Mary Dyer, What Woman That Was, a forum with author Anne Myles

Anne Myles, author of What Woman That Was: Poems for Mary Dyer (Final Thursday Press, 2022), will review the amazing life of New England Quaker martyr Mary Barrett Dyer (1611?-1660), discuss Dyer’s resonance for Friends and others today, and talk about her spiritual journey in writing the book (a finalist for the American Book Fest’s Best Chapbook Award), as well as reading a few poems from it.

About Anne Myles: Anne did her undergraduate work at Bryn Mawr and holds a PhD from the University of Chicago and an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Northern Iowa, where she specialized in early American literature with a particular focus on 17th-century religious dissent and queer studies. She now lives in Greensboro, and is also the author of Late Epistle, winner of Sappho’s Prize in Poetry from Headmistress Press. Learn more at annemyles.com.

Sunday, September 1, 2024 10 am to 10:45 am — attenders are welcome to join Meeting for Worship immediately following the forum, from 11 am to approximately noon

Location: Margaret Lane Gallery, 121 W Margaret Lane, Hillsborough NC (next to the public library)