The following was prepared for the newsletter of the Center for Creative Writing in the Arts by Shawn Delgado.
UNCG-Sponsored Literary Events:
4th Annual MFA Poetry Showcase at Tate Street Coffee—Monday, November 4th, 7:30PM
Tate Street Coffee, 334 Tate St., Greensboro
Free and open to the public
The MFA Writing Program is proud to host its fourth annual reading to feature current students focused on poetry. These fine emerging writers will be sharing selections from their work which will ultimately become a part of their creative graduate theses. Please feel free to come enjoy the poetry stylings of some talented young writers who are on their way to great things.
Sarah Lindsay Poetry Reading—Thursday, November 14th, 8:00PM
Faculty Center, UNCG
Free and open to the public
Sarah Lindsay is the author of the chapbooks Bodies of Water and Insomniac’s Lullaby along with her full-length collections Primate Behavior (finalist for the National Book Award), Mount Clutter, and Twigs and Knucklebones which was listed as a notable book of the year in Poetry Magazine. He earned her MFA in Creative Writing from UNCG and has stayed in Greensboro as a copy editor.
Will Read for Food—Thursday, November 21st, 6:30PM
Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNCG
Suggested Donation: $5 Students; $10 General Public
This reading is a charity extravaganza featuring many acclaimed faculty and faculty emeritus from UNCG’s Creative Writing Program as well as friends from the larger Greensboro literary world. More details to come, but rest assured, it’s going to be an event loaded with top-tier writers.
Community Literary Events:
Dr. Kenneth Warren: What Was African-American Literature—Monday, November 4th, 2:00PM
McEwen 011, Elon University, Greensboro
Free and open to the public
The American Studies Program at Elon University will present a lecture by Dr. Kenneth Warren of the U. of Chicago based on his last book, What Was African American Literature? In his book, rather than contesting other definitions, Warren makes a clear and compelling case for understanding African American literature as creative and critical work written by black Americans within and against the strictures of Jim Crow America. Within these parameters, his book outlines protocols of reading that best make sense of the literary works produced by African American writers and critics over the first two-thirds of the twentieth century. He continues to see how this community has changed and developed post the Civil Rights Movement.
Terry L. Kennedy and Drew Perry Reading—Wednesday, November 6th, 7:00PM
Francis Auditorium, Phillips Hall, High Point University, High Point, NC
Free and open to the public
“Terry Kennedy and Drew Perry will read from their new and upcoming works. Terry will be celebrating the release of his new collection, while Drew will be reading in anticipation of his new novel,” says Matt Fiander, instructor of English at HPU. “This is an exciting reading for us from two up-and-coming writers who are also local. It allows us to show HPU students the vibrant literature being created right in our backyard. We’ve had readers and scholars from all over the world coming as part of the Phoenix Reading Series this year, and it’s great to be able to include two writers who work so close to home.”
Kennedy is author of the limited edition chapbook Until the Clouds Shatter the Light that Plates our Lives. His work appears in numerous literary journals and magazines, including Cave Wall, From the Fishouse, Southern Review and Waccamawand has been honored with a Randall Jarrell Fellowship, as well as fellowships to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. He currently serves as associate director of the Graduate Program in Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and serves as editor for the online journal storySouth. His new collection, New River Breakdown, was released recently from Unicorn Press.
Perry is author of This is Just Exactly Like You, which was a finalist for the Flaherty-Dunnan prize from the Center for Fiction, a Best-of-the-Year pick from The Atlanta Journal Constitution and a SIBA Okra pick. He teaches writing at Elon University and wrote the novel, Kids These Days, which will be released in January 2014 by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Eclectic Book Group—Wednesday, November 6th, 7:00PM
Barnes&Noble, Friendly Center, 3102 Northline Avenue, Greensboro 27403
Free and open to the public
You’re invited to join this fun but focused book group that reads from a wide variety of genres. This month they're reading The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman.
