ESU Visiting Writers Series welcomes Kerry Moyer

Wed Feb 04 2026 at 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm UTC-06:00

1 Kellogg Cir, Emporia, KS, United States, Kansas 66801 | Emporia

ESU Creative Writing Program
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ESU Visiting Writers Series welcomes Kerry Moyer
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Join the ESU Creative Writing program as we welcome Emporia poet and ESU Alum, Kerry Moyer! Hear him read from his newest full-length poetry collection, Salt (Meadowlark Press, 2025).
Wed. February 4
6:30-7:30 PM
ESU Plumb Hall, Room 408
Kerry Moyer is the author of four full-length poetry collections, Salt, Rust & Weeds, Dirt Road, and Turnpike Prairie. His poetry and essays have appeared in 105 Meadowlark Reader, Flint Hills Review, Write Bridge Journal, and Thorny Locust among others.
He works as a mental health professional to guide struggling youth. Kerry is a gravel cycling enthusiast who has completed 1,000 miles of 100-mile cycling race events, and he holds a fifth-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and a first-degree black belt in Hapkido and has studied various other martial arts. He enjoys leatherwork, woodwork, tinkering, and playing guitar. He lives with his family in Emporia, Kansas.
This event is FREE and open to everyone. We hope to see you there!
Sponsored by the Emporia State University Creative Writing program, Donald Reichardt Center for Publishing & Literary Arts, ESU School of Humanities & Social Sciences, ESU Performing Arts Board, Quivira ESU Student Creative Writing Club.
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