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<channel><title><![CDATA[J.S. ABSHER - Events]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.jsabsherpoetry.com/events]]></link><description><![CDATA[Events]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 06:06:36 -0700</pubDate><generator>Weebly</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Upcoming and Recorded Readings and Other Events]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.jsabsherpoetry.com/events/first-event]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.jsabsherpoetry.com/events/first-event#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2021 16:28:22 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.jsabsherpoetry.com/events/first-event</guid><description><![CDATA[       "Horizon Is West," Cynthia Reeves (1983)  On Sunday, June 2, at 2 p.m., I will be reading with Joanie McLean and Joan Barasovska at Scuppernong Books, 304 South Elm Street, Greensboro, NC.&nbsp;For those who missed it, threeof my recent readings were recorded.- On October 15, Bill Griffin and I read our poems in a Zoom-based reading sponsored by the excellent small magazine, Visions International and&nbsp;hosted by Cal Nordt and Visions International editor and publisher, Brad Strahan. Th [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.jsabsherpoetry.com/uploads/1/3/8/5/138544959/x-jsa-horizon-is-west-1983-80sh-37_orig.jpg" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:center;">"Horizon Is West," Cynthia Reeves (1983)</div>  <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;">On Sunday, June 2, at 2 p.m., I will be reading with Joanie McLean and Joan Barasovska at <a href="https://www.scuppernongbooks.com/event/poets-barasovska-absher-mclean" target="_blank">Scuppernong Books, <span style="color:rgb(65, 11, 22)">304 South Elm Street, Greensboro, NC</span>.</a>&nbsp;<br /><br />For those who missed it, threeof my recent readings were recorded.<br /><br />- On October 15, Bill Griffin and I read our poems in a Zoom-based reading sponsored by the excellent small magazine, <em>Visions International </em>and&nbsp;hosted by Cal Nordt and <em>Visions International</em> editor and publisher, Brad Strahan. The readings begin about 11 minutes in. Here are the link and the passcode:<br /><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/oTtuSXqGgBoWVHIQhAFyEZwB_CGJTz2PNHzt4DsoxizTfGSDxRCWFHcmQh01xHUU.RKl_L2pdiFRdqhy_?fbclid=IwAR0jnvQ_tFWqBmCAPmrUdyh5bUpqPQEUOTDJBW3GJFyev4ZwDV8Bakw6Xfw" target="_blank">https://us06web.zoom.us/.../oTtuSXqGgBoWVHIQhAFyEZwB...</a><br />Passcode: ue13DM^^<br />-&nbsp;In&nbsp;August 2022, I read in the Book Launch series hosted by the journal&nbsp;<em>Redheaded Stepchild</em>: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEv1uuRS7YQ" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEv1uuRS7YQ</a>.&nbsp;<br />- In April 2023,&nbsp;I joined many other fine poets in the James Applewhite Prize Poetry Reading (my poem was a finalist): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDASs9LdRqk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDASs9LdRqk</a>. My reading begins around 12:45 minutes into the reading.<br /><br /></div>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>