On September 14, Poetry Thursdays at the Midtown Scholar welcomes Barbara Crooker
as our featured poet. The Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel hosts this special event.
as our featured poet. The Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel hosts this special event.
Crooker grew up in New York's Hudson Valley and received her bachelor's degree in English Literature and art history from the women's Douglass College — now part of Rutgers University — and her master'sin English Literature from Elmira College in New York.
She is the author of Radiance, her first full-length book, which won the 2005 Word Press First Book competition and was a finalist for the 2006 Paterson Poetry Prize.
Crooker's poems have appeared in many journals such as Yankee, The Christian Science Monitor, Smartish Pace, The Beloit Poetry Journal, Nimrod, The Denver Quarterly, The Tampa Review,and Poetry International.
Barbara Crooker's verse has frequently been featured on Garrison Keeler's PBS show, The Writer's Almanac.
The Poetry Cartel hosts the festivities starting at 7pm with an open mike. Bring your own poems or share your favorites. All are welcome.
The feature presentation will begin at 8:05 pm. The Midtown Scholar Bookstore, 1302 N. Third St. Harrisburg PA, Phone:717.236.1680.
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