HUB CITY, Spartanburg, SC
Master Craft Series workshop
Poetry Workshop with Susan Meyers
Mon., Apr. 19, 2010
7 - 9 p.m.
Subject: Syntax
Crucial to the art of a poem is its syntax, how the words are put together for the sake of ideal phrasing. In this workshop we'll focus on the role of syntax in orchestrating a poem's music-how it affects pacing, tension, and tone. We'll pay attention to not only what the poem says but also how it goes about saying it. The class (open to poets of all levels of experience) will discuss numerous syntactical approaches, read sample poems, and generate new work. Susan Meyers is the author of Keep and Give Away, winner of the SC Poetry Book Prize, the SIBA Book Award for Poetry, and the Brockman-Campbell Book Award. Her poems have also been published in The Southern Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, jubilat, and other journals, as well as Poetry Daily and Verse Daily. A long-time writing instructor, she has an MFA in Creative Writing from Queens University of Charlotte.
Location:
The Showroom at HUB-BUB
149 S. Daniel Morgan Ave
Spartanburg, SC 29306
(864) 577-9349
$25 ($20 for college students and Hub City members)
Register here
Sunday, April 04, 2010
April 16-17: University of Central Florida Book Festival
University of Central Florida Inaugural Book Festival
Saturday, Apr. 17, 2010
9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
UCF Arena in Orlando, FL
Morgridge International Reading Center
Friday events by invitation
Saturday, free & open to the public
National/local authors, exhibits, book appraisals, children's activities
I'll be participating on a panel based on the anthology After Shocks: The Poetry of Recovery for Life-Shattering Events. I'll be on it with After Shocks editor Tom Lombardo, of Atlanta; London poet Satyendra Srivastava; and Marjory Wentworth, Poet Laureate of SC. The panel is scheduled on Saturday from 3:30 to 4:20 p.m. Other featured authors in the Festival include former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins, novelists Ann Hood and Carl Hiassen, and NC poet Laura Hope Gill.
UCF Book Festival
Saturday, Apr. 17, 2010
9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
UCF Arena in Orlando, FL
Morgridge International Reading Center
Friday events by invitation
Saturday, free & open to the public
National/local authors, exhibits, book appraisals, children's activities
I'll be participating on a panel based on the anthology After Shocks: The Poetry of Recovery for Life-Shattering Events. I'll be on it with After Shocks editor Tom Lombardo, of Atlanta; London poet Satyendra Srivastava; and Marjory Wentworth, Poet Laureate of SC. The panel is scheduled on Saturday from 3:30 to 4:20 p.m. Other featured authors in the Festival include former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins, novelists Ann Hood and Carl Hiassen, and NC poet Laura Hope Gill.
UCF Book Festival
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Thur., Apr. 1: Litchfield Tea & Poetry
Two fine poets will be featured on Thursday, April 1, in the Litchfield Tea & Poetry Series. JIM LUNDY, of Charleston, is new on our schedule this month. We're lucky to have this chance to hear him! He has a wry sense of humor and a delightfully quirky take on his many and varied subjects. He and PAT RIVIERE-SEEL are a perfect pairing. Pat will keep the emotional tenor high with poems about a serial killer and her daughter, inspired by the true story of NC murderer Velma Barfield.
What a broad range of poetry we're in for--from wit to murder and mayhem, and more. It's spring--what a grand time to come out to a poetry reading. Hope to see you there!
Litchfield Tea & Poetry Series
Reading by Jim Lundy & Pat Riviere-Seel
Thursday, April 1
3 - 4 p.m.
Waccamaw Higher Education Center
160 Wilbrook Boulevard
Pawleys Island, SC 29585
Book signing after the reading
Refreshments: homemade confections by Deloris Roberts
Free & open to the public
843-349-4032
Co-sponored by OLLI at CCU & The Poetry Society of SC
Jim Lundy, current president of the Poetry Society of South Carolina, whiles away his time as a poet, songwriter, and longtime emcee of Monday Night Blues, a weekly literary and music event in Charleston. He is the author of two chapbooks: All I Can Be is Myself (2006) and Funny, in the Trenchant Way of Brilliant Men (2009). He uses humor and storytelling in his work to explore the human condition.
Pat Riviere-Seel is the author of The Serial Killer’s Daughter (Main Street Rag Publishing, 2009), which won the Roanoke-Chowan Award for Poetry, and No Turning Back Now (Finishing Line Press, 2004). A former political reporter for The Fayetteville Observer, she received her MFA from Queens University of Charlotte. She and her husband live in Asheville, NC.
What a broad range of poetry we're in for--from wit to murder and mayhem, and more. It's spring--what a grand time to come out to a poetry reading. Hope to see you there!
Litchfield Tea & Poetry Series
Reading by Jim Lundy & Pat Riviere-Seel
Thursday, April 1
3 - 4 p.m.
