Join us for an evening of sacred poetry on Saturday, November 9th!
Local poet and Lecturer for the English Department at Anderson University, Mr. J. Ryan Lee will be joining us for an evening of sacred poetry on Saturday, November 9. Doors open at 5:15, and the readings will begin around 5:30.
There is no cover charge for admission. Refreshments will be served, and there will be an opportunity to meet Ryan and fellowship with other attenders after the reading.
We’d love for you to join us for what promises to be an enjoyable time of fellowship and encouragement.
James Ryan Lee received an M.F.A. from the University of California, Irvine, where he studied under poets James McMichael and Michael Ryan. His poems have appeared in The Minnesota Review, Juked, Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, Ordained Servant, and Christianity and Literature. Duke University Press republished a section of his poem, “Bee Suit: Spring Chores with Grandfather,” for National Poetry Month. A Lecturer in English at Anderson University, he is currently at work on a manuscript of poems tentatively titled, “Cheating the House.” He recently completed an M.A. in Religious Studies from Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Taylors, SC where he lives with his wife and two children.
