Buxton Books is proud to be the bookseller for Piccolo Spoleto’s Sundown Poetry series. Each installment will take place at Washington Square Park at 6:00 pm and will consist of a reading by the evening’s featured poet. A book signing and reception will immediately follow at Buxton Books, just a short walk from where the readings are held. This is a free event, open to all. No RSVPs required.
Wednesday, May 28th - Glenis Redmond
Glenis Redmond is Greenville, South Carolina’s Inaugural Poet Laureate. She is a Baldwin Fellow 2024-2025, and a Poet Laureate Fellow 2023 selected by the American Academy of Poets. She was chosen to be a Citizen Diplomat with the Jonathan Green Maritime Cultural Center. Glenis earned her B.A. at Erskine College and her M.F.A at Warren Wilson College. She has published seven books of poetry. Her latest books are The Listening Skin (Four Way Books), Praise Songs for Dave the Potter, Art by Jonathan Green, and Poetry by Glenis Redmond (University of Georgia Press and The Song of Everything: A Poet’s Exploration of South Carolina State Parks. Glenis received the highest arts award in South Carolina, the Governor’s Award, and was inducted into the South Carolina Academy of Authors in 2022. Glenis has most recently been published in Orion Magazine, Callaloo, American Poets, The New York Times and the North Carolina Literary Review. The Listening Skin was shortlisted for the Open Pen America and Julie Suk awards. Glenis is a mother of twin daughters, Amber and Celeste. She is a Grandmother (Gaga) to Julian, Paisley, and Quinn. Glenis believes poetry is the mouth that speaks when all other mouths are silent.