Scott Bealis the author of Wait ‘Til You Have Real Problems (Dzanc, 2014). His poems have appeared in Rattle, Prairie Schooner, Beloit Poetry Journal, and other journals, as well as the 2014 Pushcart Anthology. He teaches writing at the University of Michigan and poetry at Ann Arbor Open School.
Joy Gaines-Friedler has had poems published in over 50 national and international literary journals. A Pushcart nominee, she has received many awards, including The Litchfield Review Poetry Prize. Author of two full-length collections, Like Vapor and Dutiful Heart, Joy teaches creative writing for non-profits in the Detroit area and throughout Michigan.
John F. Buckley has published the poetry collection Sky Sandwiches and chapbooks Breach Birth and Leading an Aquamarine Shoat by Its Tail. He collaborated with Martin Ott on two additional books of poetry. His poems appear in The Carolina Quarterly, Narrative, and ZYZZYVA. He holds an MFA in creative writing from The University of Michigan
Kim D. Hunter works for social justice groups and in Detroit schools through Inside Out Literary Arts. His poems have appeared in What I Say, Rainbow Darkness, and Abandon Automobile. His books include borne on slow knives and edge of the time zone. His short fiction, The Official Report on Human Activity, earned a Kresge Literary Arts Fellowship.
(Take note that our usual fourth Wednesday event for November is moved to December 2nd, due to the Thanksgiving Holiday.)
Tarfia Faizullah, a Bangladeshi American with an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth U., won the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award forSeam. It explores the lives of thebirangona, Bangladeshi women raped by Pakistani soldiers during the Liberation War of 1971. She co-directs Organic Weapon Arts in Detroit and teaches creative writing at University of Michigan.
The Poetry Circle is an associate of The Poetry Society of Michigan. The society exists to promote poetry and related activities and events throughout the state. Annual membership in the society is just twenty-five dollars and includes a subscription to the society’s journal, Peninsula Poets.
Two featured readers will share the podium. 7:00 PM – 8:45 PM Crazy Wisdom Bookstore and Tea Room 114 S. Main St., Ann Arbor
Julie Babcock
is the author of the poetry collection Autoplay (MG Press, 2014). Her work appears in The Iowa Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review and the anthology Feast. She’s received grants and fellowships from Vermont Studio and
Indiana Arts Commission. She teaches writing and literature at U. of Michigan.
Michael Lauchlan has had poems in New England Review, Virginia
Quarterly Review, The North American Review, and in 3 collections of poems. His latest is Trumbull Ave. (published this year by Wayne State U. Press) which authentically portrays his and others’ lives growing up and doing manual work in Detroit.
Featured reader is followed by Open Mic reading. • All writers welcome • Read your own or other favorite poetry. • Sign up begins 6:45 p.m. • Poetry Series readings every fourth Wednesday hosted by Joe Kelty, Ed Morin, & Dave Jibson
Ken Meisel is a Detroit area psychotherapist and author of six poetry
collections, including The Drunken Sweetheart at My Door (2015), Scrap
Metal Mantra Poems, and Beautiful Rust. His poems have appeared in Cream City Review, Rattle, and Midwest Gothic. He held a Kresge Arts Literary Fellowship and won the Swan Duckling Chapbook Contest.
Crazy Wisdom Poetry Series at The
Crazy Wisdom Bookstore and Tea Room
Wednesday, September
23, 2015. 7:00 PM – 8:45 PM 114 S. Main St., Ann Arbor (http://crazywisdom.net)
Featured reader is followed by Open Mic reading. • All writers welcome • Read your own or other favorite poetry. • Sign up begins 6:45 p.m.
Terrence Williams, originally from Detroit, teaches literature and theory at Xavier University in Cincinnati. He is the author of five books of poetry: c.c. (2002), On Spec (2008), The Hero Project of the Century
(2009), Adventures of Pi (2011) and Howell (2011). His chapbooks include a prose eulogy, Pink Tie (2011).
May 27 -Matthew Olzmann is the author of Mezzanines(Alice James Books), which was selected for the Kundiman Prize. His writing has appeared in Kenyon Review, New England Review, Poetry Northwest, Gulf Coast, and Southern Review. He teaches creative writing to undergraduates at Warren Wilson College and is co-editor of The Collagist.
Elizabeth Kerlikowske is author of several books. The latest, Last Hula, won the Standing Rock Cultural Arts chapbook contest. She is president of Friends of Poetry, a 38-year-old Kalamazoo group dedicated to bringing poetry and people together. (All her kids live out west; she hopes it wasn’t something she said.)
Crazy Wisdom Poetry Circle 