To celebrate National Poetry Month and the publication of Archive: South Carolina Poetry Since 2005, a group poetry reading will take place in Burgiss Theater in the Trone Student Center on the Furman University campus on Wednesday, April 11 at 4:00. This CLP event is free and open to the public.
Archive: South Carolina Poetry Since 2005 is a new collection of the writings of 46 South Carolina poets. The anthology’s contents were all previously published in national poetry journals or in chapbooks or single-authored works. As such, this anthology is the best survey and summary of the writings of South Carolina poets since the previous Ninety-Six anthology in 2005.
The Ninety-Six Press, established at Furman in 1991, is part of the South Carolina Poetry Archives in the Department of Special Collections and Archives in James B. Duke Library at Furman. The South Carolina Poetry Archives contains the papers and manuscripts of over 20 South Carolina poets and a comprehensive collection of the published writings of all South Carolina poets.
This event is cosponsored by the Friends of the Furman University Libraries and the Furman English Department. Books will be available for purchase and signing after the program. The public is invited to attend. For more information, contact Kathleen Hamlin (864-294-2191, kathleen.hamlin@furman.edu).
