Galway Poets Perform at the Green Mill, Chicago

international | arts and media | event notice Friday January 30, 2009 00:28 by Over The Edge

FEB 15

The Green Mill
4802 North Broadway (Lawrence & Broadway)
Chicago.IL.60640 773.UPT.5552

7 PM: Open Mike
8 PM: Featured Guest(s)
9 PM: Slam Competition

Culture Ireland

SPECIAL GUESTS: Chicago Legend and National Book Award finalist PATRICIA SMITH [www.wordwoman] author of Blood Dazzler, poems which chronicle the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina; Teahouse of the Almighty, a National Poetry Series selection and winner of the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award; Close to Death; Big Towns, Big Talk, and Life According to Motown; plus JEFFERY MCDANIEL, author of four books of poetry: The Endarkenment (2008, University of Pittsburgh Press); The Splinter Factory (2002, Manic D Press); The Forgiveness Parade (1998, Manic D); Alibi School (1995, Manic D) AND recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Washington DC Council for the Arts. His poems have appeared Ploughshares, Best American Poetry 1994, American Poetry Review, Legitimate Dangers, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, and many other journals and anthologies; plus the music of FUTZ.

ALL-STAR OUT-OF-TOWNER SLAM: JEFF STUMPO (Texas A&M) vs ZACH KLUICKMAN (Albuquerque) vs KEVIN HIGGINS (Ireland) vs SUSAN MILLAR DUMARS(Ireland)

Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars acknowledge the financial support of Culture Ireland.