This event is in the past.It took place on October 20, 2024 at Tompkins Corners Cultural Center.
Literature TalkLiterature TalkSettle into a restored church pew for an afternoon of poetry that lands with emotional weight. Melissa Joplin Higley reads from her award-winning collection about fathers and loss, then the mic opens to anyone with words to share.
intimate setting
community gathering
emerging writers
restored church venue
Tips
đź“–"heartbreakingly beautiful: the music of the language, the punch-in-the-gut images" (Julie Weiss)
🏆Higley won Grand Prize at Writer's Digest Competition
⏰arrive early for best pew seating
$10
Poets' Corner
Putnam Valley
Literature TalkLiterature TalkSettle into a restored church pew for an afternoon of poetry that lands with emotional weight. Melissa Joplin Higley reads from her award-winning collection about fathers and loss, then the mic opens to anyone with words to share.
intimate setting
community gathering
emerging writers
restored church venue
Tips
đź“–"heartbreakingly beautiful: the music of the language, the punch-in-the-gut images" (Julie Weiss)
🏆Higley won Grand Prize at Writer's Digest Competition
⏰arrive early for best pew seating
$10
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