Saturday, January 03, 2015

2014 workshops, readings, residencies, and other events

Thank you to the sponsors of these events and residencies that enabled me to teach, read, and write poetry in various venues last year:

WORKSHOPS taught:

  • OLLI at CCU, Litchfield, SC 
    • "Persistence and the Poem" -- Feb. 20
    • "Poetry Critique Workshop" -- May 1
    • "Opening the Gates of the Imagination" -- Nov. 13
  • Lowcountry Initiative for the Literary Arts (LILA), Charleston, SC
    • "Complicating the Poem"-- Apr. 26
  • Gathering of Poets, Press 53 & Jacar Press
    • "Lose (Your) Intention & Find a Poem"-- Apr. 5
    • Kevin Watson & Richard Krawiec, founders/facilitators


READINGS:

  • Charleston, SC -- Monday Night Poetry & Music, Feb. 24
    • East Bay Meeting House, 160 East Bay St.
    • James J. Lundy, Jr., coordinator
  • Charleston, SC -- LILA reading, Mar. 27
    • Richard Garcia, Barbara G.S. Hagerty, Susan Laughter Meyers, Marjory Wentworth
    • Circular Church
  • Chapel Hill, SC -- Flyleaf Bookstore, Apr. 10
    • Beth Swann & Susan Laughter Meyers
    • Pam Baggett & Stan Absher, coordinators
  • Raleigh, NC -- Quail Ridge Books & Music, May 4
    • Maureen Sherbondy, John Thomas York, Susan Laughter Meyers
    • Jo Taylor, coordinator
  • Fearrington Village, NC -- McIntyre's Bookstore, Jun. 22
    • Barbara G.S. Hagerty, Susan Laughter Meyers, Deborah Miller
    • Series sponsored by The North Carolina Poetry Society
    • Sara Claytor, founder/coordinator
  • Southern Pines, NC -- NC Poetry Society, Sept. 20
    • Brockman-Campbell Book Award honorable-mention reading
    • Opening reading for Charmaine Cadeau, winner of the award
  • Columbia, SC -- "Poems: Bones of the Spirit," Oct. 21
    • Barbara G.S. Hagerty, Susan Laughter Meyers, Debbie Scott
    • Al Black, founder/coordinator


SC BOOK FESTIVAL -- May 17-18
  • Panel session -- "Diverse Verse"
    • Gilbert Allen, Barbara G.S. Hagerty, Susan Laughter Meyers and Marjory Wentworth
    • Ed Madden, moderator

FESTIVAL attended: Palm Beach Poetry Festival -- Jan. 20-25
  • Workshop with poet Nick Flynn -- "Poetry as Bewilderment"


SC STATE PARKS SYSTEM Artist-in-Residence Program:
  • Hickory Knob State Park, McCormick, SC -- Oct. 24-31 residency

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