WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESENTS POETS AND WRITERS EVENTS 

Westchester Community College is offering a series of poetry and writing events starting in February. These presentations are free and open to the public.  

LUCY ANNE HURSTON on Monday, February 4 at 10:00 and 11:00 a.m. in Classroom Building – Room 200. Lucy Anne Hurston is the niece of Zora Neale Hurston and author of the multimedia Hurston biography, Speak and Speak Again. Booklist says that this “incredible illustrative matter is the real draw and what makes the book so amazing."  

SCOTT WOODS on Tuesday, March 4 at 10:00 and 11:00 a.m. in Classroom Building – Room 200. Scott Woods is author and editor of over nine volumes of poetry and prose, including 50 Mistakes Poets Make and High Desert Voices: The 2005 National Poetry Slam Anthology. He has been featured on National Public Radio. Founder of the poetry performance group The Black Air Poets and the President of Poetry Slam Inc., he oversees the annual National Poetry Slam and the Individual World Poetry Slam.

PAUL WRAY on Thursday, May 1 at 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. in Classroom Building – Room 200. At one time, Wray fancied himself a writer of humor, at another a poet. Turning out to be a good technical writer, he wrote professionally about computers. He is currently working on a memoir about the terminal illness of his late wife and the joy that comes from finding love again.

Poets and Writers celebrates April Poetry Month with weekly workshops lead by master page and stage poets. These free workshops are open to the community.

MIKE MCGEE WORKSHOP on Tuesday, April 1 from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.,     Classroom Building – Room 100.

GEORGE WALLACE WORKSHOP on Thursday, April 17 from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., Classroom Building – Room 100.

MICHAEL DOWNIE WORKSHOP on Tuesday, April 22 from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Classroom Building – Room 100.