Open Mic

Saturday, June 24th | 2 PM Peregrine Book Company 

Join us at the Peregrine on Saturday, June 24th at 2 pm for a special Open Mic 

Join us at the Peregrine on June 24th at 2 pm for a special Open Mic featuring Prescott poet Megan Merchant. Our June Open Mic will begin with a special feature reading by poet Megan Merchant. After Merchant's reading, the mic will be open to all readers as usual. 

Spoken Word Open Mic is a monthly event featuring poetry and short prose. We welcome readers, performers, and listeners. For more information email susan@peregrinebookcompany.com

About the Feature Poet:

Megan Merchant (she/her) is the owner of the editing, manuscript consultation, and mentoring business Shiversong (www.shiversong.com) and holds an M.F.A. degree in International Creative Writing from UNLV. She is the author of three full-length poetry collections with Glass Lyre Press: Gravel Ghosts (2016), The Dark’s Humming (2015 Lyrebird Award), Grief Flowers (2018), four chapbooks, and a children’s book, These Words I Shaped for You (Penguin Random House). Her latest book, Before the Fevered Snow, was released in April 2020 with Stillhouse Press (NYT New & Noteworthy). She was awarded the 2016-2017 COG Literary Award, judged by Juan Felipe Herrera, the 2018 Beullah Rose Poetry Prize, second place in the Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry, and most recently the Inaugural Michelle Boisseau Prize. She is the Editor of Pirene’s Fountain. You can find her poetry and artwork at  meganmerchant.wix.com/poet

Event date: 

Saturday, June 24, 2023 - 2:00pm

Event address: 

Peregrine Book Company
219A North Cortez
Prescott, AZ 86301