Burn the Mic: Featuring Katerina Stoykova
Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning
251 West Second Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40507
7:00pm - 9:00pm EST
BURN THE MIC with us on February 15!
Sign ups start at 6:30 PM and open mic kicks off at 7:00 PM. After the open mic portion, our featured speaker Katerina Stoykova will read from her new book BETWEEN A BIRD CAGE AND A BIRD HOUSE POEMS.
Katerina Stoykova is the author of several poetry books, most recently BETWEEN A BIRD CAGE AND A BIRD HOUSE (University Press of Kentucky, 2024). Katerina is the founder the Senior Editor of Accents Publishing, where she has selected, edited, and published close to 100 poetry collections. She serves as the Director of the Kentucky Book Festival at Kentucky Humanities.
Presented by the Kentucky Black Writers Collaborative and hosted by poet JC McPherson, Burn The Mic is a free monthly open mic for people of all ages who wish to share their poetry in front of a small and welcoming audience. Some months will have a featured poet. Free & open to the public.
Questions? Contact JC McPherson at jude@carnegiecenterlex.org.