Singer/songwriter Claire Holley grew up listening to her Dad's records and soaking up her grandmother's jazz piano playing as a little girl in the deep south. She began writing songs in college, but it was while living in North Carolina that she started getting regular airplay on WUNC's Back Porch Music and embraced a life in music. Claire's songs are filled with “simple truths and timeless imagery that cannot be worn away with repeated listenings” says No Depression, and Huffington Post called Claire's voice "achingly beautiful." She lives in Los Angeles and released a new album, Where I Lived, this fall. She’s excited to be coming back to her hometown to perform with Beth Ann at Duling!
Beth Ann Fennelly, a 2020 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow, was the poet laureate of Mississippi from 2016-2021 and teaches in the MFA Program at the University of Mississippi. She’s won grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the United States Artists, a Pushcart, and a Fulbright to Brazil. Fennelly has published three books of poetry and four of prose. Heating & Cooling: 52 Micro-Memoirs (W.W. Norton) was an Atlanta Journal Constitution Best Book. Her newest book, The Irish Goodbye: Micro-Memoirs was published by Norton in February. A contributor to The New York Times, The Washington Post, Esquire and other outlets, she lives with her husband, Tom Franklin, and their three children in Oxford, MS. https://www.bethannfennelly.com/39 words Beth Ann Fennelly, poet laureate of Mississippi from 2016-2021, is the author of seven books, three of poetry and four of prose. Her newest book, The Irish Goodbye: Micro-Memoirs, was published by W. W. Norton on 2/24/26. https://www.bethannfennelly.com/
An Evening with Claire Holley and Beth Ann Fennelly LIVE at Duling Hall on Thursday, June 11, 2026.
Doors: 7:00 PM, Show: 8:00 PM | Duling Hall, Jackson, MS
All ages
Tickets are $20 | $25 day of show + fees