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2022 West End Poetry Festival: Music In Poetry

Carrboro’s Premier Poetry Event The West End Poetry Festival is scheduled to be held on October 14 & 15, 2022. Theme – Music in Poetry
97.9 The Hill Interview

Listen to an interview about the festival with Aaron Keck from 97.9 The Hill and former Carrboro Poet Laureate Gary Phillips
2020 West End Poetry Festival Press Release

Carrboro’s West End Poetry Festival, on the theme “Poetry for a Change”, will take place October 16 and 17, 2020.
Passing the torch

Former Carrboro Poet Laureate, Gary Phillips, shares his thoughts on Fred Joiner becoming the new Poet Laureate.
Get to know Fatima Abdullah

The West End Poetry Festival had the wonderful opportunity to interview Fatima Abdullah, one of the featured poets who will be sharing her work on October 20th, 2018.
2018 West End Poetry Festival Press Release

October 17th-20th, 2018 will mark the 13th anniversary of the annual West End Poetry Festival in Carrboro, NC. Four days of poetry featuring more than 50 poets!
Gary Phillips on intersections: Theme of this year’s festival

Intersectionality is a strong literary term often used to describe overlapping and interconnected webs of discrimination based on gender, race, and class.
Carrboro’s 2017 Poetry Festival to Expand

The Town of Carrboro, North Carolina will be bursting with poetry from Wednesday, October 18th to the 21st, 2017.
Thank you!

Thank you for supporting poetry in Carrboro!
2016 Festival Preview

The two-day festival will include workshops, readings and an open mic session that will allow any attendee to read their own poems. Steele, who is a part of the Carrboro Poets Council, said she thinks allowing everybody to perform their own poems helps connect poetry to the community.

2022 West End Poetry Festival: Music In Poetry
97.9 The Hill Interview
2020 West End Poetry Festival Press Release
Passing the torch
Get to know Fatima Abdullah
2018 West End Poetry Festival Press Release
Gary Phillips on intersections: Theme of this year’s festival
Carrboro’s 2017 Poetry Festival to Expand
Thank you!
2016 Festival Preview

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