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First Fridays Author Series Continues
FIRST FRIDAY UPDATE:
Friday, October 6, 2023 6:15pm - 8:30pm
Celebrate Your Freedom to Read!
WSPL Banned Books Week October 1-7, 2023 Culminating Event
First Fridays Author Series: Poet Laureate-palooza
We regret that poet Glenis Redmond will not be able to make Oct 6 First Fridays-- she's going to The White House!!!! Best for adults. FREE. Western Sullivan Public Library- Delaware Free Branch. 45 Lower Main St. Callicoon, NY 12723. Register on the library’s calendar at www.WSPLonline.org. For additional information, email Lmoran@rcls.org.
But, please welcome international touring poet Samantha Thornhill and --not 1 but 2 --Sullivan County Poet Laureates to celebrate our "Freedom to Read!" Sharon Kennedy-Nolle, one of 23 Academy of American Poets 2023 Fellows, and The Effervescent Eric Baylin, Sullivan County's 2021 Poet Laureate will open. OPEN MIC: 10, 3-min slots. Come with excerpts of your own "dangerous" writing or pick a short excerpt from the "Challenged Bowl." Banned Books trivia and prizes.
Samantha Thornhill is a globally-traveled poet, educator and children’s author from the twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. She was a decade-long professor at the Julliard School, consultant for Def Poetry Jam You Tube channel, and founding creator of Poets in Unexpected Places, profiled in the New York Times for their dynamic, pop-up poetry performances in public spaces. Samantha's poetry collection, The Animated Universe, was published by Peepal Tree Press in 2022.
This event is funded in part by Poets & Writers with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature as well as with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant Program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support from the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by Delaware Valley Arts Alliance
To view all of our programs, visit our calendar at www.wsplonline.org, and register if necessary. Email wsplprograms@rcls.org with any questions.