at City Lights Bookstore, in Sylva, at 6:45 p.m.; readings begin at 7:00 and have been averaging about ten minutes per reader. There will be beverages (including wine) and baked goods. Come on out and share your words!
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
North Carolina Writers' Network 2016 Spring Conference on Saturday, April 23, 2016, University of NC at Greensboro, NC
2016 SPRING CONFERENCE
Sponsored by the Greensboro News & Record, 88.5 WFDD: Public Radio for the Piedmont, and the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
MHRA Building (Corner of Spring Garden and Forest Streets)
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Saturday, April 23, 2016
The North Carolina Writers' Network and
the Creative Writing Program at UNC Greensboro bring you a full day of
Master Classes, breakout sessions, conversations, and more. This year’s
Spring Conference again will be in UNCG’s MHRA Building, on the corner
of Spring Garden and Forest Streets, and in the Curry Auditorium next
door, offering classes on the craft and business of writing and
publishing.
In addition, the “lunch” part of Lunch
with an Author will be provided for those who register, so writers will
be able to spend more time talking, and less time waiting in line.
Register online: https://www.ncwriters.org/reg/springConferenceForm2016.php
More information: http://www.ncwriters.org/programs-and-services/conferences/7369-sc16
Sunday, April 3, 2016
Fike and Moore Headline Writers' Night in Blairsville, April 8
Writers' Night Out (WNO) begins its 6th year with two popular poets:
Janice Townley Moore
Rupert Fike
Reading begins at 7 pm
Open mic follows -- sign up at the door to read poetry or prose for 3 minutes.
Janice and Rupert are highly published poets and entertaining readers. Janice is a favorite local poet, and Rupert wows crowds in Atlanta. The venue is lovely.
What's not to love?
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Poet Maurice Manning to Present Annual Heinze Lecture at Young Harris College, Thursday, March 31, 2016, 7:00 PM
Manning was born and raised in Kentucky, and often writes about the land and culture of his home. His first book of poems, “Lawrence Booth’s Book of Visions,” was chosen by poet and judge W.S. Merwin for the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award. His subsequent books include “A Companion for Owls: Being the Commonplace Book of D. Boone, Lone Hunter, Back Woodsman, &c.,” “Bucolics,” “The Common Man,” which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in poetry, and “The Gone and the Going Away.”
He grew up listening to stories of his father’s childhood spent on a farm in Eastern Kentucky and has been inspired by the lives of his grandmothers, great-grandmothers, and a great-great-grandmother. Inventive and historical, his work reflects his heritage and a respect for the natural world.
Manning received fellowships from the Fine Art Work Center in Provincetown, Mass., and the Guggenheim Foundation. He has taught at DePauw University and Indiana University, and is on faculty in the MFA program at Warren Wilson College and the Sewanee Writing Conference. He is currently a professor of English at Transylvania University.
Established in 1974 in memory of YHC alumnus James R. Heinze, the annual Heinze Lecture brings speakers to campus to discuss themes and ideas that encourage college spirit and offer inspiration to the entire college community. Traditionally, the lecture focuses on Southern or Appalachian topics.
For more information about this event, call (706) 379-5104.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/maurice-manning
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