BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Saint Louis Poetry Center - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Saint Louis Poetry Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20220313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20221106T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230425T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230425T193000 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20230405T160242Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240820T224943Z UID:10000508-1682451000-1682451000@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Pamela Garvey\, Brooking Gatewood\, Karen Head DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. Please note the livestream can only be viewed the night of the event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point. Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPamela Garvey is the author of the collection of poetry Seven Miles Deep (Five Oaks P\, 2017). Her poetry\, prose and book reviews have appeared in Esquire\, Missouri Review\, Margie\, Spoon River Poetry Review\, The North American Review and many other journals. Honors include being a semi-finalist for the “Discovery”/The Nation prize. She is the author of two poetry chapbooks\, Things Impossible to Swallow (2River Press\, 2013)\, and Fear (Finishing Line Press\, 2008)\, a finalist for the New Women’s Voices Competition. Garvey is also a playwright. Her most recent production of the full length play\, The Piddlings\, was 2018. She is currently working on a book of lyric essays centered on raising a son with mental illness. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrooking Gatewood has been writing in verse since she could hold a crayon\, and has a history of scheming up interactive performance experiments that bring poetry off the page and back into the body\, in community – from salons and walking tours and embodied language workshops to a Tedx Talk and mixed-media collaborations. Born/raised in STL\, she’s absurdly happy to be back and re-rooting in riverside soil after many years in California\, and is currently pursuing her MFA with Shane Seely at UMSL. She recently won the 2022 UMSL Graduate Prize in Poetry\, the 2022 Deanne Wagner Poetry Contest\, and is published in Bad Ken: A Journal of Place (forthcoming). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKaren Head is the author of Disrupt This!: MOOCs and the Promises of Technology (a nonfiction book about issues in contemporary higher education)\, as well as five books of poetry: Lost on Purpose\, Sassing\, My Paris Year\, Shadow Boxes and On Occasion: Four Poets\, One Year. She also co-edited the poetry anthology Teaching as a Human Experience: An Anthology of Poetry\, and has exhibited several acclaimed digital poetry projects\, including her project “Monumental” (part of Antony Gormley’s One and Other Project) which was detailed in a TIME online mini-documentary. Her poetry appears in a number of national and international journals and anthologies. In 2010 she won the Oxford International Women’s Festival Poetry Prize. Head has held residencies at the Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts-France. She has also taught in study abroad programs in Barcelona\, Spain and Oxford\, England. She serves as Editor of the international poetry journal Atlanta Review\, and as secretary for the Poetry Atlanta Board of Directors. On a more unusual note\, she is the Poet Laureate of Waffle House—a title that reflects an outreach program to bring arts awareness to rural high schools in Georgia\, which has been generously sponsored by the Waffle House Foundation. She is also the Poet Laureate of Fulton County\, Georgia. She is a Professor at Missouri S&T. URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-april-2023/ LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PP2223-0425-900x300-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230518T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230518T180000 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20230516T233354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230521T171126Z UID:10000510-1684432800-1684432800@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Outside LitMag Issue 7 Release DESCRIPTION:The event will be held in-person at High Low and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\nImage credit: Lynden McAllister (Collegiate School of Medicine & Bioscience)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMade for and by Saint Louis Public School high school students\, Outside Literary Magazine is thrilled to release Issue 7. This special event will celebrate the talented young artists who have worked hard to make this magazine possible. Students from across St. Louis will come together to share their work with the wider community. Many of the contributors will be performing their pieces for the first time! Copies of Issue 7 will be available for purchase at the event. Light refreshments will be served. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPECIAL THANKS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOutside Literary Magazine would not be possible without the tireless efforts of the partnering schools and classroom teachers. Thank you! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClub Sponsors:Margaret SchuhAlex GraffTeacher:Kelly Terry (Art)\n\n\n\n\n\nClub Sponsors:Chandra AlfordNicole HalamanTeacher:John Tevlin (Art)\n\n\n\n\n\nTeachers:Colette Morton (ELA)Morgan Kemp (ELA)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPARTNERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPONSORS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWill Flores Fund\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMajor support for Outside Literary Magazine program expansion last year and this year is provided by the Mid-America Arts Alliance through the Interchange Artist Grant program. Read the press release >> URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/outside-litmag-issue-7-release/ LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103 CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/OSLM_Webassets_Calander.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230522T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230522T180000 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20230521T173826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230523T161434Z UID:10000511-1684778400-1684778400@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:2023 Hopkins Contest Award Ceremony DESCRIPTION:The event will be held in-person at High Low and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to celebrate the winners of the 2023 Beverly Hopkins Memorial Poetry Contest for High School Students\, selected by our 2023 contest judge Allison Joseph. Students from high schools across the St. Louis metro area will come together to share their work with the wider community. Light refreshments will be served. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending the awards ceremony in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPECIAL THANKS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Hopkins Contest would not be possible without the efforts and support of volunteer contest coordinator and local poet Emily Koehn. Thank you! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2023 CONTEST WINNERS & HONORABLE MENTIONS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFIRST PLACEHira Ahmed\, Parkway South High Schoolthe motherland – \n\n\n\nSECOND PLACEShangri-La Hou\, John Burroughs SchoolSecond Migration \n\n\n\nTHIRD PLACEOvya Diwakaran\, Ladue Horton Watkins High SchoolIdentity Series Poems\, I and II \n\n\n\n\n\nHONORABLE MENTIONSZayna Fakhani\, Parkway South High SchoolEmpire \n\n\n\nMeg Handley\, Nerinx Hall High SchoolQuilts \n\n\n\nShangri-La Hou\, John Burroughs SchoolSandia \n\n\n\nBethany Lai\, Clayton High SchoolXi Herculis \n\n\n\nMohini Mahajan\, Clayton High SchoolA Floridian’s Pastoral: From Heat-Waves to Hieratic URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/2023-hopkins-contest-award-ceremony/ LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103 CATEGORIES:Award Ceremony,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/HOP2223-052223-900x300-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230523T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230523T193000 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20230508T222737Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230523T163302Z UID:10000509-1684870200-1684870200@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Richard Stimac\, Andy Chen & Jill Firns DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point. Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRichard Stimac has a full-length book of poetry Bricolage (Spartan Press)\, a forth-coming poetry chapbook Of Water and of Stone (Moonstone) and published over thirty poems in Burningword\, Clackamas\, december\, The Examined Life Journal\, Faultline\, Havik (Third Place 2021 Poetry Contest)\, Michigan Quarterly Review\, Mikrokosmos (Second Place 2022 Poetry Contest; A.E. Stallings\, judge)\, New Plains Review\, NOVUS\, Penumbra\, Salmon Creek Journal\, Talon Review\, and Wraparound South. He has also had an informal readings of plays by the St. Louis Writers’ Group and Gulf Coast: Playwright’s Circle\, plays published in The AutoEthnographer\, Fresh Words and Hive Avenue Literary Journal\, and an essay in The Midwest Quarterly. A screenplay of his is in pre-production. He is a poetry reader for Ariel Publishing and Clepsydra. