# Event Details - **Event Name**: Poetry with Lee Stockdale & Greg Lobas - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 01:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Lee Stockdale & Greg Lobas will visit City Lights for a poetry reading on Saturday, April 25th at 1:00pm. Lee will read from his new collection, Bronxville, and Greg from his book Left of Center. Bronxville, New York. Where Lee Stockdale finds shelter after a hurricane of tragedy blows his family out of Miami. As the new kid in town, he tries to fit in under the roof of a stepfather who regrets he came with the package. The secret of his father’s suicide, wrapped around the universal pain of being thirteen, assures that life pretty much sucks, and Stockdale rides through Bronxville on a Depression Bus until he grasps that he lives a train ride away from The Greatest City in the World. Bronxville—he claims it as home, whether or not it claims him. Lee Stockdale is the author of Bronxville (Finishing Line Press), Gorilla (Main Street Rag), and has won the United Kingdom National Poetry Prize, Montana Prize for Humor, Atlanta Review International Merit Award, and others. His work has appeared in The Guardian, Poetry Review, Ekphrastic Review, anthologies, and other journals. His BA is from the University of Washington and his MFA from Queens University, Charlotte. Lee serves as a North Carolina Poetry Society Gilbert Chappell Distinguished Poet. He lives in Asheville with his wife, also a veteran, where they practice hot yoga and feed the wild turkeys. leestockdale.com Greg Lobas is the author of Left of Center, which shines a light in verse on his 30-year-career as a fire captain and paramedic. The full-length collection won the Dogfish Head Poetry Prize and placed second in the Delaware State Press Association Awards. He is the recipient of the 2026 Poet Laureate Award, from the North Carolina Poetry Society, selected by North Carolina Poet Laureate, Jaki Shelton Green, and a 2026 Best of the Net nominee. He has also won the Marjorie E. Peale Prize and the Peter Pan Prize from the Poetry Society of South Carolina, and the Carrie McCray Award from the South Carolina Writers' Association. His work has appeared in numerous journals such as New Ohio Review, Cimarron Review, Tar River Poetry, Susurrus, Kakalak and many others. He teaches a poetry craft workshop at Isothermal Community College, and lives in the foothills of Western North Carolina with his wife Meg, dog Sophie, and his tractor Bubba. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/sylva/poetry-with-lee-stockdale-and-greg-lobas/200029924079936 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, workshops, health-wellness, dog - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 4 ## Ticket Details ## Event venue details - **city**: Sylva - **state**: NC - **country**: United States - **location**: 3 East Jackson Street, Sylva, NC, United States, North Carolina 28779 - **lat**: 35.37294 - **long**: -83.22335 - **full address**: 3 East Jackson Street, Sylva, NC, United States, North Carolina 28779 ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Poetry with Lee Stockdale & Greg Lobas - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/e3bc6845ded0913ecf58fa5d0da997a952f6278705bca8f37fb995dc574c2be4-rimg-w1200-h675-dcffffff-gmir?v=1776704929 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Poetry with Lee Stockdale & Greg Lobas being held? - **A:** Poetry with Lee Stockdale & Greg Lobas takes place on Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 01:00 pm to Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 01:00 pm at 3 East Jackson Street, Sylva, NC, United States, North Carolina 28779. - **Q**: Who is organizing Poetry with Lee Stockdale & Greg Lobas? - **A:** Poetry with Lee Stockdale & Greg Lobas is organized by City Lights Bookstore. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Poetry with Lee Stockdale & Greg Lobas 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 Sylva, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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