St. Louis Poetry Center

Observable Readings
for 2010-2011

Sept. 6:  Scott Cairns and Richard Newman

Oct. 4: Carl Phillips and Marianne Boruch

Nov. 1: Merrill Gilfillan and John Matthias

Jan. 3: Steve Schroeder, Eileen G'Sell and Kristina Marie Darling

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Schlafly BottleworksObservable Readings

are held at 8 p.m. on the scheduled dates at the fabulous Schlafly Bottleworks at 7260 Southwest Ave. in Maplewood. Click here for a map. Admission is free.

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Jeff Hamilton

Observable Readings launches this fall in a new direction. For five years Observable was stewarded by Aaron Belz, who in his amazing social energy for all things poetic and edifying, founded a series called "Readings At . . ." | Read More

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Fishouse Poets to read on May 7th

Thursday, May 07, 2009 at 03:49 PM: Stacey Lynn Brown, Gabrielle Calvcoressi, Gabriel Freid and Adrian Matejka

Observable Readings @Schlafly Bottleworks presents a reading from the Fishouse, featuring the following contributors to From the Fishouse: An Anthology of Poems that Sing, Rhyme, Resound, Syncopate, Alliterate, and Just Plain Sound Great (Persea Books,  2009), a exhilarating new print volume derived from the astonishing From the Fishouse audio archive of emerging poets (http://www.fishousepoems.org).

Stacey Lynn Brown is the author of Cradle Song (C&R Press, 2009). She teaches creative writing at Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville.

Gabrielle Calvcoressi is the author of The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart (Persea Books, 2005) and Apocalyptic Swing (Persea Books, forthcoming in 2009). She teaches in the graduate creative writing programs of California College of the Arts and Warren Wilson College, and lives in Los Angeles.

Gabriel Fried is Poetry Editor at Persea Books and the author of Making the New Lamb Take (Sarabande Books, 2007). He lives in Columbia, Missouri.

Adrian Matejka is the author of The Devil's Garden (Alice James Books, 2003). His second book, Mixology, was selected as a winner of the 2008 National Poetry Series and will be published by Penguin Books in 2009.  He teaches creative writing and literature at Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville.