POETS AND WRITERS READING POEMS AND STORIES CO SPONSORED BY
On Thursday, February 20, 2014, John Campbell Folk School and N.C. Writers
Network West are sponsoring a reading of poetry. The reading is free of charge
and open to the public. Poets Linda Smith and Carole Richard Thompson will
be the featured readers.
Linda Smith, poet and writer, from Hayesville, NC is a long time
member of NCWN West. She writes poetry inspired by the mountains that surround
this area and from memories of things past. She also writes essays and fiction. Linda is nearing
completion of a mystery novel. Her
poetry has appeared in numerous anthologies such as Lights in the Mountains,
Echoes Across the Blue Ridge, anthologies
of NetWest, Mountain Time, Sand, Sea and Sail, the Freeing Jonah
series, Night Whispers, Looking Back. and Future Cycle 2012.
Carole Richard Thompson
Carole Richard Thompson and
her husband moved to Blairsville, in the North Georgia mountains, 21 years
ago. After being a portrait artist
for many years, she began to study writing, and joined the North Carolina
Writer’s Network. She credits her love for writing to her friend and mentor,
Nancy Simpson, whose classes in creative writing and poetry have been her
greatest source of inspiration.
Her first short story, “A Bag of Sugar for Paula,” was published in The Liquorian Magazine, and also the
anthology, Christmas Presence,
published by Catawba Press. Her
story, “The Uniform” appeared in the anthology, Clotheslines, published by Catawba Press.
POETS AND WRITERS READING POEMS AND STORIES
co sponsored by NCWN West and John C Campbell Folk School
Contact: Lucy Cole Gratton, Cherokee Representative –NCWN West
828-494-2914
