Join us to listen to some poetry—or share some writing of your own—at Poetry in the Boro on Sunday, June 26. Doors open for mingling at 5:30 PM. Our feature will be poet LISA DORDAL of Nashville, whose new book Water Lessons is recently out from Black Lawrence Press.
ABOUT THE VENUE
We’ll be gathering at Gallagher Guitar’s cool venue, 118 N. Walnut Street. Street parking is available and no fee or time limits apply on the weekend. Gallagher has a great line up of live music scheduled this summer – check them out.
ABOUT THE OPEN MIC
Open mic readers can share poetry or spoken word: 2 pieces or 4 minutes, whichever comes first. Reading a favorite poem by another writer is fine, too.
We ask that readers be prepared to keep their pieces “PG-13” depending on our venue and audience, which sometimes includes younger people.
CHALLENGE WORDS
If you like, write a piece to share that includes one, some, or all of the following words chosen by our audience last time:
polar bear | stumble | fertilize | protest | cat |heatwave | space | slithering | wrest | disrupt
MORE ABOUT OUR FEATURE
LISA DORDAL holds a Master of Divinity and a Master of Fine Arts (in poetry), both from Vanderbilt University, and teaches in the English Department at Vanderbilt. She is the author of Mosaic of the Dark, which was a finalist for the 2019 Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry, Water Lessons (April 2022), and Next Time You Come Home (forthcoming 2023), all from Black Lawrence Press.
Lisa is a Pushcart Prize and Best-of-the-Net nominee and the recipient of an Academy of American Poets Prize, the Robert Watson Poetry Prize, and the Betty Gabehart Poetry Prize. Her poetry has appeared in The Sun, Narrative, Image, The New Ohio Review, Best New Poets, Greensboro Review, RHINO, Ninth Letter, and CALYX. Her website is lisadordal.com.
HEALTH PRECAUTIONS
We continue to monitor health data. If a local Covid surge significantly impacts metrics, we will encourage distancing and masking to help protect the vulnerable among us. Masks are always welcome.