Two events Saturday at the Donald W. Reynolds Library Serving Baxter County are bringing a number of authors to Mountain Home.From 10:30 until 2:30, patrons of the library will be able to meet local authors and learn more about their published works.
The authors will have their books available for purchase and signing, and will be available to answer questions about their works.
In addition, published poet and University of Arkansas professor Geffrey Davis will be delving deep into poetry and how to make it meaningful.
The poetry event is part of the library’s Read | Write | Ignite Literary Series.
From 10:30 until noon, Davis will lead a workshop on meaningful poetry. The generative poetry workshop will include writing prompts for participants to begin during the class. These prompts are designed to spark discussions about writing about the near and dear and will demonstrate the risks and rewards of sentiment, especially when writing about loved ones and family members.
No charge and no registration is required.
Also on Saturday from 1 until 1:45, Davis will perform a reading of his own poetry. He will be available for book sale and signing immediately following.
Davis is the author of two full collections of poetry: “Night Angler” (BOA Editions, 2019) and “Revising the Storm” (BOA Editions, 2014), winner of the A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize and a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Finalist.
He is also the author of the chapbook “Begotten” (URB Books, 2016), coauthored with F. Douglas Brown. His poems have been published or are forthcoming in Crazyhorse, Mississippi Review, New England Review, New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, PBS NewsHour, Ploughshares and elsewhere.
A native of the Pacific Northwest, Davis teaches for the University of Arkansass MFA in Creative Writing & Translation and for The Rainier Writing Workshop low-residency MFA program.
Childrens author Carol Cooper will also be presenting her published work “Kickstands Up” Saturday from 11:30 until 12:30.
Her book takes children on a journey across the United States, as she retells her motorcycle adventures.
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