Congratulations! You survived February! Whether you’re excited for the first day of spring, college basketball, spring break, or all these bookish things coming up, March is full of good stuff!
Events
Friday, March 7th, 6:30 PM, at Blackman High School Library (3956 Blaze Drive, Murfreesboro): Soup and Sonnets
Come join BHS’s poetry club, SOUP (Society of Undiscovered Poets), for their fundraiser to benefit the Murfreesboro Rescue Mission. Performances include Blackman high poets, Poetry in the Boro cameos, and a special guest! $10 admission includes a soup dinner, but if you want to come and cannot afford that, please email poetryintheboro@gmail.com for a sponsored ticket. Come out to support these young poets and this good cause!
Saturday, March 8th, 10 AM-1 PM, at the Smyrna Library (400 Enon Springs Rd., Smyrna): Jessica Johnson Book Signing
Go check out this free author signing event at Smyrna Public Library with Jessica Johnson to debut her first novel Staying in the Light. This event is free and open to the public! Click the pic for more info.
Saturday and Sunday, March 8th and 9th, 10 AM-5 PM, at the Smyrna Event Center (100 Sam Ridley Pkwy E., Smyrna): The Spine Bookshop’s First AuthorCon
With 32 local authors, 9 vendors, and a whole lotta fun, you don’t want to miss this great event for the whole family to support local authors! Get your tickets by clicking the image above!
Sunday, March 9th, 3-5 PM, at Dapper Owl (2412 E. Main St, Murfreesboro): Poetry in the Boro Writers’ Mingle
Our first Writers’ Mingle in February was a blast, so we’re doing it again! This time, Oz Arts ArtFellow and Unfold TA Carson Elliot will be the host! So if you want to join in some writing games, have a quiet space to get some writing done, hear an inspirational message from Carson, and/or just hang out with other writers of all genres, ages, and experiences, come on! Click the pic to RSVP!
Monday, March 10th, 5:30-7 PM, Sunday, March 16th, 3-4:30 PM, and Wednesday, March 26th, 5:30-7 PM, at Dapper Owl: Silent Book Club
Enjoy some time to read—with friends! Quietly! Just make sure you RSVP here!
Saturday, March 15th, 2-4 PM, at Linebaugh Library (105 W Vine St, Murfreesboro): James Gremli Book Signing
Linebaugh Public Library is pleased to host local author James Gremli for a book signing, where he will sign and sell copies of his book, A Route 66 Tale: Carrying on the Tradition. Click here for more info!
Sunday, March 23rd, 6 PM, at Dapper Owl: Monthly Poetry in the Boro Reading, MTSU SHIFT Launch, and Open Mic
Come celebrate the launch of MTSU Write’s most recent issue of SHIFT! Hear from some of the contributors, as well as other poets in our area—and maybe even share something of your own!
Friday, March 28th, 5:30 PM, at Crying Cat Books (504 N. Maney Ave, Murfreesboro): Queer Book Club
Contact Crying Cat to buy your copy of Prokaryote Season then come chat about it with some cool people! Click the image above for more information!
March 29th, 1-3 PM, MTSU STU 227: Writing HerStory with Mytecia Myles
Come celebrate National Women’s History Month with Dr. Christina Cobb and Mytecia Myles, who will walk you through an afternoon of storytelling and therapeutic writing. For more information or to register, please contact Dr. Christina Cobb at christina.cobb@mtsu.edu.
March Gladness!
Poetry in the Boro was highlighted in Dandelion Scribes, a publication based out of Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area in eastern Tennessee/Kentucky! There’s a lovely interview in there with PitB founder and former Murfreesboro poet laureate Kory Wells, and poems from PitB regulars Aaron Herschel Shapiro, Charles Thomas, Brandy Warren, hil hoover, Nallely Ortega Prater, Brian Seadorf, James Croal Jackson, Kory Wells, and me! You can read the whole feature here!
Also, besides being one of the featured poets in this issue of Dandelion Scribes, Nallely Ortega Prater was also on City Cast Nashville, speaking about immigrants and the Immigrants Write program at The Porch. Give it a listen! We’re proud of you, Nallely!
I think that’s about it for the month of March! Remember to check your library, school, or bookstore for reading and writing groups and events—there are many more than can be mentioned here! And if you have any events, news, or whatever else you’d like highlighted in this blog, lemme know by shooting me an email at taffetachimewrites@gmail.com. Thanks, and we’ll see ya next month!
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