On Friday, November 3rd, NCWN-West of Jackson County hosts its Open Mic Night at 7 pm at City Lights Bookstore (on Spring Street, in Sylva). There'll be desserts and beverages, including wine--come out and join a friendly and supportive group.
The following Saturday, November 11th, poet and former Haywood County resident Michael Beadle will read at City Lights at 3:00 p.m.
from his new collection, Primer, a national finalist in the 2016 Cathy Smith
Bowers Chapbook Contest, sponsored by Main Street Rag. Bowers, a former NC Poet
Laureate who served as the judge for the
contest, writes, "With courage and a kid's heart, Michael Beadle brings to
life the rites of passage of a small-town boy inching toward the threshold of
adulthood."
Beadle has authored or co-authored four books on Haywood
County history and was active in
the Haywood County arts community for nearly two decades, performing poetry at
downtown Waynesville festivals, acting on stage at Haywood Arts Regional
Theatre, emceeing events at Folkmoot festivals, and teaching creative writing
courses through Haywood Community College. As a writer-in-residence based in
Raleigh, he now teaches creative writing workshops throughout the state
and serves as the director of the NC Poetry Society's student contests and the
Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poets Series. To reserve copies of Primer,
please call City Lights Bookstore at 828-586-9499.
