Fri, Nov 10
|Charleston Library Society
Willie Lee Kinard III with Cassie Primo Steele
Willie Lee Kinard III is a poet, designer, educator, and musician forged in Newberry, South Carolina. His debute poetry collection, Orders of Service, the winner of the 2022 Alice James Award, is forthcoming from Alice James Books. Please see About the Event for more information.


Time & Location
Nov 10, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Charleston Library Society, 164 King St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
Guests
About the Event
Willie holds an MFA in creative writing -- poetry from the University of Pittsburgh. A fellow of the Watering Hole, his musings include gospel surrealism, black romance, and superstition. With written work appearing or forthcoming in Obsidian, Poem-A-Day, Best New Poets, Boston Review, and elsewhere, he is the winner of Poetry Magazine's 2021 J. Howard & Barbara M.J. Wood Prize and a Pushcart Prize nominee. He teaches English at the University of South Carolina. Go see ‘bout them at www.williekinard.com.
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Topic: Willie Kinard
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Seminar Topic: To Birth a Trickster: On Folk Anti-Heroes & Writing Survival, a brief dive into the storytelling traditions of the American South &Â a few figures in popular trickster mythologies, exploring how gestures to orature & folklore influence contemporary poetry, &, more specifically, some of the work in my collection, Orders of Service.
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Topic: Willie Kinnard Seminar/Workshop
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