THEME-LESS (as an endless summer)
Bill’s feature: Columbia County’s Earliest Poem. During the Revolutionary War a soldier wrote a short poem/song about the tragic American attack on Quebec. The verse was “collected” by a Danville military leader on the back of a land survey and lay hidden in papers for over 200 years. Now we can sing it together! Bill Baillie – Presenter Bill Baillie is author of several books and scores of articles on Columbia County history. A retired educator, he is past president of the Columbia County Historical & Genealogical Society. MC: Charles Weaver |
Upcoming Events
August 2, 2018
Bill Baillie: Columbia County’s Earliest Poem
August 16, 2018
August 16, 2018; 6 PM Planning in the Bloomsburg Public Library
Yes we plan!
6 pm in the library – bring ideas, pen & paper – help create the next round of poetic events and poetry
Bring along some food if you like.
September 7, 2018
Monica Prince
| THEME: “Affairs” – Romantic, Illicit, Political, etc.Monica Prince is the current Creative Writing Fellow in Poetry at Susquehanna University, Her work has been featured in MadCap Review, The Sula Collective, TRACK//FOUR, Texas’s Best Emerging Poets, The Ibis Head Review, and elsewhere. She loves cheesecake, running along the Susquehanna River, and dancing to Prince in her living room.
Monica Prince received her MFA in poetry from Georgia College & State University and her BA in English from Knox College. She is a contributing editor for the Santa Fe Writers Project, and she is the author of two poetry collections, Survival Techniques (CreateSpace, 2013) and Letters from the Other Woman (Grey Book Press, 2018). MC: Tara Holdren |
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