An Evening of Poetry
The Burn Thompson Writers Group
April 21st
7:30 - 9:00pm
Doors open at 7:15
Free
Come celebrate National Poetry Month with an evening of original poetry read by members of the Burn Thompson Writers Group.
The Burn Thompson Writers Group meets twice a month at the Downtown Juneau Library. While the group started off as a mixture of poetry and prose writers, these days most of the writers who attend are poets. During meetings, writers share their work and offer each other gentle critiques. Although over twenty people belong to the group, there are usually six to ten at the biweekly get-together. The group is open to the public.
Burn Thompson, who came to Juneau from Roanoke, Virginia took charge of a flagging writing group and nursed it back to health. Burn had an undergraduate degree in physics and graduate degrees in creative writing, a rare mix. The group was named in her honor after her death in October 2013.
