A mingle for creative writers will be held Sunday, September 13, from 3 pm to 5 pm at the Dapper Owl coffee pub. Connect with other writers in a relaxed setting—and even sit down and write for a bit, if you’re so inspired. Come and go anytime.
Our guest host this month is poet David Beers. He’ll be available to chat throughout the event and give a short talk of writerly inspiration at 3:45.
Sponsored by the literary interest group of the Rutherford Arts Alliance, Poetry in the Boro, and MTSU Write, this event is free and open to writers of all genres and experience levels (including “thinking about writing”). We encourage you to make a purchase from Dapper Owl in order to support this local business!
More about the mingle
The main goal of the mingle is for writers of all genres to connect and just hang out! We plan:
a Shut Up and Write space: get a coffee and chat a while, then sit down and write for an hour or so in Dapper Owl's private room
at 3:45 PM, a 15 minute program will be presented by this month’s guest host, David Beers
depending on interest, an activity corner for quick writing prompt games.
About the venue and parking
The Dapper Owl coffee pub is located at 2412 East Main St. just past its intersection with Rutherford Blvd., on the east side of the MTSU campus. Overflow parking is on the Arnold Lane side of the building – pull in perpendicular to the building to allow more cars to fit (careful of the AC unit!) or park on the side of road down Arnold Lane (please don’t block any driveways).
About this month’s host
David Beers has been writing poetry since 2020 and is at work on two collections: The Last of Everything, nearly finished, and Poems that Travel. A native of Florida, he lives in Murfreesboro and has become a regular at Poetry in the Boro. He came to poetry after two careers; fourteen years as ordained United Methodist clergy and twenty-one as a teacher of math and English language learners, retiring in August 2026. He holds a B.S. in computer science from MTSU, an M.Div. from Candler School of Theology at Emory, and a Certificate in Religion and Sexuality from Pacific School of Religion.