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAndy Chen was born and raised in New Jersey. He is a Kundiman graduate and holds an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis. His poems appear or are forthcoming in Ploughshares\, New England Review\, december\, The Offing\, and Denver Quarterly\, and his reviews appear in Hong Kong Review of Books\, Hyphen\, and Colorado Review. He teaches at John Burroughs School in St. Louis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJill Firns is a queer poet and aspiring novelist in St. Louis. As a youngster\, she once had a re-imagination of “Roses are Red…” published in the St. Louis Post Dispatch and has been interested in writing ever since. She is a devoted attendee of Undercurrent\, a weekly poetry workshop lead by internationally-recognized slam poet Desiree Dallagiacomo\, and has had work published in Preposition: The Undercurrent Anthology. Through heavy imagery and storytelling masquerading as poetry\, she explores relationships with the natural world\, with others\, and with the self. URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-may-2023/ LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PP2223-0523-900x300-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230618T235900 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230618T235900 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20230615T000138Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230627T184641Z UID:10000512-1687132740-1687132740@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Submissions Due DESCRIPTION:The Sunday Workshop with Allison Joseph will take place on June 25\, 2023. Poetry submissions for the workshop are due by 11:59 p.m. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe workshop will be held in-person at High Low\, with virtual attendance options available to those who need it. Patrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nSubmissions due one week prior to workshop\n\n\n\nSubmit only one poem\, one page in length\n\n\n\nProvide name\, mailing address\, phone number and email address\n\n\n\nThose submitting poems are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\nYou do not need to submit a poem to attend\n\n\n\nIf you need to attend virtually\, please indicate this is your registration email\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email* poem to:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org*Please attach poem as separate Word or PDF document. We are not accepting mailed submissions at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nALLISON JOSEPH lives in Carbondale\, Illinois\, where she is on the faculty at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Her most recent collections of poems are Lexicon (Red Hen Press\, 2021\, winner of the Best Book of 2021 Award from Poetry by the Sea: A Global Conference)\, Any Proper Weave (Kelsay Books\, 2022)\, Speak and Spell (Glass Lyre Press\, 2022)\, and Confessions of a Barefaced Woman (Red Hen Press\, 2018). Confessions of a Barefaced Woman won the 2019 Feathered Quill Book Award and was a finalist for the 2019 NAACP Image Award in Poetry. She was named Illinois Author of the Year for 2022 by the Illinois Association of Teachers of English. Her poems have appeared in the New York Times and in the Best American Poetry Series. Her next book\, Dwelling\, will be published by Red Hen in 2025. Her chapbook Recover will be published in 2024 by Word Poetry.  She is the widow of beloved poet and editor Jon Tribble. URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-submissions-due-june-2023/ CATEGORIES:Poetry Workshop,Submission Deadline ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/SW2223-0625-900x300-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230625T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230625T133000 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20230615T000833Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230627T183804Z UID:10000513-1687699800-1687699800@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Allison Joseph - CANCELLED DESCRIPTION:This workshop has been cancelled & rescheduled to July 16\, 2023. \n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person at High Low. Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nSubmissions due one week prior to workshop\n\n\n\nSubmit only one poem\, one page in length\n\n\n\nProvide name\, mailing address\, phone number and email address\n\n\n\nThose submitting poems are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\nYou do not need to submit a poem to attend\n\n\n\nIf you need to attend virtually\, please indicate this is your registration email\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email* poem to:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org*Please attach poem as separate Word or PDF document. We are not accepting mailed submissions at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: June 18\, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nALLISON JOSEPH lives in Carbondale\, Illinois\, where she is on the faculty at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Her most recent collections of poems are Lexicon (Red Hen Press\, 2021\, winner of the Best Book of 2021 Award from Poetry by the Sea: A Global Conference)\, Any Proper Weave (Kelsay Books\, 2022)\, Speak and Spell (Glass Lyre Press\, 2022)\, and Confessions of a Barefaced Woman (Red Hen Press\, 2018). Confessions of a Barefaced Woman won the 2019 Feathered Quill Book Award and was a finalist for the 2019 NAACP Image Award in Poetry. She was named Illinois Author of the Year for 2022 by the Illinois Association of Teachers of English. Her poems have appeared in the New York Times and in the Best American Poetry Series. Her next book\, Dwelling\, will be published by Red Hen in 2025. Her chapbook Recover will be published in 2024 by Word Poetry.  She is the widow of beloved poet and editor Jon Tribble. URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-june-2023/ LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103 CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/SW2223-0625-900x300-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230627T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230627T193000 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20230615T002938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230627T190026Z UID:10000514-1687894200-1687894200@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Daniel Biegelson\, Kat Carroll & Tim Rowden DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point. Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDaniel Biegelson is the author of the book of being neighbors (Ricochet Editions) and the chapbook Only the Borrowed Light (VERSE). He serves as the Director of the Visiting Writers Series at Northwest Missouri State University\, where he also works as an editor for The Laurel Review. He holds an MFA from the University of Montana and an MA from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. He hails from New Jersey and lives near Kansas City with his wife and two kids. Find him at danielbiegelson.com. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKat Carroll is a poet\, artist\, and climate-focused clean energy researcher. Kat is from Omaha\, Nebraska originally\, where she received a Bachelors of Environmental Science at Creighton University\, and recently moved from New York\, where she completed a Masters in Environmental Policy at Bard College. She recently completed the second of two chapbooks. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTim Rowden is a poet\, journalist and suicide loss survivor. Following the loss of his son\, Ian\, in 2021\, he found refuge and healing in poetry. His poems chart a journey through grief\, loss healing and forgiveness and are part of a chapbook in development. Tim is the editor of the St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune\, founder of The Grief Project and a presenter for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-june-2023/ LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/PP2223-0627-900x300-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230709T235900 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230709T235900 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20230627T184559Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230627T184601Z UID:10000516-1688947140-1688947140@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Submissions Due DESCRIPTION:The rescheduled Sunday Workshop with Allison Joseph will take place on July 16\, 2023. Poetry submissions for the workshop are due by 11:59 p.m. