Feb. 27 - Mar. 1: SC Book Festival

Books

from the panels

& readings

I'm working with

at the

SC Book Festival.

Feb. 27 - Mar. 1: South Carolina Book Festival

February 27 - March 1, 2009
South Carolina Book Festival
Convention Center
Columbia, SC

The South Carolina Book Festival is a much-anticipated event each year--a whole weekend of panels, readings, workshops, and presentations at the Convention Center in Columbia, SC.

I'm looking forward to being on a panel about the anthology After Shocks: The Poetry of Recovery for Life-Shattering Events, published by Sante Lucia Press. Tom Lombardo is the editor, and he'll be moderating the panel. Other participants are Laurel Blossom, Clinton Campbell, Ed Madden, and Marjory Wentworth. The panel is at 12:20 p.m. on Saturday, February 28.

Later that day, at 4:30 p.m., five of us are reading our poetry: Laurel Blossom, Tom Lombardo, Ray McManus, Marjory Wentworth, and I.

On Sunday at 11:30 a.m. I'm moderating a panel called "Poetry: Taking Risks," with panelists Dan Albergotti, Paul Allen, Linda Lee Harper, and Ed Madden. All four are SC teaching poets with new books. Dan's book is The Boatloads (BOA Editions); Paul's is Ground Forces (Salmon); Linda Lee's is Kiss, Kiss (Cleveland Poetry Center); and Ed's is Signals (Univ. of SC Press).

At 4:15 p.m. on Sunday I'll be introducing writers Ken Burger, Clinton Campbell, Lane Filler, and Linda Lee Harper, who will be reading from their latest books.

Check the South Carolina Book Festival website for further information.

Poem featured in Linebreak

My poem "Dear Atamasco Lily" is featured this week at the online journal Linebreak. Every week the site publishes a poem and provides a recording of it, as well as a brief bio of the poet. The poems are then archived at the site.

My thanks to the Linebreak editors for showcasing my work.