The 90th Holler Poets Series will feature award-winning poet Maggie Smith, Accents’ newest poet Jay McCoy, and musical guest Squeaky Feet.

Maggie Smith
(photo by Lauren Powers)

Maggie Smith has won awards for her books The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison (Tupelo Press, 2015) and Lamp of the Body (Red Hen Press, 2005). She is from Columbus, Ohio and received her Master of Fine Arts from The Ohio State University.

Jay McCoy is co-founder of the Teen Howl Poetry Series in Lexington, Kentucky (along with Elizabeth Beck). Teen Howl is an open-mic for the under-21 crowd and always hosts a teen and adult feature. Jay’s newest collection, The Occupation (Accents Publishing, 2015), is currently available from the Accents Store.

Squeaky Feet is a band featuring Arlo Barnette and Zoey Barrett. They also played at Holler 71 with GA Smith and Sherry Chandler. You can visit their Bandcamp page here or like them on Facebook.

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