The Pat Conroy Literary Center’s monthly Open Mic Night will be held at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.) on Thursday, January 11, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Our featured writer is award-winning poet Miho Kinnas, author of Waiting for Sunset to Bury Red Camellias. Open Mic will also feature short readings of 3 to 5 minutes each by other writers in many genres.

When: Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM EDT
Price: Free · Duration: 1 hr 30 min
Where: Conroy Center (601 Bladen St., Beaufort)

Interested in reading as part of Open Mic? Let us know at contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org

We want to build our community of writers and an appreciation for the art and talent of new, emerging, and long-time writers. Thank you for supporting this partnership!

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About our featured writer:
Twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize (2019 and 2023), Miho Kinnas is a poet and translator. Waiting for Sunset to Bury Red Camellias is her third collection of poetry, following Today, Fish Only (2014) and Move Over, Bird (2019). A poetry of collaboration with E. Ethelbert Miller, We Eclipse into The Other Side, was published in 2023.

Elaine Equi selected her poem “Three Shrimp Boats Over the Horizon” for Best American Poetry 2023. Miho operates a community bookshop, An Island Bookshelf, on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. She holds an MFA in poetry from the City University of Hong Kong.

This program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which, as always, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.