Blue Hour
@ Haymarket House
800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Wednesday, August 16th, at 6PM
The Chicago Poetry Center presents BLUE HOUR, a free, public monthly in-person reading series and generative writing workshop.
Each event includes a brief lottery-style open mic and two featured readers from Chicago and beyond, preceded by a limited-space generative writing workshop.
EVENT DETAILS FOR AUGUST 16:
Workshop (registration required) begins promptly at 6 p.m., ends at 7 p.m.
Doors open and open mic lottery registration starts at 7 p.m. — the open mic begins promptly at 7:30, followed by our amazing featured readers.
Reading registration is free; the workshop is sliding scale with a suggested donation of $10.
Register for the workshop here (required, and sells out quickly):
https://BHworkshopAug.eventbrite.com
And get your ticket for the reading here (recommended):
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/675666987147
View the livestream here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBaCxEkr5bVbPLfcmhcQIow
AUGUST FEATURES:
Maggie Queeney is a writer, artist, and educator. She lives and works in Chicago, where she was born. She is the author of In Kind, winner of the Iowa Poetry Prize, forthcoming in 2023, and settler (Tupelo Press). She is recipient of the Stanley Kunitz Memorial Prize, the Ruth Stone Scholarship, and two IAP Grants from the City of Chicago. Her poems, stories, and hybrid works have been published widely. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Syracuse University.
Brittany Rogers is a poet, educator, and life-long Detroiter. She has work published or forthcoming in Indiana Review, Four Way Review, Underbelly, Mississippi Review, The Metro Times, “The BreakBeat Poets: Black Girl Magic”, Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora, Lambda Literary, and Oprah Daily. Brittany is a fellow of VONA, The Watering Hole, Poetry Incubator, and Pink Door Writing Retreat, as well as a 2023 Gilda Snowden Awardee. She is Editor-in-Chief of Muzzle Magazine and co-host of the VS Podcast.
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