Waccamaw Higher Education Center
160 Wilbrook Boulevard
Pawleys Island, SC 29585
Book signing after the reading
Refreshments: homemade confections by Deloris Roberts
Free & open to the public
843-349-4032
Co-sponored by OLLI at CCU & The Poetry Society of SC
Jim Lundy, current president of the Poetry Society of South Carolina, whiles away his time as a poet, songwriter, and longtime emcee of Monday Night Blues, a weekly literary and music event in Charleston. He is the author of two chapbooks: All I Can Be is Myself (2006) and Funny, in the Trenchant Way of Brilliant Men (2009). He uses humor and storytelling in his work to explore the human condition.
Pat Riviere-Seel is the author of The Serial Killer’s Daughter (Main Street Rag Publishing, 2009), which won the Roanoke-Chowan Award for Poetry, and No Turning Back Now (Finishing Line Press, 2004). A former political reporter for The Fayetteville Observer, she received her MFA from Queens University of Charlotte. She and her husband live in Asheville, NC.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Mar. 15: Monday Night Blues reading by the Long Table Poets
Monday Night Blues
Mar. 15, 2010
8 - 10 p.m.
Reading by Long Table Poets
East Bay Meeting House
160 East Bay St.
Charleston, SC
The following members of Richard Garcia's Long Table Poets group will read:
Richard Garcia, Mary Harris, Kit Loney, Susan Meyers, Carol Peters, Katherine Williams, and Joe Zealburg. Jim Lundy, emcee. Open mic to follow the reading. Free & open to the public.
Monday Night Blues
Mar. 15, 2010
8 - 10 p.m.
Reading by Long Table Poets
East Bay Meeting House
160 East Bay St.
Charleston, SC
The following members of Richard Garcia's Long Table Poets group will read:
Richard Garcia, Mary Harris, Kit Loney, Susan Meyers, Carol Peters, Katherine Williams, and Joe Zealburg. Jim Lundy, emcee. Open mic to follow the reading. Free & open to the public.
Monday Night Blues
Monday, March 08, 2010
Poem meets photo: Melons
How nice to have my prose poem "Melons," which first appeared in qarrtsiluni online journal, paired with a photo on Flicker:
Lynn Morag's Flicker page
"Ovals and balls,
Bright green and thumpable
Laced over with stripes
Of turtle-dark green."
~ Sylvia Plath, 1932-1963 ~
From "Fiesta Melons"
"Two melons on the kitchen counter are reading yesterday’s newspaper. One of them would like to turn the page but the other is a slow reader, mouthing inimitable and acerbic as if they were frozen spoonfuls. The smallest melon doesn’t want to get an ice cream headache. What she wants is the companionship of ginger ale. What the larger one wants is good lighting on a paid vacation. Who can blame each for this one dream? I once knew a girl who loved a melon. For two years her parents refused to claim her as theirs. This is not our daughter, our daughter is gone, they’d say, naming a country she was lost in. One time, Yemen; the next, Nepal. To them, the daughter was better suited to yogurt. They were sure the melon had spoiled her, but who’s to say? I’m told she eventually eloped, that the noticeable change in her — some called it a ripening — was a matter of time and temperature, a tender story, a happenstance of seed."
Lynn Morag's Flicker page
"Ovals and balls,
Bright green and thumpable
Laced over with stripes
Of turtle-dark green."
~ Sylvia Plath, 1932-1963 ~
From "Fiesta Melons"
"Two melons on the kitchen counter are reading yesterday’s newspaper. One of them would like to turn the page but the other is a slow reader, mouthing inimitable and acerbic as if they were frozen spoonfuls. The smallest melon doesn’t want to get an ice cream headache. What she wants is the companionship of ginger ale. What the larger one wants is good lighting on a paid vacation. Who can blame each for this one dream? I once knew a girl who loved a melon. For two years her parents refused to claim her as theirs. This is not our daughter, our daughter is gone, they’d say, naming a country she was lost in. One time, Yemen; the next, Nepal. To them, the daughter was better suited to yogurt. They were sure the melon had spoiled her, but who’s to say? I’m told she eventually eloped, that the noticeable change in her — some called it a ripening — was a matter of time and temperature, a tender story, a happenstance of seed."
Monday, February 22, 2010
Feb. 27-28, 2010: South Carolina Book Festival
South Carolina Book Festival
Saturday & Sunday
February 27 & 28
Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
Columbia, SC
There are several sessions at this year's SC Book Festival that I'm looking forward to being a part of:
Saturday, Feb. 27
4:30 - 6 p.m.
Special tribute to the late Stephen Gardner
A reading by poet friends that will include poems by the much-loved poet Stephen Gardner who passed away last fall.
Sunday, Feb. 28
11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Poetry Panel
Linda Annas Ferguson, Linda Lee Harper, Susan Meyers, and Marjory Wentworth
Each poet will read a few poems and talk about what particular passion fuels her poetry.
Sunday, Feb. 28
2 - 2:50 p.m.
