21c Monthly Poetry Series with Sarabande Books:
Leigh Anne Couch & Young Smith

Monday, May 25, 7:30pm
In Gallery 3, off the Atrium
Free and open to the public
Cash bar


21c is partnering with Sarabande Books for a new and continuing 21c Monthly Poetry Series. On the last Monday of each month, 21c Museum will host an evening of live music, followed by Sarabande authors reading their work. This month, Leigh Anne Couch and Young Smith will be featured.

About the Authors

Leigh Anne Couch is a graduate of the UNC-Greensboro MFA program and a regular staff member of the Sewanee Writers' Conference. She taught literature and writing for six years and is currently an assistant managing editor at Duke University Press. Her poems have been published in The Greensboro Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Crab Orchard Review, Many Mountains Moving, Whiskey Island Magazine, Slope, and Painted Bride Quarterly.

After receiving a doctorate in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Houston in 2003, Young Smith currently teaches at Eastern Kentucky University. The author has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the James A. Michener Foundation, and the Kennedy Arts Council, as well as a Tennessee Williams Scholarship from the Sewanee Writers Conference. His work has appeared in Poetry, Beloit Poetry Journal, The Iowa Review, Crazyhorse, on the Poetry Daily Web site, and in other publications.

About Sarabande Books

Sarabande Books, a nonprofit literary press located in Louisville, Kentucky, publishes quality poetry, essays, and short fiction. Founded in 1994 as an alternative to mainstream publishing, Sarabande Books strives to provide talented authors with a final product and visibility, in short, a real "home" for their work. The press is convinced that quality book design contributes to a literary work's value and are committed to keeping titles in print.

21c Monthly Poetry Series is funded and operated by: