Join us for an afternoon of light refreshm ents\, community\, and poetry! November's Poetry @ the Public will feature Nick Boone from Harding University and Angie Macri from Hot Springs. Lear n more about each poet below! Doors will open at 2:00 pm and guests are in vited to enjoy light refreshments and a meet-and-greet with the authors. R eadings will start at 2:30 pm.
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\nAbout the Poets:
\nNick Boone is a Professor at Harding University\, where he teaches courses in American literature a nd writing and directs the Writing Center. He earned his PhD I English fro m Auburn University with a dissertation on the poets of Black Mountain Col lege in North Carolina. His poetry has appeared in Georgetown Review\, Tel eios\, Streetlight Magazine\, St. Austin Review\, Cave Region Review\, SLA NT\, and elsewhere. His scholarly book\, Understanding Jorie Graham\, publ ished in 2025\, examines the life and work of one of the most accomplished living American poets. His debut book of poetry\, Biblical Proportion\, w as published in May of this year.
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\nAngie Macri was born and raised in South ern Illinois but now lives in Hot Springs\, where she is an Arkansas Arts Council fellow. She is the author of three books of poetry: Fear Nothing o f the Future or the Past (Finishing Line Press\, 2014)\; Underwater Panthe r (Southeast Missouri State University Press\, 2015)\, winner of the Cowle s Poetry Book Prize\; and Sunset Cue (Bordighera Press\, 2022)\, winner of the 2021 Lauria/Frasca Poetry Prize. She earned a BA from the University of Arkansas\, as well as an MA from the University of Illinois at Champaig n-Urbana and an MFA from the University of Arkansas.
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\nThis event is free and open to the pub lic.
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