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe workshop will be held in-person at High Low\, with virtual attendance options available to those who need it. Patrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nSubmissions due one week prior to workshop\n\n\n\nSubmit only one poem\, one page in length\n\n\n\nProvide name\, mailing address\, phone number and email address\n\n\n\nThose submitting poems are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\nYou do not need to submit a poem to attend\n\n\n\nIf you need to attend virtually\, please indicate this is your registration email\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email* poem to:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org*Please attach poem as separate Word or PDF document. We are not accepting mailed submissions at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nALLISON JOSEPH lives in Carbondale\, Illinois\, where she is on the faculty at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Her most recent collections of poems are Lexicon (Red Hen Press\, 2021\, winner of the Best Book of 2021 Award from Poetry by the Sea: A Global Conference)\, Any Proper Weave (Kelsay Books\, 2022)\, Speak and Spell (Glass Lyre Press\, 2022)\, and Confessions of a Barefaced Woman (Red Hen Press\, 2018). Confessions of a Barefaced Woman won the 2019 Feathered Quill Book Award and was a finalist for the 2019 NAACP Image Award in Poetry. She was named Illinois Author of the Year for 2022 by the Illinois Association of Teachers of English. Her poems have appeared in the New York Times and in the Best American Poetry Series. Her next book\, Dwelling\, will be published by Red Hen in 2025. Her chapbook Recover will be published in 2024 by Word Poetry.  She is the widow of beloved poet and editor Jon Tribble. URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-submissions-due-july-2023/ CATEGORIES:Poetry Workshop,Submission Deadline ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/SW2223-0709-900x300-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230716T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230716T133000 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20230627T183746Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230627T183748Z UID:10000515-1689514200-1689514200@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Allison Joseph DESCRIPTION:This workshop will be held in-person at High Low\, with virtual attendance options available to those who need it. \n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person at High Low. Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nSubmissions due one week prior to workshop\n\n\n\nSubmit only one poem\, one page in length\n\n\n\nProvide name\, mailing address\, phone number and email address\n\n\n\nThose submitting poems are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\nYou do not need to submit a poem to attend\n\n\n\nIf you need to attend virtually\, please indicate this is your registration email\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email* poem to:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org*Please attach poem as separate Word or PDF document. We are not accepting mailed submissions at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: July 9\, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nALLISON JOSEPH lives in Carbondale\, Illinois\, where she is on the faculty at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Her most recent collections of poems are Lexicon (Red Hen Press\, 2021\, winner of the Best Book of 2021 Award from Poetry by the Sea: A Global Conference)\, Any Proper Weave (Kelsay Books\, 2022)\, Speak and Spell (Glass Lyre Press\, 2022)\, and Confessions of a Barefaced Woman (Red Hen Press\, 2018). Confessions of a Barefaced Woman won the 2019 Feathered Quill Book Award and was a finalist for the 2019 NAACP Image Award in Poetry. She was named Illinois Author of the Year for 2022 by the Illinois Association of Teachers of English. Her poems have appeared in the New York Times and in the Best American Poetry Series. Her next book\, Dwelling\, will be published by Red Hen in 2025. Her chapbook Recover will be published in 2024 by Word Poetry.  She is the widow of beloved poet and editor Jon Tribble. URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-july-2023/ LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103 CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/SW2223-0625-900x300-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230725T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230725T193000 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20230721T194040Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230725T182915Z UID:10000517-1690313400-1690313400@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Mikkel Snyder & Aubrey Byron DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point. Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMikkel Snyder is a Filipino-American writer based in St. Louis. An instructional technical writer by trade for the last eight years\, Mikkel has been a creative writer for far longer and has dabbled with poetry\, fiction\, zines\, pop culture journalism\, and more recently creative nonfiction. They are a co-publisher of FreezeRay Poetry and writer for Black Nerd Problems. Their poems have been featured in Radius Lit\, decomP\, and Button Poetry. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAubrey Byron is a writer and journalist from St. Louis\, Missouri. She has written for Slate\, Gear Junkie\, Streetsblog\, and Feast Magazine. She is working on her first collection of poems\, many of which are inspired by nature. URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-july-2023/ LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/PP2223-0725-900x300-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230822T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230822T193000 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20230819T162759Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230822T174809Z UID:10000518-1692732600-1692732600@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Gloria Day & Lesley Day DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point. Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGloria Day is a writer and illustrator who is currently based in St. Louis\, MO. Though she spent nearly a decade of her life teaching at the early childhood and elementary school levels\, she has continued to grow as a poet and author of self-published children’s books over the years. Though most of her work is inspired by her love and respect for children and their perspective\, her goal is to spend more time digging into heavier and more complex subjects for adults through poetry. In 2020\, she took on the role of full time caregiver for her mother who was diagnosed with dementia. Fully understanding the responsibility and the ever-evolving challenges of caregiving\, her most recent poetry has been shaped by her new role. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLesley Day is the author of Authenticity\, a raw collection of poetry that tells a story of the darkest tales\, and the deepest thoughts. Day has been published in several anthologies\, but Authenticity (Ink Soul Publishing 2022) is her first full length collection. Her forthcoming collections The Absence of Light and IMPACT – A Woman’s Story from Surviving to Living (Ink Soul Publishing) will be released in 2023. Day travels throughout Missouri performing her poetry and is the host of Sunday Night Poetry at Spine Bookstore & Café in St. Louis\, Missouri\, and Jefferson County Poetry and Open Mic Night at Savannah’s Coffee Corral in Pevely\, Missouri. Day resides in a small town in Missouri\, with her two young daughters and her one little pupkid. URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-august-2023/ LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/PP2324-0822-900x300-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230823T235900 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230823T235900 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20230820T151326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230901T195745Z UID:10000520-1692835140-1692835140@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Submissions Due DESCRIPTION:The rescheduled Sunday Workshop with Elizabeth Hoover will take place on August 27\, 2023. Poetry submissions for the workshop are due by 11:59 p.m. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe workshop will be held in-person at High Low\, with virtual attendance options available to those who need it. Patrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nSubmissions due August 23\, 2023\n\n\n\nSubmit only one poem\, one page in length\n\n\n\nProvide name\, mailing address\, phone number and email address\n\n\n\nThose submitting poems are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\nYou do not need to submit a poem to attend\n\n\n\nIf you need to attend virtually\, please indicate this is your registration email\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email* poem to:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org*Please attach poem as separate Word or PDF document. We are not accepting mailed submissions at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nELIZABETH HOOVER is the author of the archive is all in present tense\, winner of the 2021 Barrow Street Book Prize. Her creative nonfiction has appeared in the North American Review\, Kenyon Review\, and StoryQuarterly. She teaches in the English Department at Webster University in St. Louis. URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-submissions-due-august-2023/ CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop,Submission Deadline ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SW2324-0823-900x300-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230827T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230827T133000 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20230820T150052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230820T150515Z UID:10000519-1693143000-1693143000@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Elizabeth Hoover DESCRIPTION:This workshop will be held in-person at High Low\, with virtual attendance options available to those who need it. \n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person at High Low. Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nSubmissions due August 23\, 2023\n\n\n\nSubmit only one poem\, one page in length\n\n\n\nProvide name\, mailing address\, phone number and email address\n\n\n\nThose submitting poems are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\nYou do not need to submit a poem to attend\n\n\n\nIf you need to attend virtually\, please indicate this is your registration email\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email* poem to:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org*Please attach poem as separate Word or PDF document. We are not accepting mailed submissions at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: August 23\, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nELIZABETH HOOVER is the author of the archive is all in present tense\, winner of the 2021 Barrow Street Book Prize. Her creative nonfiction has appeared in the North American Review\, Kenyon Review\, and StoryQuarterly. She teaches in the English Department at Webster University in St. Louis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-august-2023/ LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103 CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SW2324-0827-900x300-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230908T235900 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230908T235900 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20230829T221240Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230901T200031Z UID:10000523-1694217540-1694217540@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Registration Due DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with Brian Teare & Dana Levin – Night of Poetry & Discussion\, Saint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome Brian Teare for a Sunday Workshop Special Event! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis special two-hour workshop will be a generative workshop. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe workshop will be held in-person at High Low\, with virtual attendance options available to those who need it. Patrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: these workshops are limited to 10 participants each. Registration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration is due by Friday\, September 8\n\n\n\nThis is a generative workshop in which participants will draft their own poems\n\n\n\nNo poem submissions will be accepted for this special event\n\n\n\nPoets will not review manuscripts or provide feedback ahead of time\n\n\n\nThose registering are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTRATION DEADLINE: September 8\, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE WORKSHOP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBRIAN TEARE Ekphrasis Workshop \n\n\n\nThis ekphrasis-based generative workshop will focus on producing new poetic language and forms through conversation with another art. It will begin with a brief introduction to ekphrastic poetry\, after which participants will work from a self-chosen inspiring image\, song or piece of music\, film\, or other art form. Together participants will explore the ways that language expands upon what’s possible in the visual or aural field. At the end of the workshop\, Teare will offer some techniques from visual art to open up drafts-in-progress and re-energize poets’ relationship to revision by re-seeing it as an active\, liberating process with many possibilities.  \n\n\n\nNote: aside from a writing implement and notebook\, participants should bring a visual image\, video\, piece of music (or other art form) to which you feel especially connected. Please bring a phone or laptop and earphones if you need to watch or listen to something while you write. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA 2020 Guggenheim Fellow\, BRIAN TEARE is the author of seven critically acclaimed books\, including Doomstead Days\, winner of the Four Quartets Prize and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His most recent publications are a pair of book-length ekphrastic projects exploring queer abstraction\, chronic illness\, and collage: the 2022 Nightboat reissue of The Empty Form Goes All the Way to Heaven\, and the fall 2023 publication of Poem Bitten by a Man. An Associate Professor of Poetry at the University of Virginia\, Brian lives in Charlottesville\, where he makes books by hand for his micropress\, Albion Books. URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-registration-due-september-2023/ CATEGORIES:Poetry Workshop,Submission Deadline ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SW2324-0908-900x300-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230910T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230910T133000 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20230829T220247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230907T155017Z UID:10000521-1694352600-1694352600@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop Special Event: Brian Teare DESCRIPTION:This workshop will be held in-person at Central Library – St. Louis Public Library. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn conjunction with Brian Teare & Dana Levin – Night of Poetry & Discussion\, Saint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome Brian Teare for a Sunday Workshop Special Event! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis special two-hour workshop will be a generative workshop. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person at Central Library – St. Louis Public Library. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: these workshops are limited to 10 participants each. Registration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration is due by Friday\, September 8\n\n\n\nThis is a generative workshop in which participants will draft their own poems\n\n\n\nNo poem submissions will be accepted for this special event\n\n\n\nPoets will not review manuscripts or provide feedback ahead of time\n\n\n\nThose registering are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTRATION DEADLINE: September 8\, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE WORKSHOP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBRIAN TEARE Ekphrasis Workshop \n\n\n\nThis ekphrasis-based generative workshop will focus on producing new poetic language and forms through conversation with another art. It will begin with a brief introduction to ekphrastic poetry\, after which participants will work from a self-chosen inspiring image\, song or piece of music\, film\, or other art form. Together participants will explore the ways that language expands upon what’s possible in the visual or aural field. At the end of the workshop\, Teare will offer some techniques from visual art to open up drafts-in-progress and re-energize poets’ relationship to revision by re-seeing it as an active\, liberating process with many possibilities.  \n\n\n\nNote: aside from a writing implement and notebook\, participants should bring a visual image\, video\, piece of music (or other art form) to which you feel especially connected. Please bring a phone or laptop and earphones if you need to watch or listen to something while you write. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA 2020 Guggenheim Fellow\, BRIAN TEARE is the author of seven critically acclaimed books\, including Doomstead Days\, winner of the Four Quartets Prize and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His most recent publications are a pair of book-length ekphrastic projects exploring queer abstraction\, chronic illness\, and collage: the 2022 Nightboat reissue of The Empty Form Goes All the Way to Heaven\, and the fall 2023 publication of Poem Bitten by a Man. An Associate Professor of Poetry at the University of Virginia\, Brian lives in Charlottesville\, where he makes books by hand for his micropress\, Albion Books. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/special-sunday-workshop-september-2023/ LOCATION:Central Library – St. Louis Public Library\, 1301 Olive St\, St. Louis\, Missouri\, United States CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SW2324-0910-900x300-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230911T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230911T180000 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20230829T214840Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230901T200205Z UID:10000522-1694455200-1694455200@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Brian Teare & Dana Levin - Night of Poetry & Discussion DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Left Bank Books. \n\n\n\n\n\nLeft Bank Books and Saint Louis Poetry Center present critically acclaimed poets Brian Teare & Dana Levin\, who will discuss themes from their newest books\, focusing on transforming oppressions of body and family—chronic illness and abusive family environments. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT INFO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn-person and virtual event.RSVP encouraged here.Books available from Left Bank Books. