Spartanburg Community College will present the “Wonders of Writing Symposium” on Thursday, September 21, 2017, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m., at their Downtown Spartanburg Campus. The symposium will feature poets Ashley Jones and Ray McManus reading from their works. SC Humanities supported this program with a Fast Track Literary Grant in February 2017.
Ashley Jones is creative writing instructor at Alabama School of Fine Arts, and she’s the author of the Alabama-themed Magic City Gospel poetry collection from Hub City Press. Ray McManus is instructor of creative writing, Irish literature and Southern literature at USC Sumter and author of Punch, a collection of poetry about work from Hub City Press.
The event will take place at:
SCC Downtown Campus in downtown Spartanburg
220 East Kennedy Street 29302
Evans Academic Center Auditorium
A Q&A with the authors will follow the program. The authors will be available to sign books; copies will be for sale, as well as event t-shirts. This event is free and open to the public.
The mission of SC Humanities is to enrich the cultural and intellectual lives of all South Carolinians. Established in 1973, this 501(c) 3 organization is governed by a volunteer 21-member Board of Directors comprised of community leaders from throughout the state. It presents and/or supports literary initiatives, lectures, exhibits, festivals, publications, oral history projects, videos and other humanities-based experiences that directly or indirectly reach more than 250,000 citizens annually.
