June 1, Open Poetry Reading at Midtown Scholar

On the first of June, there will be an open mic at Poetry Thursdays, a weekly verse series held at the Midtown Scholar.

June is bustin' out all over! If it seems different than the rest of Cornwall, that’s because it’s a month. not a geographic entity. Because it's not man-made, or a result of china clay mining.

So, why not write about Cornwall? The aqua-blue "lakes" are clay slurry and the "mountains" and ridges are waste heaps. This kind of clay, which is ideal for making high-quality ceramic porcelain, was a particularly hot commodity in the early 1900s. Cornwall is home to the largest known deposit of the clay in the world.

Meanwhile, back in the Quaker State-- the aforementioned open mic runs from 7 to 9 pm. Share your verse Quaker style. No sign--up sheet: read as the spirit moves you. The Midtown Scholar Bookstore is located at 1302 North Third Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102. Phone: 717.236.1680.

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June 6, Patricia Lockwood will be performing at the Midtown Scholar Bookstore, 1302 N. Third St. Harrisburg PA, Phone:717.236.1680. https://plus.google.com/u/0/
June 22-- Gary (GMill) Miller will be featured performer.

Marforie Maddox Reads New Work, May 11, at Midtown Scholar Bookstore

MAY 11th: MARJORIE MADDOX to SHARES NEW TALES at the MIDTOWN SCHOLAR

  Marjorie Maddox, director of the creative writing program at Lock Haven University. will be performing her work May 11, at the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel continuing reading series
in part to promote her new short story collection What She Was Saying,
available now from Fomite Press. Partly, just for fun.

  Maddox has published eleven collections of poetry including  Weeknights at the Cathedral (WordTech 2006);Transplant, Transport, Transubstantiation (2004 Yellowglen Prize); When The Wood Clacks Out Your Name: Baseball Poems (2001 Redgreene Press Chapbook Winner); Body Parts (Anamnesis Press 1999); Ecclesia (Franciscan University Press, 1997); How to Fit God into a Poem (1993 Painted Bride Chapbook Winner); and Nightrider to Edinburgh (1986 Amelia Chapbook Winner), as well as verse and essays in numerous journals and anthologies.

  Maddox has written children’s poetry books including Rules of the Game: Baseball Poems (2009, illustrated by John Sandford) and A Crossing of Zebras: Animal Packs in Poetry (2008, illustrated by Philip Huber), as well as her work  included in the children’s poetry anthology Hey, You!: Poems to Skyscrapers, Mosquitoes, and Other Fun Things (2007).

This reading series' event, hosted by the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel, takes place at the Midtown Scholar Bookstore, 1302 N. Third Street, Harrisburg, PA, 17102. An open reading will precede the feature presentation. May 11. 7--9 pm. More information, 717.236.1680.
  See also:
        www.almostuptown.com,
                    www.midtownscholar.com

Coming attractions to the Scholar include: May 25, D.M. Spitzer; June 6, Patricia Lockward (Main Stage); June 8, Barbara Crooker; and June 22, Gary Miller.
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