Findlay, Ohio – Five members of the Greenville Poets will give a public poetry reading at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 20, at The University of Findlay’s Malcolm Dining Hall in the Gardner Fine Arts Pavilion.

The reading is sponsored by the Department of English and the Convocations Committee in celebration of National Poetry Month.

The poets who will be reading are Cathryn Essinger, David Garrison, Belinda Rismiller, Lianne Spidel and Myrna Stone. Prior to the reading, several of the poets will visit with students in creative writing and poetry writing classes and talk with them about what it takes to run a successful writer’s group and the process to get a poetry manuscript published.

Founded in 1985, the group meets monthly to critique work and support each other’s publication efforts.  Between the seven members they have published eight books of poetry, three volumes of translation and won grants from the Ohio Arts Council and many other prizes and fellowships.
 
A reception and book signing will follow the reading.

For more information on the free, public event, call 419-434-4721.