Another reason it's great to live here. ("Here" for me being very near Carrboro.)
The Carrboro Poetry Festival is only two weekends away.
The Carrboro Poetry Festival, to be held June 5 and 6 at the Carrboro Century Center in the heart of Carrboro North Carolina, will feature 40 poets.
Renowned North Carolina poets Carl Martin, Gerald Barrax, Jaki Shelton Green, Jeffrey Beam, John Balaban, and shirlette ammons will read their poetry along with some of America's best younger poets--Brian Henry (editor of Verse and founder of Verse Press), Linh Dinh (anthologized in Best American Poetry 2000 and the editor and co-translator of Night Again: Contemporary Fiction from Vietnam), K. Silem Mohammad (author of Hovercraft and Deer Head Nation), and Lee Ann Brown (Charlotte native and winner of the New American Poetry Prize).
The festival is co-sponsored by the Town of Carrboro, The Independent Weekly, The Town of Carrboro Art Committee, and Carrboro Poet Laureate Patrick Herron, the organizer of the event.
Admission is FREE.
Helpful links
Complete list of poets
Reading scheduleSpecifics:
Saturday June 5 10:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Sunday June 6 12:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Carrboro Century Center
100 N. Greensboro St.
Carrboro, NC 27510
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