# Event Details

- **Event Name**: ESU Visiting Writers Series welcomes Kerry Moyer
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Join the ESU Creative Writing program as we welcome Emporia poet and ESU Alum, Kerry Moyer! Hear him read from his newest full-length poetry collection, Salt (Meadowlark Press, 2025). 

Wed. February 4
6:30-7:30 PM
ESU Plumb Hall, Room 408

Kerry Moyer is the author of four full-length poetry collections, Salt, Rust & Weeds, Dirt Road, and Turnpike Prairie. His poetry and essays have appeared in 105 Meadowlark Reader, Flint Hills Review, Write Bridge Journal, and Thorny Locust among others. 

He works as a mental health professional to guide struggling youth. Kerry is a gravel cycling enthusiast who has completed 1,000 miles of 100-mile cycling race events, and he holds a fifth-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and a first-degree black belt in Hapkido and has studied various other martial arts. He enjoys leatherwork, woodwork, tinkering, and playing guitar. He lives with his family in Emporia, Kansas.

This event is FREE and open to everyone. We hope to see you there!

Sponsored by the Emporia State University Creative Writing program, Donald Reichardt Center for Publishing & Literary Arts, ESU School of Humanities & Social Sciences, ESU Performing Arts Board, Quivira ESU Student Creative Writing Club.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/emporia/esu-visiting-writers-series-welcomes-kerry-moyer/200029228338136
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, sports, cycling, music, trips-adventures, entertainment, performances, health-wellness, mental-health
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 41

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Emporia
- **state**: KS
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1 Kellogg Cir, Emporia, KS, United States, Kansas 66801
- **lat**: 38.41398
- **long**: -96.18015
- **full address**: 1 Kellogg Cir, Emporia, KS, United States, Kansas 66801

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is ESU Visiting Writers Series welcomes Kerry Moyer being held?
  - **A:** ESU Visiting Writers Series welcomes Kerry Moyer takes place on Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm at 1 Kellogg Cir, Emporia, KS, United States, Kansas 66801.
- **Q**: Who is organizing ESU Visiting Writers Series welcomes Kerry Moyer?
  - **A:** ESU Visiting Writers Series welcomes Kerry Moyer is organized by ESU Creative Writing Program.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** ESU Visiting Writers Series welcomes Kerry Moyer is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Emporia, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If ESU Visiting Writers Series welcomes Kerry Moyer sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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