Roy Beckemeyer, President of KAC District 5 and Vice President of KAC, has had his first book of poetry, "Music I Once Could Dance To," released by Coal City Review and Press of Lawrence, KS. Roy will read from the book as part of the Literary Crawl at the Independence, KS Astra Arts Festival on July 7th, 2014; the Literary Crawl runs from 6:00-8:00 pm and begins and ends at Turbos Sports Bar and Grill, 103 N. Main, Independence, KS 67301. He will be reading from 6:10-6:20 pm and again from 7:10-7:20 pm at the Independence Pharmacy, 205 N. Penn Ave., Independence, KS.
He will read from and sign copies of the book at events in Wichita and Lawrence in July. In Lawrence (The Raven Book Store, July 29th, 2014, 7:00 pm), he will join Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg who will read from her new memoir of her time as Kansas Poet Laureate, "Poem on the Range," also a Coal City book. On 31 July, 2014 he will be at Watermark Books and Cafe in Wichita (6:00 pm) at a joint signing event with another Wichita poet, Michael Poage.
He will read from and sign copies of the book at events in Wichita and Lawrence in July. In Lawrence (The Raven Book Store, July 29th, 2014, 7:00 pm), he will join Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg who will read from her new memoir of her time as Kansas Poet Laureate, "Poem on the Range," also a Coal City book. On 31 July, 2014 he will be at Watermark Books and Cafe in Wichita (6:00 pm) at a joint signing event with another Wichita poet, Michael Poage.