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE BOOKS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPOEM BITTEN BY A MANBrian Teare \n\n\n\nA medical emergency\, a road trip\, a breakup\, and a paean to the power of creative process– Poem Bitten by a Man is for everyone who has tried against the odds to make a life in art\, whether they succeeded or not. Using somatic language captured through a notebook practice\, Teare recontextualizes the work of Agnes Martin\, Jasper Johns\, and others via art criticism\, psychoanalysis\, biography\, queer theory\, and historical document to honor writers\, artists\, and thinkers who sustain us when nothing else does. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNOW DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU AREDana Levin \n\n\n\nWritten between 2016 and 2020\, Now Do You Know Where You Are investigates how great change calls the soul out “to be a messenger—to record whatever wanted to stream through.” Levin works in a variety of forms\, calling on beloveds and ancestors\, great thinkers and religions—convened by her own spun-of-light wisdom and intellectual hospitality. Balancing clear-eyed forensics of the past with vatic knowledge of the future\, Levin writes: “So many bodies a soul has to press through: personal\, familial\, regional\, national\, global\, planetary\, cosmic— // ‘Now do you know where you are?’”  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA 2020 Guggenheim Fellow\, BRIAN TEARE is the author of seven critically acclaimed books\, including Doomstead Days\, winner of the Four Quartets Prize and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His most recent publications are a pair of book-length ekphrastic projects exploring queer abstraction\, chronic illness\, and collage: the 2022 Nightboat reissue of The Empty Form Goes All the Way to Heaven\, and the fall 2023 publication of Poem Bitten by a Man. An Associate Professor of Poetry at the University of Virginia\, Brian lives in Charlottesville\, where he makes books by hand for his micropress\, Albion Books. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDANA LEVIN is the author of five books poetry. Her latest is Now Do You Know Where You Are (Copper Canyon Press)\, a 2022 New York Times Notable Book and NPR “Book We Love.” Other books include Banana Palace (2016) and Sky Burial (2011)\, which The New Yorker called “utterly her own and utterly riveting.” Recent poems and essays have appeared in Poem-a-day\, Best American Poetry\, The American Poetry Review\, and Poetry\, among other publications. She is a grateful recipient of many honors\, including those from the National Endowment for the Arts\, PEN\, and the Library of Congress\, as well as from the Rona Jaffe\, Whiting\, and Guggenheim Foundations. With Adele Elise Williams\, she co-edited Bert Meyers: On the Life and Work of an American Master (2023) for the Unsung Masters Series. Levin serves as Distinguished Writer in Residence at Maryville University in St. Louis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/teare-levin/ LOCATION:Left Bank Books\, 399 N Euclid Ave\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63108\, United States CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/LBB2324-0911-900x300-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Left Bank Books":MAILTO:info@left-bank.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230913T235900 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230913T235900 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20230901T195736Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230921T183545Z UID:10000526-1694649540-1694649540@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Submissions Due DESCRIPTION:The Sunday Workshop with Matt Donovan will take place on September 17\, 2023. Poetry submissions for the workshop are due by 11:59 p.m. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe workshop will be held in-person at High Low\, with virtual attendance options available to those who need it. Patrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: this workshop is limited to 10 participants. Registration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nSubmissions due September 13\, 2023\n\n\n\nSubmit only one poem\, one page in length\n\n\n\nProvide name\, mailing address\, phone number and email address\n\n\n\nThose submitting poems are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\nYou do not need to submit a poem to attend\n\n\n\nIf you need to attend virtually\, please indicate this is your registration email\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email* poem to:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org*Please attach poem as separate Word or PDF document. We are not accepting mailed submissions at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMATT DONOVAN is the author\, most recently\, of The Dug-Up Gun Museum (BOA 2022) and Missing Department (Visual Studies Workshop\, Fall 2023)\, a collection of art and poetry made in collaboration with the artist Ligia Bouton. He is the recipient of a Whiting Award\, a Rome Prize in Literature\, a Pushcart Prize\, the Levis Reading Prize\, and an NEA Fellowship in Literature. Donovan serves as Director of the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith College. URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-submissions-due-september-2023/ CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop,Submission Deadline ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SW2324-0913-900x300-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230917T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230917T133000 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20230901T193918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230921T183603Z UID:10000525-1694957400-1694957400@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Matt Donovan DESCRIPTION:This workshop will be held in-person at High Low\, with virtual attendance options available to those who need it. \n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: this workshop is limited to 10 participants. Registration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nSubmissions due September 13\, 2023\n\n\n\nSubmit only one poem\, one page in length\n\n\n\nProvide name\, mailing address\, phone number and email address\n\n\n\nThose submitting poems are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\nYou do not need to submit a poem to attend\n\n\n\nIf you need to attend virtually\, please indicate this is your registration email\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email* poem to:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org*Please attach poem as separate Word or PDF document. We are not accepting mailed submissions at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: September 13\, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMATT DONOVAN is the author\, most recently\, of The Dug-Up Gun Museum (BOA 2022) and Missing Department (Visual Studies Workshop\, Fall 2023)\, a collection of art and poetry made in collaboration with the artist Ligia Bouton. He is the recipient of a Whiting Award\, a Rome Prize in Literature\, a Pushcart Prize\, the Levis Reading Prize\, and an NEA Fellowship in Literature. Donovan serves as Director of the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith College. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-september-2023/ LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103 CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SW2324-0917-900x300-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230918T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230918T190000 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20230829T230438Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230926T181603Z UID:10000524-1695063600-1695063600@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Observable Readings: Matt Donovan & Elizabeth Hoover DESCRIPTION:The reading will be held in-person at High Low\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poets Matt Donovan and Elizabeth Hoover for Observable Readings. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBooks available for purchase from Left Bank Books. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Observable Readings in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMATT DONOVAN is the author\, most recently\, of The Dug-Up Gun Museum (BOA 2022) and Missing Department (Visual Studies Workshop\, Fall 2023)\, a collection of art and poetry made in collaboration with the artist Ligia Bouton. He is the recipient of a Whiting Award\, a Rome Prize in Literature\, a Pushcart Prize\, the Levis Reading Prize\, and an NEA Fellowship in Literature. Donovan serves as Director of the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith College. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nELIZABETH HOOVER is the author of the archive is all in present tense\, winner of the 2021 Barrow Street Book Prize. Her creative nonfiction has appeared in the North American Review\, Kenyon Review\, and StoryQuarterly. She teaches in the English Department at Webster University in St. Louis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Observable Readings series is supported in part by: URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/observable-readings-september-2023/ LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103 CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/OR2324-0918-900x300-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230926T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230926T193000 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20230918T173527Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230926T180940Z UID:10000528-1695756600-1695756600@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Dannie Boyd & Richard Fischer DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point. Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSt. Louis-born poet\, songwriter\, and musician Dannie Boyd (Dannie B) enjoys writing about romance\, self-discovery\, and social justice. Dannie’s interest in poetry began in 2008 while studying creative writing and journalism at St. Louis Community College – Florissant Valley. He learned to play the guitar\, bass\, and piano shortly after. The Florissant Valley Poetry Club voted him the most prolific poet of 2009. St. Louis Public Radio also featured his dramatic story of photographing the 2014 Ferguson demonstrations in their “Living Ferguson” event\, a nationally broadcast program on NPR. Dannie is continuing to work on the fusion of poetry and music. Dannie also continues to develop his work related to the Ferguson demonstrations\, expanding on the existing photography\, performative work\, and presentations. More information is available on his website\, DannieB.com. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRichard Fischer grew up in the wild lands in the center of America near the big mounds and down river from the land of the mythic Huck where he was taught abstraction skills in the educational institutions of the later 20th century. He was adopted by the Muse at an early age and has enjoyed the works of his Muse siblings in this and other ages. He enjoys the connection he feels when he becomes one with the flow of word music. His Zen fellows assure him that it is akin to Buddha talk. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-september-2023/ LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/PP2324-0926-900x300-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231006T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231006T190000 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20230921T222851Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231003T212032Z UID:10000533-1696618800-1696618800@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Poetry in the Woods: Naomi Shihab Nye & James Crews DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Ethical Society of St. Louis. \n\n\n\n\n\nIn conjunction with Poetry in the Woods\, acclaimed poets and St. Louis natives Naomi Shihab Nye and James Crews present a poetry reading and conversation on nature\, wildness\, and mindfulness through the lens of poetry—award-winning local poet Travis Mossotti will moderate the event. Presented in partnership with the Poetry in the Woods Workshop\, Saint Louis Poetry Center\, St. Louis County Library\, the Wildlife Rescue Center\, The Novel Neighbor and the Saint Louis Zoo. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT INFO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors open at 6:00pm.Seating will be offered on a first come\, first served basis.Books available for purchase from The Novel Neighbor. \n\n\n\nRegistration through Poetry in the Woods events page is strongly encouraged: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE BOOKS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVERYTHING COMES NEXTNaomi Shihab Nye \n\n\n\nEverything Comes Next is a treasure chest of Naomi Shihab Nye’s most beloved poems\, and features favorites such as “Famous” and “A Valentine for Ernest Mann\,” as well as widely shared pieces such as “Kindness” and “Gate A-4.” Featuring new\, never-before-published poems; an introduction by bestselling poet and author Edward Hirsch\, as well as a foreword and writing tips by the poet; and stunning artwork by bestselling artist Rafael López\, Everything Comes Next is essential for poetry readers\, classroom teachers\, and library collections. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE WONDER OF SMALL THINGSJames Crews \n\n\n\nJames Crews\, editor of the bestselling poetry anthologies How to Love the World and The Path to Kindness\, presents a collection of highly accessible\, uplifting poetry celebrating the small wonders and peaceful moments of everyday life. The Wonder of Small Things features a foreword by Nikita Gill and a carefully curated selection of poems from a diverse range of authors\, including Native American poets Joy Harjo\, Linda Hogan\, Kimberly Blaeser\, and Joseph Bruchac\, and BIPOC writers Ross Gay\, Julia Alvarez\, and Toi Derricotte. Readers are guided in exploring the meaning and essence of the poems through a series of reflective pauses scattered through the pages and reading group questions in the back. This anthology offers the perfect intersection for the growing number of readers interested in mindful living and bringing poetry into their everyday lives.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNAOMI SHIHAB NYE is Chancellor Emeritus for the Academy of American Poets. She is the 2019 Lon Tinkle Lifetime Achievement Award Winner from the Texas Institute of Letters\, and she has received a Lannan Fellowship\, a Guggenheim Fellowship\, the Witter Bynner Fellowship from the Library of Congress\, and four Pushcart Prizes.  She is the 2019 – 2021 Young People’s Poet Laureate. Her collection 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East was a finalist for the National Book Award\, and her collection Honeybee was awarded the Arab-American Book Award.  Naomi Shihab Nye has edited eight honored and popular poetry anthologies\, including Time You Let Me In\, What Have You Lost?\, Salting the Ocean\, and This Same Sky\, and she is the author of the novels Habibi and Going\, Going\, and The Turtle of Oman.  She lives with her family in San Antonio\, Texas and is on faculty at Texas State University. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJAMES CREWS is the author of the essay collection\, Kindness Will Save the World\, and editor of several bestselling poetry anthologies: Healing the Divide\, The Path to Kindness\, and How to Love the World. He has been featured on NPR’s Morning Edition\, and in People Magazine\, The Boston Globe\, and The Washington Post. He is also the author of four prize-winning books of poetry\, and his poems have appeared in the New York Times Magazine\, The New Republic\, and other journals. James lives with his husband on forty rocky acres in the woods of Southern Vermont. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-in-the-woods-nye-crews/ LOCATION:Ethical Society of St. Louis\, 9001 Clayton Rd\, St Louis\, Missouri\, 63117\, United States CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/PW2324-1006-900x300-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231015T235900 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231015T235900 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20230921T184710Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230921T184711Z UID:10000530-1697414340-1697414340@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Submissions Due DESCRIPTION:The Sunday Workshop with Tommy Archuleta will take place on October 22\, 2023. Poetry submissions for the workshop are due by 11:59 p.m. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe workshop will be held in-person at High Low\, with virtual attendance options available to those who need it. Patrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: this workshop is limited to 10 participants. Registration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nSubmissions due one week prior to workshop\n\n\n\nSubmit only one poem\, one page in length\n\n\n\nProvide name\, mailing address\, phone number and email address\n\n\n\nThose submitting poems are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\nYou do not need to submit a poem to attend\n\n\n\nIf you need to attend virtually\, please indicate this is your registration email\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email* poem to:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org*Please attach poem as separate Word or PDF document. We are not accepting mailed submissions at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTOMMY ARCHULETA is a native northern New Mexican. He works as a mental health therapist for the New Mexico Corrections Department. Most recently his work has appeared in the New England Review\, Laurel Review\, Lily Poetry Review\, The Cortland Review\, Guesthouse\, and the Poem-a-Day series sponsored by the Academy of American Poets. Susto\, his full-length debut collection of poems\, published by the Center for Literary Publishing\, is a 2023 Mountain/West Poetry Series title. He is also the author of the chapbook\, Fieldnotes (Lily Poetry Review & Books\, 2023). He lives and writes on the Cochiti Reservation. URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-submissions-due-october-2023/ CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop,Submission Deadline ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SW2324-1015-900x300-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231022T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231022T133000 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20230921T184008Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230921T184936Z UID:10000529-1697981400-1697981400@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Sunday Workshop: Tommy Archuleta DESCRIPTION:This workshop will be held in-person at High Low\, with virtual attendance options