Meet the Author! Luis Urrea, One City One Book Author—Thursday, November 7th, 9:30AM-11:00AM
Virginia Dare Room, Alumni House, UNCG
Free and open to the public
Luis Urrea, author of Into the Beautiful North, the One Book One City selection for this year, will come to UNCG for a conversation with our campus community. Light refreshments will be served.
Award winning author Luis Urrea was born in Tijuana, lived in San Diego, then returned to Tijuana. Among his many adventures, he taught at Harvard University. In addition to Into the Beautiful North, he wrote Devil's Highway, a work dealing with immigrants in Arizona in the 1990's, the border patrols, Mexican and Arizona politics on illegal immigration. Thus, he has insights into questions about immigration and issues that affect immigrants. He enjoys talking about bridging cultures and would welcome any related questions.
Glenwood Coffee and Books, 1310 Glenwood Avenue Greensboro, NC 27403
Free and open to the public
You’re invited to Glenwood Coffee and Books for this monthly reading series that always takes place at 7:00PM on the seventh day of every month. There will be a few featured readers before the reading opens up to an open mic. This event presents a lot of opportunities for the audience to share their work, so whether you’re interested in hearing local authors or sharing your own work, this is a great opportunity.
J. Edwards Reading and Book Signing: New Garden—Thursday, November 7th, 7:00PM
Barnes&Noble, Friendly Center, 3102 Northline Avenue, Greensboro 27403
Free and open to the public
Local author Jim Gray has recently retired from practicing law as a federal tax attorney. His new novel tells the story of two brothers raised in the Quaker tradition who take very different paths. One joins the Army and the other goes into politics.
Business Women’s Lunchtime Book Club—Tuesday, November 12th, 12:00PM-1:30PM
Café Europa, 200 N. Davie St., Greensboro, NC 27401
Free and open to the public
This group meets monthly during the lunch hour at a downtown Greensboro restaurant. This month, we meet at Cafe Europa and continue our discussion of the book, The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan. For more information, contact Beth Sheffield or call 336-373-3617.
Life After Death Row: Exonerees’ Search for Community and Identity Discussion and Book Signing—Thursday, November 14th, 7:00PM
Barnes&Noble, Friendly Center, 3102 Northline Avenue, Greensboro 27403
Free and open to the public
Saundra Westervelt, Associate Professor of Sociology at UNCG, and Kimberly Cook, Chair of the Department of Sociology and Criminology at UNCW, join us to discuss their book that looks at the struggles that wrongly convicted people face after incarceration.
Jennifer Delamere Reading and Book Signing: A Lady Most Lovely—Saturday, November 16th, 2:00PM
Barnes&Noble, Friendly Center, 3102 Northline Avenue, Greensboro 27403
Free and open to the public
North Carolina romance writer Jennifer Delamere joins us with her latest novel, A Lady Most Lovely. A London socialite marries a rich man in order to save her family's estate, only to discover that she's married a man just as poor as she.
Winston-Salem Writers Open Mic—Tuesday, November 19th, 7:00PM
Community Arts Café, 411 West Fourth St., Winston-Salem, NC 27401
Free and open to the public
You’re invited to join the Winston-Salem Writers on the third Tuesday of each month for open mic. Writers read 5-minute excerpts from their prose and poetry to a friendly and receptive audience. Unlike a “slam,” there’s no judging. Sign-up begins at 6:30PM.
Remains of the Day—A Lit/Flix Event by BookMarks—Wednesday, November 20th, 7:30PM
a/perture cinema, 311 W 4th St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101
$8 in advance $11 at the door
Read the book by Kazuo Ishiguro and come to watch the film. There will be a discussion following the film led by Wake Forest's Dr. Ed Wilson. Tickets $8 in advance, $11 at door through a/perture. Books available for purchase from BookMarks.
Mystery Book Club—Thursday, November 21st, 2:00PM
Kathleen Clay Edwards Library, 1420 Price Park Rd., Greensboro, NC 27410
Free and open to the public
This meeting will involve a discussion of Blanche Passes Go by Barbara Neely.
