Valerie Boyer helps usher in Streetlight Guild poetry celebration
‘Rhapsody & Refrain’ runs for the entire month of September at the East Side art space, with the Texas-born Boyer taking the mic on Monday, Sept. 4.
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The Poetry Forum set to exit the stage after 39-year run
Poet and author Scott Woods on the impact of the long-running open mic and the Godfather of Columbus Poetry, Steve Abbott, who best exemplified its spirit.
Zach Hannah wants to see you build a poetry fort
For ‘6-1-Fort,’ which takes place at Franklinton Farms on Saturday, July 15, Hannah has challenged local writers like Marquita Byars to construct ‘poetry forts,’ inspiring confusion and creativity.
Columbus author Thao Thai turns isolation into expansive debut
Thai will celebrate the release of 'Banyan Moon' in discussion with Lee Martin at Gramercy Books today (Monday, June 26).
Sara Abou Rashed digs down to her core with intimate new poems
Rashed will take part in a pair of events this week, reading new works at Ohio State’s Hopkins Hall on Thursday, June 8, and then hosting a stage at the Columbus Arts Fest on Sunday, June 11.
Death, loss inform new queer vampire zine from Eric Clift-Thompson
The artist and CCAD professor’s show opens at WitchLab on Saturday, June 3.
Peter Kahn helps disrupt the canon with spoken word poetry project
The longtime Chicago educator relocated to Columbus in August, partnering with ESC of Central Ohio for a yearlong spoken word poetry project, which will host its capstone event on Saturday, May 13.
Matt Mitchell opens up, finds community with ‘Vampire Burrito’
The Columbus poet addresses toxic masculinity, intersex life and the boundless potential of love in their generous new collection, out on Grieveland in June.
David and Emory Butler draw closer in ‘Where Love Lives’
An emotional bedtime conversation between father and son became the basis for the Columbus artist’s heartfelt new children’s book.
Karin Cecile Davidson mines childhood memories for new collection
The Columbus author and recent Acacia Fiction Prize winner will speak in support of ‘The Geography of First Kisses’ at Bexley Public Library on Tuesday, April 18.
The Poetry Forum set to exit the stage after 39-year run
Poet and author Scott Woods on the impact of the long-running open mic and the Godfather of Columbus Poetry, Steve Abbott, who best exemplified its spirit.
Zach Hannah wants to see you build a poetry fort
For ‘6-1-Fort,’ which takes place at Franklinton Farms on Saturday, July 15, Hannah has challenged local writers like Marquita Byars to construct ‘poetry forts,’ inspiring confusion and creativity.
Columbus author Thao Thai turns isolation into expansive debut
Thai will celebrate the release of 'Banyan Moon' in discussion with Lee Martin at Gramercy Books today (Monday, June 26).
Sara Abou Rashed digs down to her core with intimate new poems
Rashed will take part in a pair of events this week, reading new works at Ohio State’s Hopkins Hall on Thursday, June 8, and then hosting a stage at the Columbus Arts Fest on Sunday, June 11.
Death, loss inform new queer vampire zine from Eric Clift-Thompson
The artist and CCAD professor’s show opens at WitchLab on Saturday, June 3.
Peter Kahn helps disrupt the canon with spoken word poetry project
The longtime Chicago educator relocated to Columbus in August, partnering with ESC of Central Ohio for a yearlong spoken word poetry project, which will host its capstone event on Saturday, May 13.
Matt Mitchell opens up, finds community with ‘Vampire Burrito’
The Columbus poet addresses toxic masculinity, intersex life and the boundless potential of love in their generous new collection, out on Grieveland in June.
David and Emory Butler draw closer in ‘Where Love Lives’
An emotional bedtime conversation between father and son became the basis for the Columbus artist’s heartfelt new children’s book.
Karin Cecile Davidson mines childhood memories for new collection
The Columbus author and recent Acacia Fiction Prize winner will speak in support of ‘The Geography of First Kisses’ at Bexley Public Library on Tuesday, April 18.