Meri Culp, accomplished and well-known Tallahassee poet, will be the guest poet at Big Bend Poets & Writers at Barnes & Noble Books on Tuesday, December 10 starting at 7 P.M.  A creative writing teacher at Florida State University and Tallahassee Community College for over 30 years, Meri’s poetry has been extensively published in numerous poetry journals, including Limestone Review, Minetta Review, Vine Leaves Journal, Grist, Saw Palm, The Inquisitive Eater, Nashville Review, Espresso Ink, About Place, Cider Press Review, Off the Coast, Southeast Review, Apalachee Review, BOMB, Painted Bride Quarterly, Rose & Thorn, Nomads, Snug, and Sweet: A Literary Confection.

“Meri Culp is inspired by food (in all its forms), 50's pop culture, art & photography, colors, rhythms, and nature's patterns, and combinations of the above...Her lush writing is also fed by getting in the car and driving to out of the way places, small towns, back roads--with no agenda, no motel reservations, just seeing what she can find.”~Mary Jane Ryals