USC Poetry Initiative Book Prize Winners
Susan Meyers, Ray McManus, DeLana R.A. Dameron
Each winner of the SC Poetry Book Prize will read a few poems and talk about the writing life, as well as specifics about the Book Prize.
Book signings to follow these last two events.
Saturday & Sunday
February 27 & 28
Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
Columbia, SC
There are several sessions at this year's SC Book Festival that I'm looking forward to being a part of:
Saturday, Feb. 27
4:30 - 6 p.m.
Special tribute to the late Stephen Gardner
A reading by poet friends that will include poems by the much-loved poet Stephen Gardner who passed away last fall.
Sunday, Feb. 28
11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Poetry Panel
Linda Annas Ferguson, Linda Lee Harper, Susan Meyers, and Marjory Wentworth
Each poet will read a few poems and talk about what particular passion fuels her poetry.
Sunday, Feb. 28
2 - 2:50 p.m.
USC Poetry Initiative Book Prize Winners
Susan Meyers, Ray McManus, DeLana R.A. Dameron
Each winner of the SC Poetry Book Prize will read a few poems and talk about the writing life, as well as specifics about the Book Prize.
Book signings to follow these last two events.
Sunday, February 07, 2010
Saturday, Feb. 20 -- Workshop: The Usefulness of Silence in a Poem
Workshop: The Usefulness of Silence in a Poem
Saturday, February 20, 2010
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Waccamaw Higher Education Center
160 Wilbrook Blvd.
Pawleys Island, SC 29585
OLLI at Coastal Carolina University
Instructor: Susan Meyers
A poem’s silences fulfill a purpose just as the words do. Thus, poets need to know how to use white space, punctuation, elliptical syntax, the unspoken—and the many other ways to be silent in a poem. In this workshop we’ll read sample published poems, discuss how they manage their silences, and write poems of our own.
Lunch can be purchased at a nearby deli, or bring your own.
Registration, $30: Coastal Carolina University Lifelong Learning, 843-349-4032 or www.coastal.edu/outreach.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Waccamaw Higher Education Center
160 Wilbrook Blvd.
Pawleys Island, SC 29585
OLLI at Coastal Carolina University
Instructor: Susan Meyers
A poem’s silences fulfill a purpose just as the words do. Thus, poets need to know how to use white space, punctuation, elliptical syntax, the unspoken—and the many other ways to be silent in a poem. In this workshop we’ll read sample published poems, discuss how they manage their silences, and write poems of our own.
Lunch can be purchased at a nearby deli, or bring your own.
Registration, $30: Coastal Carolina University Lifelong Learning, 843-349-4032 or www.coastal.edu/outreach.
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Thur., Feb. 4: Litchfield Tea & Poetry with Barbara G. S. Hagerty & Ray McManus
Join us in Litchfield/Pawleys Island, SC, for the second event of the 2010 Litchfield Tea & Poetry Series. Charleston poet BARBARA G. S. HAGERTY and Columbia poet RAY MCMANUS will be featured:
Thursday, Feb. 4
3 - 4 p.m.
Litchfield Tea & Poetry Series
Waccamaw Higher Education Center
160 Wilbrook Blvd.
Pawleys Island / Litchfield
Book signing after the reading
Refreshments: homemade confections by Deloris Roberts
Free & open to the public
843-349-4032
Co-sponsored by OLLI at CCU & The Poetry Society of SC
Barbara G.S. Hagerty is author of The Guest House (Finishing Line Press, 2009). Her poems, essays, and columns have appeared in a wide variety of national and regional publications. A member of Richard Garcia's Long Table Poets workshop in Charleston, she holds an M.A. in Creative Writing from The Johns Hopkins University.
Ray McManus is the author of two collections of poetry: Left Behind (Stepping Stones Press) and Driving through the country before you are born (USC Press, 2007), winner of the SC Poetry Book Prize. His poetry has appeared in many journals throughout the United Sates and Canada. He is an Assistant Professor of English at USC Sumter.
Thursday, Feb. 4
3 - 4 p.m.
Litchfield Tea & Poetry Series
Waccamaw Higher Education Center
160 Wilbrook Blvd.
Pawleys Island / Litchfield
Book signing after the reading
Refreshments: homemade confections by Deloris Roberts
Free & open to the public
843-349-4032
Co-sponsored by OLLI at CCU & The Poetry Society of SC
Barbara G.S. Hagerty is author of The Guest House (Finishing Line Press, 2009). Her poems, essays, and columns have appeared in a wide variety of national and regional publications. A member of Richard Garcia's Long Table Poets workshop in Charleston, she holds an M.A. in Creative Writing from The Johns Hopkins University.
Ray McManus is the author of two collections of poetry: Left Behind (Stepping Stones Press) and Driving through the country before you are born (USC Press, 2007), winner of the SC Poetry Book Prize. His poetry has appeared in many journals throughout the United Sates and Canada. He is an Assistant Professor of English at USC Sumter.
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