available to those who need it. \n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Sunday Workshop in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES & REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: this workshop is limited to 10 participants. Registration is required\, and is first-come\, first-served. \n\n\n\n\nSubmissions due one week prior to workshop\n\n\n\nSubmit only one poem\, one page in length\n\n\n\nProvide name\, mailing address\, phone number and email address\n\n\n\nThose submitting poems are expected to attend the workshop\n\n\n\nYou do not need to submit a poem to attend\n\n\n\nIf you need to attend virtually\, please indicate this is your registration email\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, email* poem to:sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org*Please attach poem as separate Word or PDF document. We are not accepting mailed submissions at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: October 15\, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTOMMY ARCHULETA is a native northern New Mexican. He works as a mental health therapist for the New Mexico Corrections Department. Most recently his work has appeared in the New England Review\, Laurel Review\, Lily Poetry Review\, The Cortland Review\, Guesthouse\, and the Poem-a-Day series sponsored by the Academy of American Poets. Susto\, his full-length debut collection of poems\, published by the Center for Literary Publishing\, is a 2023 Mountain/West Poetry Series title. He is also the author of the chapbook\, Fieldnotes (Lily Poetry Review & Books\, 2023). He lives and writes on the Cochiti Reservation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-october-2023/ LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103 CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SW2324-1022-900x300-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231023T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231023T190000 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20230921T194155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231024T170201Z UID:10000531-1698087600-1698087600@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Observable Readings: Tommy Archuleta & Ariana Benson DESCRIPTION:The reading will be held in-person at High Low\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poets Tommy Archuleta and Ariana Benson for Observable Readings. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBooks available for purchase from Left Bank Books. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Observable Readings in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTOMMY ARCHULETA is a native northern New Mexican. He works as a mental health therapist for the New Mexico Corrections Department. Most recently his work has appeared in the New England Review\, Laurel Review\, Lily Poetry Review\, The Cortland Review\, Guesthouse\, and the Poem-a-Day series sponsored by the Academy of American Poets. Susto\, his full-length debut collection of poems\, published by the Center for Literary Publishing\, is a 2023 Mountain/West Poetry Series title. He is also the author of the chapbook\, Fieldnotes (Lily Poetry Review & Books\, 2023). He lives and writes on the Cochiti Reservation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nARIANA BENSON was born in Norfolk\, Virginia. Her debut collection\, Black Pastoral (University of Georgia Press) won the 2022 Cave Canem Poetry Prize. Benson has also received the Furious Flower Poetry Prize and the Porter House Review Poetry Prize\, and the 2021 Graybeal Gowen Prize for Virginia Poets. Her poems and essays appear or are forthcoming in POETRY Magazine\, Ploughshares\, Poem-a-Day\, Copper Nickel\, the Kenyon Review\, and elsewhere. Through her writing\, she strives to fashion vignettes of Blackness that speak to its infinite depth and richness. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Observable Readings series is supported in part by: URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/observable-readings-october-2023/ LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103 CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/OR2324-1023-900x300-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231024T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231024T193000 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20230921T201825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231024T170452Z UID:10000532-1698175800-1698175800@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Emerson Gray & Nita Penfold DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point. Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmerson Gray is a disabled genderqueer poet based in southern Illinois. He has been previously published in RFD Magazine as well as the Augment Review\, and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize for his work on Crab Fat Magazine. He also served as a poetry editor for Chaotic Merge Magazine and Arrow Rock Journal. Emerson is currently an MFA Creative Writing candidate at the University of Missouri-Saint Louis. You can find him on Twitter @Emerson_Gray_ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNita Penfold‘s poetry has been called luminous and soul-stirring and has been widely published in anthologies\, including recently in the Charters & Charters text book\, Literature & Its Writers (5th edition)\, the 2021 Women Artist’s Datebook from Syracuse Cultural Workers\, and Northeastern University’s journal\, Pensive. Her first book\, They Stand Up in Broken Shells\, won the 2006 Writer’s Digest International Self-Published Poetry Book Award. Her other books are Landing in Oz (2012)\, The Woman with the Wild-Grown Hair: Complete Poems (2017) and Loreen Says (2022) all available on Amazon. An editor emeritus for Earth’s Daughters magazine\, the oldest extant feminist magazine in the US\, over 600 of her poems and several short stories have been published in the past 40 years. Nita received her BA in Communication and the Arts from Empire State College and her Master of Arts in Writing from Lesley University in Cambridge MA. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-october-2023/ LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/PP2324-1024-900x300-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231026T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231026T190000 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20231003T211903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231003T211904Z UID:10000534-1698346800-1698346800@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Sally Van Doren: A Reading & Conversation DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\ndecember magazine\, University of Missouri–St. Louis MFA program\, LSU Press\, and Saint Louis Poetry Center present acclaimed poet Sally Van Doren\, author of Sibilance: Poems. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT INFO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors open at 6:30pm.Program begins at 7:00pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE BOOK\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe word “sibilance” refers to pronunciations of the letter “s\,” including the emission of a hissing or whistling sound. As the title of Sally Van Doren’s fourth collection of poetry\, the word alerts readers to the sounds of language in the poems that follow in abecedarian order. Filled with wordplay\, Van Doren’s poems vacillate between the extremes of joy and despair\, by turns witty and chagrined\, punning and reflective. The poems gathered in Sibilance aim to clarify their author’s ambivalence concerning living life and writing about it. Her unique investigations teem with distilled images encased in the language of irreverence and awe. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA St. Louis native\, SALLY VAN DOREN is a prize-winning poet and artist who has taught at the 92nd Street Y and other public and private institutions. She is the author of four collections of poetry\, including Sex at Noon Taxes\, which won the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/december-presents-sally-van-doren/ LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103 CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/DEC2324-1026-900x300-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231030T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231030T190000 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20231025T191221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231030T161348Z UID:10000535-1698692400-1698692400@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Poemtober: Halloween Poetry Party DESCRIPTION:This event will be held in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to partner with Inktober this year to bring you Poemtober. In conjunction with Poemtober\, Saint Louis Poetry Center invites you to a special Halloween poetry party! