Morgantown Poets features FSU instructor Suzanne Heagy
21/05/09 Filed in: Announcements
Morgantown Poets meets May 21, 2009, 7-9:00 P.M.
This meeting has no associated fees for participation.
CONTACT: Ted Webb, Morgantown Poets
304-319-1762; morgantownpoets@care2.com
Morgantown Poets features FSU instructor Suzanne Heagy May 21
Suzanne Heagy, a faculty member at Fairmont State University, will be the featured speaker during Morgantown Poets’ 7 p.m. literary event Thursday, May 21, at Monongalia Arts Center (MAC).
The reading is free and open to anyone interested in the arts.
Heagy is currently fiction editor at Kestrel, the literary journal of FSU, where she joined the Department of Language and Literature faculty in August 2008.
Her novel, “Meridian Inn,” was named a finalist in Sol Books Prose Selection Series 2008.
Heagy’s work has appeared in Dos Passos Review, Poetry Southeast, Oregon Review, Lynx Eye and Horizons, the annual publication of the South Carolina Writers Guild. Her writing will also be published this fall in Uphook Press' annual poetry anthology.
Heagy earned her undergraduate degree in English at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. She earned her master’s degree and doctorate in English/Creative Writing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
The author has lived in Kentucky, Indiana, Texas, South Carolina and Wisconsin. Currently, she lives and writes in Fairmont with her husband, Jim Heagy.
The MAC is at 107 High St., Morgantown. The event will be in Studio II upstairs.
Public parking is available near the MAC in the parking garage at the corner of Pleasant and Chestnut streets and at the city lot behind 142 High Street (enter off Spruce). The MAC is accessible to individuals with mobility impairments; please schedule ahead at least two days prior to the event by calling 304-319-1762, or write to info@monartscenter.com for more information.
Morgantown Poets is an informal group in the community that meets from 7-9 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month at the MAC, providing literary enthusiasts the opportunity to express themselves, share their work, network and to connect up-and-coming writers with more established authors. New writers are welcome. Meetings usually begin with a spoken reading by a featured author that is followed by readings from attendees. Join Morgantown Poets’ mailing list by writing to morgantownpoets@care2.com or join the group on Facebook by entering “Morgantown Poets” in Facebook’s search.