Richard Solomon is a poet and developmental pediatrician influenced by the psychedelic Vietnam War era and the resilient suffering of children. His poems have won prizes from The 57th Street Bookstore Contest (Chicago), the Wurgel Flomp comic poetry contest, and Ann Arbor Current. They have been published in Michigan Quarterly Review, 5am, and 3rd Wednesday.
Featured reader is followed by Open Mic reading. • FREE. 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.
May 24, 2017 – An Evening of Poetry and Written Word:
Featured Readers:
Bill Yarrow, Professor of English at Joliet Junior College and editor at Blue Fifth Review, is the author of 3 books of poetry—The Vig of Love, Blasphemer, Pointed Sentences— and four chapbooks. He has been nominated 8 times for a Pushcart Prize.
Zilka Joseph teaches creative writing. Her chapbooks Lands I Live In and What Dread were nominated for a PEN America and a Pushcart award, respectively. Her book Sharp Blue Search of Flame was recently published by Wayne State University Press. www.zilkajoseph.com
All writers welcome to read their own or other favorite poetry or short fiction afterward at an open mic. Hosted by Joe Kelty, Ed Morin, and David Jibson. 7-8:45 pm at Crazy Wisdom Book Store & Tea Room,
114 S. Main, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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.
Crazy Wisdom Poetry Circle 