Delightful
poetry reading by Bethanian Julie E. (Payne) Bloemeke yesterday in the
Academic Parlour. She is a 1994 Bethany graduate who earned her MA in
American Literature from the University of South Carolina and her MFA
from the Bennington Writing Seminars. A
2012 fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, her work has
appeared or is forthcoming in a number of publications including Drunken
Boat, Poet Lore, Deep South Magazine, and The Southern Poetry
Anthology: Georgia. She recently served as a guest blogger for Best
American Poetry and is currently working on her first book of poetry.
Joining us for the picture: Dr. Jessie Janeshek, Assistant Professor of
English, and Dr. Larry Grimes, Professor of English Emeritus.