Poet.she Open Mic—Friday, November 22nd, 7:30PM
Barnes&Noble, Friendly Center, 3102 Northline Avenue, Greensboro 27403
Free and open to the public
You’re invited to join this open mic spoken work poetry night sponsored by Poet.she. If you would like to perform, please arrive early to sign up.
Free Verse Interactive Poetry Writing Workshop—Saturday, November 23th, 12:00PM-2:00PM
Hemphill Branch Library, 2301 Vandalia Rd., Greensboro, NC 27407
Free and open to the public
Facilitated by Alfred Harrell of the Triad Poetry Meetup, this workshop has been designed for ages 12 and up to create poems based on prompts in an environment that is conducive to immediate feedback. This event takes place on the fourth Saturday of each month and concludes with an open mic.
7 on the 7th Reading and Open Mic—Saturday, December 7th, 7:00PM
Glenwood Coffee and Books, 1310 Glenwood Avenue Greensboro, NC 27403
Free and open to the public
You’re invited to Glenwood Coffee and Books for this monthly reading series that always takes place at 7:00PM on the seventh day of every month. There will be a few featured readers before the reading opens up to an open mic. This event presents a lot of opportunities for the audience to share their work, so whether you’re interested in hearing local authors or sharing your own work, this is a great opportunity.
UNCG-Sponsored Literary Events:
4th Annual MFA Poetry Showcase at Tate Street Coffee—Monday, November 4th, 7:30PM
Tate Street Coffee, 334 Tate St., Greensboro
Free and open to the public
The MFA Writing Program is proud to host its fourth annual reading to feature current students focused on poetry. These fine emerging writers will be sharing selections from their work which will ultimately become a part of their creative graduate theses. Please feel free to come enjoy the poetry stylings of some talented young writers who are on their way to great things.
Sarah Lindsay Poetry Reading—Thursday, November 14th, 8:00PM
Faculty Center, UNCG
Free and open to the public
Sarah Lindsay is the author of the chapbooks Bodies of Water and Insomniac’s Lullaby along with her full-length collections Primate Behavior (finalist for the National Book Award), Mount Clutter, and Twigs and Knucklebones which was listed as a notable book of the year in Poetry Magazine. He earned her MFA in Creative Writing from UNCG and has stayed in Greensboro as a copy editor.
Will Read for Food—Thursday, November 21st, 6:30PM
Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNCG
Suggested Donation: $5 Students; $10 General Public
This reading is a charity extravaganza featuring many acclaimed faculty and faculty emeritus from UNCG’s Creative Writing Program as well as friends from the larger Greensboro literary world. More details to come, but rest assured, it’s going to be an event loaded with top-tier writers.
Community Literary Events:
Dr. Kenneth Warren: What Was African-American Literature—Monday, November 4th, 2:00PM
McEwen 011, Elon University, Greensboro
Free and open to the public
The American Studies Program at Elon University will present a lecture by Dr. Kenneth Warren of the U. of Chicago based on his last book, What Was African American Literature? In his book, rather than contesting other definitions, Warren makes a clear and compelling case for understanding African American literature as creative and critical work written by black Americans within and against the strictures of Jim Crow America. Within these parameters, his book outlines protocols of reading that best make sense of the literary works produced by African American writers and critics over the first two-thirds of the twentieth century. He continues to see how this community has changed and developed post the Civil Rights Movement.
Terry L. Kennedy and Drew Perry Reading—Wednesday, November 6th, 7:00PM
Francis Auditorium, Phillips Hall, High Point University, High Point, NC
Free and open to the public
“Terry Kennedy and Drew Perry will read from their new and upcoming works. Terry will be celebrating the release of his new collection, while Drew will be reading in anticipation of his new novel,” says Matt Fiander, instructor of English at HPU. “This is an exciting reading for us from two up-and-coming writers who are also local. It allows us to show HPU students the vibrant literature being created right in our backyard. We’ve had readers and scholars from all over the world coming as part of the Phoenix Reading Series this year, and it’s great to be able to include two writers who work so close to home.”
