In partnership with historic Grace Chapel AME Church, the Pat Conroy Conroy Literary Center presents a community poetry reading featuring eight talented writers from South Carolina, representing Palmetto State natives and newcomers alike. “Poetry of Place” will explore (among other subjects) our inherent connectivity to a sense of place, be that home or elsewhere, real or imagined. Headlining the “Poetry of Place” reading is DéLana R.A. Dameron, the 2008 winner of the South Carolina Poetry Book Prize now touring for her second collection, Weary Kingdom. Joining Dameron are poets Tim Conroy, Elijah Heyward Jr., Miho Kinnas, Susan Madison, Quitman Marshall, Elizabeth Robin, and Olivia Stiffler.

FREE and open to the public, the poetry reading will be held on Thursday, June 8, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at Grace Chapel (502 Charles St.) with a reception and book signing to follow at the Pat Conroy Literary Center (308 Charles St.).