FRANKLIN – Franklin College will welcome writer Monica McClure as part of the Carlson-Stauffer Visiting Writer Series. McClure will speak at 6 p.m. today in the Hamilton Auditorium, located inside B.F. Hamilton Library. McClure will read from her second poetry collection, “The Gone Thing.” Continue reading at The Republic News.
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