Flyleaf Poetry Reading & Open Mic feat: Stephanie Levin & Richard Krawiec

Thur 1/12 7pm-8:30pm
Flyleaf Poetry Reading & Open Mic Series (2nd Thursdays)
Featured Poets:   Stephanie Levin & Richard Krawiec

This monthly reading series is co-hosted by Stan Absher and Debra Kaufman and sponsored by Flyleaf Books.  An informal get-together before the reading will begin around 5:45 at the Chapel Hill Foster’s, next door to Flyleaf. Please join the group for an hour of conversation. Featured readers will each read for approximately 20 minutes and, after a short break for the readers to sign books, there will be an open mic. Please sign up to read no later than 7 pm.

This month’s featured  poets:

Stephanie Levin received her MFA in Poetry from the University of Virginia. Her work has appeared in Green Mountains Review, Folio, River Styx, Prairie Schooner, and Shenandoah. Her collection, Smoke of Her Body, was chosen by Dorianne Laux as winner of the 2011 Jacar Press Poetry Book Prize. The mother of two, she teaches reading at Carrboro High School.

Richard Krawiec’s second book of poems, She Hands me the Razor, was published by Press 53 in September. The title poem was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His first book of poems, Breakdown, was a finalist for a minor award. His poetry appears in dozens of magazines. He has published two novels, a story collection, and four plays.  He has been the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the NC Arts Council (twice), and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. He teaches online Fiction Writing at UNC Chapel Hill, and won its Excellence in Teaching Award in 2009. He founded Jacar Press, a Community Active publishing company, which has published poetry, fiction, and several anthologies.