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT INFO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors open at 6:30pm.Reading begins at 7:00pmCostumes encouraged \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE PARTY\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCome share your Poemtober poems at our Halloween poetry party\, and bring your friends! Featuring: \n\n\n\n\nPoemtober Open Mic\n\n\n\nMusic and Costumes\n\n\n\nRaffle Basket\n\n\n\nSnacks & Cash Bar\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is strongly encouraged. You do not need to participate in the open mic to attend the event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration & Open Mic Sign-Up Here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT POEMTOBER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEach day throughout October\, we post a new word prompt to our social media channels. Use that word to inspire your writing\, and then come share your work at this community reading. We are here to support and encourage writers to practice their craft. We hope this project helps us all shift from that lovely summertime haze into a place of creative generation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poemtober-reading/ LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103 CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/PT2324-1030-900x300-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231128T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231128T193000 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20231112T231513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231129T003915Z UID:10000536-1701199800-1701199800@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Mississippi Mud Daubers Haiku Group DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point. Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE MISSISSIPPI MUD DAUBERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Mississippi Mud Daubers haiku group was founded in 2006 by John Dunphy and named by the late Gretchen Batz. The group of 6-10 members meets once a quarter at 222 Artisan Bakery in Edwardsville\, Illinois. Meetings consist of critique of each others work\, a celebration of each of others successes\, and general fellowship among like minded poets.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBen Gaa is your Friendly Neighborhood Haiku Poet and host of Haiku Talk on YouTube. He’s the author of two full length collections of haiku and senryu\, One Breath (Spartan Press 2020)\, and the Touchstone Award winning Wishbones (Folded Word 2018)\, as well as four chapbooks\, the High/Coo award winner One Note Moon (Brooks Books 2023)\, Fiddle in the Floorboards (Yavanika Press 2018)\, Blowing on a Hot Soup Spoon (Poor Metaphor Design 2014) and the Pushcart nominated Wasp Shadows (Folded Word 2014). With over 1000 haiku and senryu published in journals and anthologies around the globe\, he enjoys both giving and attending poetry readings and workshops and being part of the literary conversation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAllyson Whipple is the creator of the Culinary Saijiki blog and podcast and Haiku Girl Summer. She also serves as the newsletter editor and Midwest Regional Coordinator for the Haiku Society of America. Before moving to St. Louis\, Allyson was active in the Texas poetry community\, serving as board president of Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review\, as well as co-editor for four editions of the Texas Poetry Calendar. She is now a proud resident of the Soulard neighborhood. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBryan Rickert is the current president of the Haiku Society of America and has been published in many fine journals. He is the co-editor of Failed Haiku Journal of Senryu and edits The Living Senryu Anthology. Bryan has two books: Fish Kite (Cyberwit Publishing) and Dust and Stone\, co-written with Peter Jastermsky (Velvet Dusk Publishing). His work was also selected for inclusion in A New Resonance\, Volume 12. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn J. Han is Professor of English & Creative Writing and Associate Dean of Humanities & Theology at Missouri Baptist University in Creve Coeur. He is the author\, translator\, editor\, or co-editor of 33 books\, including 11 poetry collections. He also has published more than 2\,300 poems in Modern Haiku\, Frogpond\, Wales Haiku Journal\, and other journals and anthologies. Han served as editor of Dawn Returns: The Haiku Society of America Member’s Anthology 2022. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-november-2023/ LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/PP2324-1128-900x300-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240123T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240123T193000 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20240117T194730Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T001430Z UID:10000537-1706038200-1706038200@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Kirby Ewald & Kristin Emanuel DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOften\, the most engaging art seems to capture some universal essence by being incredibly specific. It gets at the gigantic by getting tiny. The poetry of Kirby Ewald and Kristin Emanuel live in this world of detail because it is the world we live in\, too. This month’s reading will reckon with the heartbreak of climate angst by doing our house chores anyway\, will take the tiniest detail and turn it over every which way in the light\, will lean into dissonance as a way of generating a more honest poetics. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point. Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKirby Ewald works in St. Louis as a communications specialist for museums and cultural institutions. She enjoys writing in a variety of forms (poems\, essays\, short stories\, and novels) and is drawn to messages that wrestle with nature\, culture\, and observation. Her work touches upon her experiences as a museum and zoo professional\, a wife and mother\, and someone passionate about moving to new places without vetting them first. She is an emerging writer and holds a BA in international relations with minors in creative writing and political science from George Washington University. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKristin Emanuel holds an MFA in poetry from the University of Kansas where she studied ecofabulism and the comics poetry movement. She is now a PhD student researching Poetry & Poetics at Washington University. In 2022\, Donika Kelly selected her as a finalist in Boston Review’s Annual Poetry Contest. Her latest poems\, comics\, and reviews have appeared in journals such as Shenandoah\, The Indianapolis Review\, and Colorado Review\, with new poetry forthcoming in I-70 Review and RHINO 2024. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-january-2024/ LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/PP2324-0123-900x300-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T193000 DTSTAMP:20260430T230256 CREATED:20240119T001512Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T223714Z UID:10000538-1708457400-1708457400@stlouispoetrycenter.org SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Jason Vasser-Elong & Asha Marie Larson-Baldwin DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPart of the intention of what became Black History Month was\, and still is\, to celebrate the achievements of Black Americans since Emancipation. Equally necessary\, however\, is an acknowledgement of the path left to walk\, especially in St. Louis\, a town known globally for both racism and resistance. Jason Vasser-Elong and Asha Marie Larson-Baldwin will read from their poetry and\, in conversation afterwards\, explore themes of being an American abroad\, of stories buried and unearthed\, and of Black futures that deserve the excitement of our imaginations. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point. Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJason Vasser-Elong is assistant teaching professor in the Pierre Laclede Honors College and a doctoral candidate in the College of Education at the University of Missouri–St. Louis\, where he earned an MFA in creative writing and studied cultural anthropology and African Diaspora studies. He is the author of Shrimp (2Leaf Press\, 2018)\, a collection of poetry that analyzes identity in a post-colonial context. His current research is centered on peacemaking\, with an additional focus on student learning environments. Recently\, Jason received the University of Missouri South African Education Program Fellowship and will continue his research\, as Dr. Elong\, this summer at the University of the Western Cape\, Cape Town\, South Africa. An avid reader and writer\, Jason has poetry and prose forthcoming in River Styx\, Uno\, and Callaloo. In 2022\, he served as poet-in-residence for Sapiens\, and will travel to Toronto for the American Anthropological Association annual meeting this year to read poetry as part of the Association of Black Anthropologists (ABA) Transforming Anthropology reception. A proud member of the ABA and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity\, Inc.\, Jason is currently curating an anthology of poetry with the Lights of Alpha mentoring program with his local chapter. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAsha Marie Larson-Baldwin (she/her) is a South Carolinian living in St. Louis while she works towards her PhD in Sociology. She writes at the intersections of poetry and prose\, experimenting with brevity and intimacy while exploring the contours and interiorities of her own fleeting girlhood. When she’s not at school or staring at a screen\, you can find her running around Forest Park or reading cheesy pop-lit on Art Hill. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-february-2024/ LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/PP2324-0220-900x300-1.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR