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Words & Wine: A Monthly Poetry & Spoken Word Open Mic Series

A great night full of expression featuring local Poets & Spoken Word artists through Words & Wine

Special Readings followed by Open Mic

Special Reading and Book Release by Lesley Wheeler
Lesley Wheeler’s sixth poetry collection, Mycocosmic, will be published by Tupelo Press in March 2025. She is also the author of Poetry’s Possible Worlds and the novel Unbecoming. Her work has been supported by Fulbright, the National Endowment for the Humanities, Breadloaf, and the Sewanee Writers Workshop. Recent poems and essays appear in Poetry, Massachusetts Review, American Poetry Review, Ecotone, Poets & Writers, and elsewhere. Poetry Editor of Shenandoah, she lives in Virginia and teaches at W&L.
Find her on Instagram and Threads at @LesleyMWheeler
**and on Bluesky at @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social**

**Preorders will be filled through their respective retailers. Books will also be available for purchase at the event**
There will be an Open Mic sign-up sheet at the door. Each open Mic reader will have 3-5 minutes.

***To be considered for future featured reading, feel free to message me.

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