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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September Observable Reading

Thursday, September 04, 2008 at 09:00 PM: Walter Bargen and Tom Pickard

Missouri's First Poet Laureate, Walter Bargen is the author of eleven books and two chapbooks of poems. His poems and fiction have appeared in over one hundred magazines and journals. His twelfth book, Theban Traffic (WordTech Communications, 2008) was released in May.

Tom Pickard is an English-Scottish poet and the author of ten books of poetry and prose, including The Dark Months of May (Flood Editions, 2004), Ballad of Jamie Allan (Flood Editions, 2007) and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

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