What does the SD Festival of Books Offer Poets?

As many of you know, the annual SD Festival of Books is approaching this weekend, and it intends to brings writers and readers together. I was just reading through the various events and noting which ones I wanted to attend, and I just thought it might be useful to talk about the specific poetry events in a post before the weekend comes. Friday Poetry Events1:00-1:45 Mirror Neurons & Poems of Loss & Elegy with Lee Ann RoripaughWhere? SDSU Student Union: Pasque Room2:00-2:45 The Good Medicine of Poetry of Presence with Phyllis Cole-Dai & Ruby WilsonWhere? SDSU Student Union: Pasque Room8:15-9:30 Open Mic- SDSPSWhere? Performing Arts Center: Fishback Studio TheaterComplete Friday Schedule Saturday Poetry Events9:00-9:45 The Sea Is My Ugly Twin: A Reading with Marcella RemundWhere? Brookings Arts Council Main Gallery10:00- 10:45 Loon in Late November: A Reading with Freya ManfredWhere? Brookings Arts Council Main Gallery10:00-10:45 Readings From the Expanded Oakwood Magazine with Patrick Hicks and other ContributorsWhere? Brookings City Council Building: Council Chambers.11:00-11:45 Poetry as Conservation, Conservation as Poetry with Kevin ColeWhere? Brookings Arts Council Main Gallery12:00-12:45 A Reading with South Dakota Poet Laureate Lee Ann RoripaughWhere? Brookings Arts Council Main Gallery2:00-2:45 Readings by the Women Poets Collective- Darla Biel, Barbara Duffey, Jeanne Emmons, Lindy Obach, Marcella Remund, Christine Stewart, Norma C. WilsonWhere? First United Methodist Church: Sanctuary3:00-3:45 Celebrating Poetry of Presence: A Reading with Phyllis Cole-Dai, Ruby Wilson, Freya Manfred, Joyce Sutphen, and Marianne ZarzanaWhere? First United Methodist Church: Sanctuary4:30-6:00 SDSPS Annual MeetingWhere? First United Methodist Church: Room 204Complete Saturday Schedule We would love to see our members enjoy these events.Featured image by Thomas Hawk, under the creative commons license on Flickr.