Renascence Poetry Reading

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Renascence Poetry Reading
Sunday, October 13th from 1-3pm

Join us on Sunday, October 13th from 1-3pm for a poetry reading! This of month’s feature will be Baltimore author Sam Schmidt.
Sam Schmidt’s books include Suburban Myths (Beothuk Books 2012) and Dark Bird (Galileo Press 2024). For more than a decade he edited and published WordHouse, a newsletter for Maryland writers, and hosted the reading series WordHouse at the Minás Gallery.His work has been published in such journals as Passager, Free State Review, and Gargoyle. He is a two-time recipient of the Maryland State Individual Artist Grant and has a Master’s Degree in Comparative Literature from Johns Hopkins University.
His wife Virginia Crawford, also a poet, is the author of questions for water (Apprentice House Press 2021).
Following the feature, we will open the podium up to writers who would like to share their work with the crowd.
This event is free and open to the public
Carol Clark Williams is poet laureate emerita of York, Pennsylvania, and founder of the “Poetry Spoken Here” readings for the open air Yorkfest arts festival. She is a winner of the NFSPS 2022 Stevens Chapbook Poetry Contest. Williams teaches poetry workshops for high school students, senior centers, support groups, and residents of institutions.
Carol’s poems have been published in print and online journals including Broadkill Review, Welcome to the Resistance, Fledgling Rag, Grasslimb, Mad Poets Review, Margie, Byline, PPS Prize Poems, and Encore. Her latest collection of poetry, Unpacking for the Journey, is available on Amazon or from NFSPS.com
If you would like to present, please bring a poem or short story.