The February
‘Over The Edge: Open Reading’ takes place in Galway City Library on Thursday, February 27th,
6.30-8.00pm. The Featured Readers are Grace
Wilentz, Meabh Ann McCrossan ,
& Fiona Foster. There will as usual be an open-mic after the Featured
Readers have finished, which this month will include, among others, fiction
writers from the MA in Writing at NUI Galway. New readers are always especially welcome at
the open-mic.
Fiona Foster is originally from
Hartford, Connecticut, but has lived on the West coast of Ireland for the past
fifteen years. She has always enjoyed writing essays and poems, and after
participating in several of Kevin Higgins’s workshops, first at Galway
Technical Institute and more recently Westside Resource Centre, she had her
first poetry published in Issue 8, the Fall 2018 issue, of Light- A Journal of
Photography & Poetry. She has previously read her work at the Westside Arts
Festival summer open-mic.
Meabh Ann McCrossan is a poet from
Galway City and is currently in her final year of a BA Connect Degree with
Creative Writing at NUI Galway. After spending a full year solely dedicated to
working under the guidance of accomplished writers such as Elaine Feeney and
Mike McCormack, she is currently working on her first poetry collection and is
focusing on submitting to various publications. Most recently, her poem 'Freya'
was published in the Moth's Summer 2019 issue, and she has a number of other smaller
publications under her belt.
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| Grace Wilentz |
Grace Wilentz is a poet based in
the Liberties, Dublin. Her poetry has appeared in Irish, British and American
journals including Poetry Ireland Review, Cyphers, The Seneca Review,
The American Poetry Journal, The Harvard Advocate, Magma, and The
Irish Times. Her work was also featured on a public artwork displayed on
the facade of the Abbey Theatre. Her debut pamphlet, Holding Distance, was launched by the Green Bottle Press in October
2019.
Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of Galway City Council, Poetry Ireland & The Arts Council.