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Launched in Winston-Salem in 2013, Poetry in Plain Sight is a collaboration between the NC Poetry Society, the NC Writers’ Network, Winston-Salem Writers, and Press 53 that brings North Carolina poetry and poets to the public. Four poems are chosen for each of the twelve months and displayed on posters in street-visible locations throughout arts districts, bookstores, and downtown areas in 13 NC cities. In Hickory, the monthly posters can be seen at Taste Full Beans, Hickory Community Theater, Hickory Wine Shoppe, and Patrick Beaver Library.Featured readers at the Hickory event will include Scott Owens, Hickory author of 25 collections of poetry; Nancy Martin-Young, author of 3 novels and a collection of poetry; Marlo Scheitler, actress and poet living in Belmont; retired educator, Kent Reichert, author of 2 collections of poetry; and John Stickney, poet and artist from Wilmington.
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