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.

First Thoughts from
Observable Readings

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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November Observable Reading

Thursday, November 06, 2008 at 03:45 PM: Nickole Brown, Erin Keane, Kristi Maxwell and Cindy King

Nickole Brown is the author of Sister, published by Red Hen in September 2007. Her work has been featured in The Writer's Chronicle, Poets & Writers, 32 Poems, The Cortland Review, and others. Nickole works for the nonprofit, independent literary press, Sarabande Books.

 

 

Erin Keane is the author of The Gravity Soundtrack, a full-length collection of poems, and The One-Hit Wonders, a chapbook of poems about rock & roll. She directs the InKY Reading Series in Louisville, Kentucky, and teaches at Bellarmine University and the Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts.

Kristi Maxwell is the author of Realm Sixty-four (Ahsahta, 2008), Elsewhere & Wise (Dancing Girl, 2008), and Hush Sessions (Saturnalia, forthcoming 2009). Her poems have appeared in Coconut, Saltgrass, The Concher, and Practice: New Writing & Art. She currently lives and writes in Cincinnati.

Cynthia Arrieu-King is assistant professor of creative writing at Stockton College in New Jersey. Her work has appeared in Prairie Schooner, Black Warrior Review, Diagram, Forklift, and others.