MEETING OVERVIEW
We are excited to invite you to the next meeting of the North Carolina Poetry Society!
The next meeting will be held online, via Zoom, on Saturday, January 11th, from 10 AM to 2 PM!
We do hope you will join us!
The day will kick off with a showcase of readings by poets from Poetry in Plain Sight.
Following the Poetry in Plain Sight showcase, there will be an Open Mic, open to all in attendance as time allows.
After we break for lunch, we will finish our day with a generative workshop facilitated by poet, educator, and performer, Sara Deniz Akant, entitled “Freedom in Constraint: A Workshop on the Creative Potentials of OuLiPo”.
Sara Deniz Akant is the author of three books — most recently, Hyperphantasia (Rescue Press 2022), which was a New York Times book of the year, a Boston Globe book of the year, and won the Massachusetts Book Award in poetry. She is also the author of Babette (Rescue Press 2015), winner of the Black Box Poetry Prize, and Parades (Omnidawn 2014), winner of the Chapbook Prize. She teaches poetry as a Professor of the Practice at Tufts University, and co-curates the Kan Yama Kan reading series in Brooklyn.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
10:00 AM – Greetings from NCPS VP of Programming, Chad Knuth
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM – Poetry in Plain Sight Showcase
11:45 – 12:30 PM – Open Mic
12:30 – 1:00 PM – Break for Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 PM – Freedom in Constraint: OuLiPo Workshop with Sara Deniz Akant
REGISTRATION
ZOOM DETAILS
Link: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/84238093743?pwd=W9Ybb1kaP96ESZB64abE8qbU2fiFnu.1
Meeting ID: 842 3809 3743
Passcode: NCPS
Should any issues occur when joining the meeting, please contact ncpsvicepresofprogramming@gmail.com.
POETRY IN PLAIN SIGHT
Please check back for more information on this year’s PIPS poets.
Information also available at https://www.ncpoetrysociety.org/pips/.
NCPS BOOK SHELF
Go shopping for books by our featured speakers (if/when available), and our members, at our NCPS “Book Shelf” at https://bookshop.org/shop/ncpoetrysociety.
If you are a NCPS member and would like their book posted on our bookshelf, contact Chad Knuth at ncpsvicepresofprogramming@gmail.com. Please be sure to have your book’s ISBN on-hand.