WED 6/10/26 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm NC WRITERS NETWORK & THE BRANDY BAR + Cocktails HOST AUTHORS JEFF DAVIS & JANE SPERRY JONES AS NEXT IN THE SERIES
“IN THE COMPANY OF WRITERS”

“In the Company of Writers” program offers a series of personal and conversational dialogues featuring guest writers/poets, followed by an open mic forum. These inspirational gatherings will elucidate and entertain those attending. The guest authors speak from 7-8 PM with an open mic from 8 -9 PM. Original music welcomes you, continues during intermission, and closes the evening. Sign-ups for the open mic sheet are posted at the entry.

Jeff Davis attended UNC-Greensboro’s MFA program in creative writing and studied with Robert Creeley at the State University of New York at Buffalo. His poems have appeared in Asheville Poetry Review, the Nantahala Review, Kakalak, The Hole-In-The-Head Review, and other places. His book Natures: Selected Poems, 1972 – 2005 (2006) was selected by Katherine Stripling Byer, then Poet Laureate of North Carolina, as a North Carolina Notable Book for 2006. He’s also written extensively on Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, and the other Black Mountain College poets. Since 2005, he has hosted the radio program Wordplay, which celebrates poets, writers of creative prose, storytellers, ballad singers, and other folks with interesting approaches to language.

Jane Sperry Jones is a theatre professional and counselor who has just finished publishing Confessions of an Amnesiac, a counterculture creative non-fiction narrative, and is preparing The Raw Collection of sketchy poetry for publication as well. She has also written and submitted an edgy rock film script and a stage play with humor and dark irony about a family suicide. She has founded and operates a tax-exempt non-profit called Zelda Divine Ink for struggling writers. She has taught English and drama in Brooklyn near the projects with her classes being instrumental in the school’s transformation into Brooklyn High School of the Arts. She is currently working on a quirky feature film. She lives and writes near Asheville, NC. Website: Janesperryjones.com.

“In the Company of Writers series” is hosted the 2nd Wednesday of each month, for more info: https://www.facebook.com/TheBrandyBar/events