Kennedy is author of the limited edition chapbook Until the Clouds Shatter the Light that Plates our Lives. His work appears in numerous literary journals and magazines, including Cave Wall, From the Fishouse, Southern Review and Waccamawand has been honored with a Randall Jarrell Fellowship, as well as fellowships to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. He currently serves as associate director of the Graduate Program in Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and serves as editor for the online journal storySouth. His new collection, New River Breakdown, was released recently from Unicorn Press.
Perry is author of This is Just Exactly Like You, which was a finalist for the Flaherty-Dunnan prize from the Center for Fiction, a Best-of-the-Year pick from The Atlanta Journal Constitution and a SIBA Okra pick. He teaches writing at Elon University and wrote the novel, Kids These Days, which will be released in January 2014 by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Eclectic Book Group—Wednesday, November 6th, 7:00PM
Barnes&Noble, Friendly Center, 3102 Northline Avenue, Greensboro 27403
Free and open to the public
You’re invited to join this fun but focused book group that reads from a wide variety of genres. This month they're reading The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman.
Meet the Author! Luis Urrea, One City One Book Author—Thursday, November 7th, 9:30AM-11:00AM
Virginia Dare Room, Alumni House, UNCG
Free and open to the public
Luis Urrea, author of Into the Beautiful North, the One Book One City selection for this year, will come to UNCG for a conversation with our campus community. Light refreshments will be served.
Award winning author Luis Urrea was born in Tijuana, lived in San Diego, then returned to Tijuana. Among his many adventures, he taught at Harvard University. In addition to Into the Beautiful North, he wrote Devil's Highway, a work dealing with immigrants in Arizona in the 1990's, the border patrols, Mexican and Arizona politics on illegal immigration. Thus, he has insights into questions about immigration and issues that affect immigrants. He enjoys talking about bridging cultures and would welcome any related questions.
An Evening with Luis Urrea, One City One Book Author—Thursday, November 7th, 6:00PM-8:30PM
Carolina Theatre, 310 South Green Street, Greensboro 27401
Free and open to the public
A Meet and Greet begins at 6 pm with Luis Urrea, the author of the One City, One Book selection Into the Beautiful North, and his reading begins at 7:30 pm.
Urrea is an acclaimed poet, novelist, and essayist born in Tijuana, Mexico. He spent time as a relief worker in Tijuana before moving to Boston to teach at Harvard. Since then, Urrea has written 16 books of fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
Into the Beautiful Northwas chosen by the National Endowment for the Arts as one of the 2013 “Big Read”selections.
7 on the 7th Reading and Open Mic—Thursday, November 7th, 7:00PMCarolina Theatre, 310 South Green Street, Greensboro 27401
Free and open to the public
A Meet and Greet begins at 6 pm with Luis Urrea, the author of the One City, One Book selection Into the Beautiful North, and his reading begins at 7:30 pm.
Urrea is an acclaimed poet, novelist, and essayist born in Tijuana, Mexico. He spent time as a relief worker in Tijuana before moving to Boston to teach at Harvard. Since then, Urrea has written 16 books of fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
Into the Beautiful Northwas chosen by the National Endowment for the Arts as one of the 2013 “Big Read”selections.
Glenwood Coffee and Books, 1310 Glenwood Avenue Greensboro, NC 27403
Free and open to the public
You’re invited to Glenwood Coffee and Books for this monthly reading series that always takes place at 7:00PM on the seventh day of every month. There will be a few featured readers before the reading opens up to an open mic. This event presents a lot of opportunities for the audience to share their work, so whether you’re interested in hearing local authors or sharing your own work, this is a great opportunity.
