Introducing the Redbud Anthology

Happy April, everyone! I hope you’re enjoying the nice weather, the blooming redbuds, and the spring in the air, all while staying away from other people and keeping healthy, of course.

As many of you know, we have a tradition of celebrating our students at the end of every six-week round of courses by hosting a party and showcase reading in Raleigh. As you’ve probably guessed, we will be unable to host a reading for our March/April round of classes, which are half over as of this week.

However! We have an alternate plan to celebrate our March/April students: a Redbud chapbook. A chapbook, for those of you who may not know, is a hand-made book, usually 40 pages or less. We’ll be gathering poems, flash pieces, and brief excerpts of longer works from our students over the next few weeks; then we’ll assemble the books and ship them out. We’ll give copies for free to students whose work we’re publishing; the chapbooks will also be available for sale on our website, with all proceeds from the sales going to the NC Artist Relief Fund.

We’re sad that we can’t host a reading this time, but we’re excited about this alternative, and we hope that this is just the first of many Redbud-sponsored anthology projects.

Stay well, everyone, and keep an eye out for the chapbook in a couple weeks!