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First Thursdays, January through April
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Waccamaw Higher Education Center
160 Willbrook Boulevard
Pawleys Island, SC 29585
Book signing after the reading
Refreshments: homemade confections by Deloris Roberts
Free and open to the public
843-234-3422
Co-sponsored by
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at
Coastal Carolina University, and
PSSC
January 5
Worthy Evans, Open Mic
Worthy Evans is the author of
Green Revolver (University of South Carolina Press, 2010), winner of the SC Poetry Book Prize. A graduate of the College of Charleston, he has served in the Army and worked as a journalist. He currently works for a Medicare contractor, writes, and does collages. A native of SC, he lives with his wife and two children in Columbia.
As part of the kick-off of our 2012 series, everyone in the audience is invited to read a short poem that he or she has written. (Please keep your reading to a single poem no longer than a page.) We’ll all look forward to hearing a variety of voices, including yours. Please join in!
February 2
Tara Powell and Charlene Spearen
Tara Powell is the author of the poetry chapbook
Physical Science (Finishing Line Press, 2010) and a book of literary scholarship called
The Intellectual in Twentieth-Century Southern Literature (Louisiana State University Press, 2012). She is an associate professor of English and Southern Studies at the University of South Carolina.
Charlene Spearenis the author of the chapbook
Without Possessions (2006) and the full-length collection
A Book of Exquisite Disasters (University of South Carolina Press, April 2012). Her poems have also appeared in
–gape-seed- (Uphook Press, 2011),
The Southern Poetry Anthology: SC (Texas Review Press, 2007), and
Country Dog Review. She is an assistant professor at Allen University.
March 1
Thomas L. Johnson and Nancy Dew Taylor
Thomas L. Johnson, of Spartanburg, is the author of
The Costume: New and Selected Poems (Ninety-Six Press, 2010). He has also received poetry, short fiction, and editorial awards. A retired librarian emeritus from the South Caroliniana Library at USC, he is a life member of the board of the South Carolina Academy of Authors.
photo: Kim Truett
Nancy Dew Taylor, of Greenville, is the author of the chapbook Stepping on Air, published by Emrys Press in 2008. Her poems have also appeared in
The South Carolina Review, Tar River Poetry, and
Appalachian Journal, as well as in several anthologies, including
Journey-Work of the Sea, published at CCU.
photo: Gail Crawford
April 5
National Poetry Month:
Patricia Tanner Candal, poetry
The Tanner sisters, music
Retired English teacher
Patricia Tanner Candal is a writer, photographer and painter. Her first chapbook,
Jewels in the Grass, will be published in 2012. Her poems have appeared in anthologies and won awards from PSSC, and she writes a column entitled “Mingo Mornings.” Candal draws inspiration from the swamp at Mingo Creek in Georgetown County, where she has lived with her husband Stephen for twenty years.
Phyllis Tannerfrye's original music has been featured by The Charlotte Folk Society, The Fiddle & Bow Society, Clemson Univ. Radio, The SW Regional Folk Alliance, The SE Regional Folk Alliance, The Musical Traditions Institute, and The International Music Awards. She is working on her third CD at Charleston Recording Studio, and performs monthly with Steve Russell at Ebb & Flow Art Gallery in Murrells Inlet.
Janet Tanner Leonard is a second-grade teacher at Greenwood Elementary in Florence, SC. Writing poetry and inspirational prose has been one of her favorite pastimes for many years, focusing on the themes of family, nature, and children. She has published regularly with
Inner Views Magazine and online at
Heartplace Magazine. She is married to Brian Leonard and has three children, Katherine, Kelly, and Christopher.
