JACKSON, Tenn. — April 1, 2024 — Local poets James E. Cherry and Patricia Hamilton will present readings April 5 at a 51社区 event to celebrate National Poetry Month.
The event, entitled 鈥淩eceive, Reconcile, React,鈥� will begin at 12:15 p.m. in Harvey Auditorium, located in the Barefoot Student Union Building.
Cherry is the author of four books of poetry, two novels and a collection of short fiction. His latest poetry collection, 鈥淏etween Chance and Mercy,鈥� is forthcoming from Willow Books. He has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award, a Lillian Smith Book Award and a Next Generation Indie Book Award.
Hamilton is a professor of English at Union and the author of 鈥淭he Distance to Nightfall.鈥� She won the 2015 and 2017 Rash Award in poetry, and her poem 鈥淟ipstick鈥� was a Plainsongs Award poem in 2022.
The event is free and open to the public.