If Joy Harjo’s visit to Hollins University this week stirred your appetite for poetry, you’re in luck. Check out these upcoming events with local and visiting poets.
Feb. 13 -14 ★ Mercer University Press Authors and Director 7:30 PM at Hollins
Feb. 18 ★ Writing Prose Poetry with Cathryn Hankla, 8:30 AM at Book No Further
Feb. 20 ★ Words Open Mic Night (Music & Poetry) 8 PM at the Hope Center
Feb. 20 ★ Deshutes Lit featuring Jeanne Larsen, 6:30 at Deschutes Tasting Room
Feb 21 ★ Speakeasy on 11th: Black as I am, 8 PM at Humble Hustle
Feb. 27 & 28 ★ Marilyn Chin at 7:30 PM at Hollins
Prose lovers, there’s something for you, too. Author Cassandra King Conroy will be in town promoting Tell Me a Story, her memoirs of life with her late husband, author Pat Conroy.
Feb. 16 ★ Cassandra King Conroy, 2 PM at South County Library
BOOK CITY ★ Roanoke 