March 1st is Poets’ Day and you are cordially invited to join Joanna Catherine Scott and the Black Socks (a Triangle poetry group celebrating its 20th year) for an evening of poetry at the Regulator Bookshop in Durham. Joanna is a member of Black Socks and will be celebrating the release of her latest book of poetry,
Breakfast at the Shangri-La, while the rest of the Black Socks will be marking the release of the group’s chapbook. The evening will begin with a 5 minute reading from 7 of the Black Socks members and a 20 minute reading from Joanna Scott. The reading begins at 7pm at the Regulator, 720 9th Street. There’s no cover. Call 286-2700 for directions or consult
http://blacksoxpoetry.blogspot.com/ for more information.
BLACK SOCKS POETS
Ann Garbett lives in Danville, Virginia where she teaches Shakespeare, Chaucer, and creative writing at Averett University. She writes poems on her own time, mostly.
J. S. Absher has been an offset printer, missionary, bank teller, janitor, and consultant, sold mutual funds, surveyed scrub timberland, and taught freshman English. He currently works in corporate ethics and compliance.
Florence Nash, lately a medical editor at Duke Medical Center, is now a free-lance writer/editor and sometime poetry workshop leader in Durham. A musician in a former life, she is an active supporter and member of Triangle music groups.
Coyla Barry has worked as a marine biologist and as a research librarian for a large pharmaceutical company. Since retirement, she writes poetry in Chapel Hill and in Montana where her husband has a cattle ranch on Swimming Woman Creek.
Debra Kaufman is the author of three poetry books: Family of Strangers, Still Life Burning, and A Certain Light. She works at Duke University Press.
Maura High is a long-time resident of Carrboro, who edits and teaches for a living. In her spare time she helps out The Nature Conservancy's prescribed fire program, organizing volunteers and setting fire to the woods.
Tanya Olson lives in Durham and teaches at Vance-Granville Community College. She coordinates the durham3 reading series and serves on the board of the Carolina Wren Press.
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JOANNA CATHERINE SCOTT
Breakfast at the Shangri-La
(The California Institute of Arts and Letters, 2004)
Winner of the Black Zinnias Poetry Book Award
The personal journey of a Western woman who adopts three Korean children.
‘Subtle, like a brush painting.’ —Lola Haskins, Contest Judge
