Amber Flora Thomas, Poet - Brian Burke, Musician

Amber Flora Thomas, a writer and poet, professor and more joined us today for BoCo Town.  The author of Eye of Water: Poems which was selected by Harryette Mullen as the winner of the 2004 Cave Canem Poetry Prize. Her other books include, The Rabbits Could Sing: Poems (University of Alaska Press, 2012) and Red Channel in the Rupture: Poems (Red Hen Press, 2018). You can find her poetry in publications we shared below.

Brian Burke (Back Pocket Buddha) hails from New York but has been in North Carolina for over 20 years. He has been playing music and performing for audiences since his days in high school playing guitar. Listen in to learn about his musical life.