Grailville Retreat and Program Center invites you to attend A Reading by Appalachian Poets George Ella Lyon and Frank X Walker on Sunday, May 16, at 2 PM. This event is part of Grailville’s new Third Sunday Poetry Series, offering monthly opportunities for poets and poetry lovers to gather for readings, performances and discussions, followed by an optional poetry craft workshop led by poet and Grailville co-director Pauletta Hansel.
Hansel said, "You can celebrate Appalachian Month with two of the region’s most popular poets". George Ella Lyon has published two collections of poems, Mountain and Catalpa, as well as the poetry primer Where I’m From, plus twenty-two picture books, five novels for young readers, an autobiography, a book of stories for adult new readers and a novel. The editor of three anthologies of Appalachian writers, George Ella’s work is featured in the PBS series, "The United States of Poetry."
Frank X Walker, author, educator and Affrilachian poet, is author of four poetry collections: When Winter Come: the Ascension of York; Black Box; Buffalo Dance: the Journey of York and Affrilachia. He has recently served as Writer in Residence and lecturer of English at Northern Kentucky University and is now teaches creative writing at the University of Kentucky. Frank is the proud editor and publisher of PLUCK!, the new Journal of Affrilachian Art & Culture.
Grailville’s Third Sunday Poetry Series is co-sponsored by Cincinnati Writers Project, Dos Madres Press, Greater Cincinnati Writers League and InkTank. Spend Sunday afternoon with learning from and with accomplished poets from the Cincinnati area and beyond! There is a $15 fee for the 2:00 pm reading. The Poetry Workshop, beginning at 3:30 pm is by donation. Workshop participants should bring five copies on up to three poems.
All programs are at Grailville, 932 O’Bannonville Road, Loveland OH. For information or to register contact visit www.grailville.org or call 513-683-2340. Supported in part by the Tomcinoh Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation.
Hansel said, "You can celebrate Appalachian Month with two of the region’s most popular poets". George Ella Lyon has published two collections of poems, Mountain and Catalpa, as well as the poetry primer Where I’m From, plus twenty-two picture books, five novels for young readers, an autobiography, a book of stories for adult new readers and a novel. The editor of three anthologies of Appalachian writers, George Ella’s work is featured in the PBS series, "The United States of Poetry."
Frank X Walker, author, educator and Affrilachian poet, is author of four poetry collections: When Winter Come: the Ascension of York; Black Box; Buffalo Dance: the Journey of York and Affrilachia. He has recently served as Writer in Residence and lecturer of English at Northern Kentucky University and is now teaches creative writing at the University of Kentucky. Frank is the proud editor and publisher of PLUCK!, the new Journal of Affrilachian Art & Culture.
Grailville’s Third Sunday Poetry Series is co-sponsored by Cincinnati Writers Project, Dos Madres Press, Greater Cincinnati Writers League and InkTank. Spend Sunday afternoon with learning from and with accomplished poets from the Cincinnati area and beyond! There is a $15 fee for the 2:00 pm reading. The Poetry Workshop, beginning at 3:30 pm is by donation. Workshop participants should bring five copies on up to three poems.
All programs are at Grailville, 932 O’Bannonville Road, Loveland OH. For information or to register contact visit www.grailville.org or call 513-683-2340. Supported in part by the Tomcinoh Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation.
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