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January 8, 2015

January 8, 2015 – 1st Thursday (that is not a holiday) poetry at the Bloomsburg Library

All Readers are Featured

THEME: Poems by Heart

Remembering Beatrice Ermisch
Plus the annual white elephant sale – bring donations for a silent auction to benefit the River Poets; books, CDs, DVDs, etc. are welcome (re-gifting accepted)
MC and Hostess: Sue Brook

 

Start: January 8, 2015 7:30 pm
End: January 8, 2015 7:30 pm
Venue: Bloomsburg Public Library
Address:
Market Street , Bloomsburg, PA, 17815

December 4, 2014

December 4, 2014 – Featured Reader: Shara McCallum

Featured  Poet: Shara McCollum

Originally from Kingston, Jamaica, Shara McCallum is the author of several books of poetry: The Face of Water: New and Selected Poems (Peepal Tree Press, UK, 2011); This Strange Land (Alice James Books, US, 2011); a finalist for the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature; Song of Thieves (University of Pittsburgh Press, US, 2003); and The Water Between Us (University of Pittsburgh Press, US, 1999) winner of the Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize for Poetry
Start: December 4, 2014 7:30 pm
End: December 4, 2014 7:30 pm
Venue: Bloomsburg Public Library
Address:
Market Street, Bloomsburg, 17815

November 6, 2014

November 6, 2014 – Featured Reader: JoAnne Growney

 THEME: Favorite Animals

Before the poetry group was named “River Poets,” JoAnne Growney was there.  For lots of years she lived in the yellow house on West 4th in Bloom and was a BU math professor who enjoyed and wrote poetry, now she is a Silver Spring (MD) grandmother who enjoys and writes poetry.
Start: November 6, 2014 7:30 pm
End: November 6, 2014 7:30 pm
Venue: Bloomsburg Public Library
Address:
Market Street, Bloomsburg, 17815