J. Edwards Reading and Book Signing: New Garden—Thursday, November 7th, 7:00PM
Barnes&Noble, Friendly Center, 3102 Northline Avenue, Greensboro 27403
Free and open to the public
Local author Jim Gray has recently retired from practicing law as a federal tax attorney. His new novel tells the story of two brothers raised in the Quaker tradition who take very different paths. One joins the Army and the other goes into politics.
Business Women’s Lunchtime Book Club—Tuesday, November 12th, 12:00PM-1:30PM
Café Europa, 200 N. Davie St., Greensboro, NC 27401
Free and open to the public
This group meets monthly during the lunch hour at a downtown Greensboro restaurant. This month, we meet at Cafe Europa and continue our discussion of the book, The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan. For more information, contact Beth Sheffield or call 336-373-3617.
Life After Death Row: Exonerees’ Search for Community and Identity Discussion and Book Signing—Thursday, November 14th, 7:00PM
Barnes&Noble, Friendly Center, 3102 Northline Avenue, Greensboro 27403
Free and open to the public
Saundra Westervelt, Associate Professor of Sociology at UNCG, and Kimberly Cook, Chair of the Department of Sociology and Criminology at UNCW, join us to discuss their book that looks at the struggles that wrongly convicted people face after incarceration.
Jennifer Delamere Reading and Book Signing: A Lady Most Lovely—Saturday, November 16th, 2:00PM
Barnes&Noble, Friendly Center, 3102 Northline Avenue, Greensboro 27403
Free and open to the public
North Carolina romance writer Jennifer Delamere joins us with her latest novel, A Lady Most Lovely. A London socialite marries a rich man in order to save her family's estate, only to discover that she's married a man just as poor as she.
Winston-Salem Writers Open Mic—Tuesday, November 19th, 7:00PM
Community Arts Café, 411 West Fourth St., Winston-Salem, NC 27401
Free and open to the public
You’re invited to join the Winston-Salem Writers on the third Tuesday of each month for open mic. Writers read 5-minute excerpts from their prose and poetry to a friendly and receptive audience. Unlike a “slam,” there’s no judging. Sign-up begins at 6:30PM.
Remains of the Day—A Lit/Flix Event by BookMarks—Wednesday, November 20th, 7:30PM
a/perture cinema, 311 W 4th St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101
$8 in advance $11 at the door
Read the book by Kazuo Ishiguro and come to watch the film. There will be a discussion following the film led by Wake Forest's Dr. Ed Wilson. Tickets $8 in advance, $11 at door through a/perture. Books available for purchase from BookMarks.
Mystery Book Club—Thursday, November 21st, 2:00PM
Kathleen Clay Edwards Library, 1420 Price Park Rd., Greensboro, NC 27410
Free and open to the public
This meeting will involve a discussion of Blanche Passes Go by Barbara Neely.
Poet.she Open Mic—Friday, November 22nd, 7:30PM
Barnes&Noble, Friendly Center, 3102 Northline Avenue, Greensboro 27403
Free and open to the public
You’re invited to join this open mic spoken work poetry night sponsored by Poet.she. If you would like to perform, please arrive early to sign up.
Free Verse Interactive Poetry Writing Workshop—Saturday, November 23th, 12:00PM-2:00PM
Hemphill Branch Library, 2301 Vandalia Rd., Greensboro, NC 27407
Free and open to the public
Facilitated by Alfred Harrell of the Triad Poetry Meetup, this workshop has been designed for ages 12 and up to create poems based on prompts in an environment that is conducive to immediate feedback. This event takes place on the fourth Saturday of each month and concludes with an open mic.
7 on the 7th Reading and Open Mic—Saturday, December 7th, 7:00PM
Glenwood Coffee and Books, 1310 Glenwood Avenue Greensboro, NC 27403
Free and open to the public
You’re invited to Glenwood Coffee and Books for this monthly reading series that always takes place at 7:00PM on the seventh day of every month. There will be a few featured readers before the reading opens up to an open mic. This event presents a lot of opportunities for the audience to share their work, so whether you’re interested in hearing local authors or sharing your own work, this is a great opportunity.
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