Poetry with Purpose Series feat. Jim Bourey

POETRY WITH PURCHASE SERIES FEAT. JIM BOUREY
Join SLC Arts at the Potsdam Public Library for our first installment of Poetry with Purpose, a new series that highlights a local author and brings a monthly offering of literature that links to activism, advocacy, or our North County history! July will feature local poet, Jim Bourey.
 

Jim Bourey’s poetry examines place and the human condition through storytelling. His work explores the history of small places with the purpose of keeping them alive in our collective memory. He is currently working on a project that describes the history of Lyon Mountain, a small mining town in the northeast Adirondacks. The collection examines the many viewpoints of folks as they aged and their town aged with them. As a native of Lyon Mountain, many of his poems focus on generations of his ancestral family. Most importantly, bourey’s work is accessible; he believes poetry is an art that belongs to all people.
 

This event will showcase a reading by bourey of his work, a visual overview of the history of Lyon Mountain, and an open Q&A session.

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Poetry with Purpose is a series of events that highlight a local author and bring a monthly offering of literature that links to activism, advocacy, or our North County history. Each event will offer a reading and presentation, an open Q&A, and a book signing and opportunity to meet the author.
 

These events are created to engage all of our North Country community, not only those that have an interest in poetry and literature. Poetry, after all, is written with purpose and has the power to heal. This series will take our community on journeys through local and relevant issues of our time and of our North Country space focusing on our shared purpose.