May 7, 2019: Award-winning author Valerie Nieman, whose third and latest poetry collection is Leopard Lady: A Life in Verse (Press 53, 2018), will be the featured poet at New Bern’s open mic in May. She will read her work in two sets, each followed by the open mic that invites local poets to share …
April 2, 2019: Poetry fans will hit a home run when Melinda Thomsen reads as the Featured Poet at the New Bern First Tuesday Poetry Open Mic on Tuesday 7 PM April 2nd at the Harrison Center, 311 Middle Street in New Bern. Melinda Thomsen’s Naming Rights and Field Rations are published by Finishing Line Press. …
March 5, 2019: Gideon Young will be Nexus Poets’ Featured Poet for the First Tuesday Poetry Open Mic on Tuesday, March 5th at New Bern-Craven County Public Library, 400 Johnson Street in New Bern, NC. Gideon is a member of the Carolina African American Writers’ Collective and the Carrboro Poets Council. His poetry has appeared …
February 5, 2019: Poetry fans will get a double dose of poetry when the Watkins twin sisters appear as the Featured Poets at the New Bern Poetry Open Mic on Tuesday 7 PM February 5th at the Harrison Center, 311 Middle Street in New Bern. Felicia Watkins and her twin sister Alicia Hooks-Bynum are both …
