Pat Conroy’s Great Love of Poetry: A National Poetry Month Special Event

Charleston County Public Library (Main Library)

“The poets of the world occupy a place of high honor in my city of books.”—Pat Conroy, My Reading Life In honor of National Poetry Month, join poet Tim Conroy and Pat Conroy Literary Center executive director Jonathan Haupt as they explore Pat Conroy’s lifelong relationship with poetry as a reader, as a self-described “failed poet,” and as a writer who found a creative outlet for his Great Love of poetry in his lyrical and descriptive prose. Through discussion of Pat’s teachers, mentors, and favorite [...]