Last weekend’s 18th annual
SC Book Festival drew its usual crowds, and I was delighted to be a part of it:
May 16-18
SC BOOK FESTIVAL
Sunday, May 18, 1:30
p.m. panel:
"Diverse Verse"
with Gil Allen, Barbara Hagerty, Susan
Laughter Meyers & Marjory Wentworth; Ed Madden, moderator
free & open to public
http://scbookfestival.org
I especially enjoyed hearing Nikki
Giovanni talk and read a couple of poems in her session. That session was one
of only two poetry events offered at the Festival. So the other events there
that I attended featured writers of other genres. Sessions I sat in on included
Christopher Buckley, the keynote speaker; novelist Gail Godwin; and a
roundtable by Pat Conroy and his siblings.
Those of us on the poetry panel were
happy to see the room filled with about 50 poets and friends of poetry. Gil
read a couple of poems from his new book Catma;
Barbara from Twinzilla; me from My Dear, Dear Stagger Grass; and Marjory
from her New and Selected. (Ed will
be reading from his new book, Nests,
at next year’s Festival.)
Barbara
Hagerty and I would like to say a big thank you to the wonderful Hub City Press
booth for carrying our books: her Twinzilla
(The Word Works, 2014) and my own My
Dear, Dear Stagger Grass (Cider Press Review, 2013).
The Poetry
Society of SC and LILA shared a booth in the Festival’s exhibit hall—with members
taking turns to be at the booth. Among them—Debbie Scott, outgoing president of
PSSC; Frances Pearce; Barbara Hagerty; Linda Annas Ferguson; and me. Linda was
my guest for the weekend, giving us a chance to catch up on all things poetry
and non-poetry. Such a fun-filled weekend!
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