Writers Guild Spoken Word Series
NEW NIGHT – 2nd THURS of the MONTH

THURSDAY, FEB 8
6pm EST
Backspace Gallery, inside Bonne Fête
112 West 6th Street
on the square in Bloomington IN
FREE

NEW NIGHT – 2nd THURS of the MONTH
OPEN MIC following the features
BEER & WINE available for purchase

THURSDAY, FEB 8
6pm EST

featuring Ohio poets

J.I.B.

and

Nikki Blankenship

with music by Stroking Vines

Open Mic to follow

Sponsored in part by the Indiana Arts Commission, Bloomington Arts Commission, and the Bloomington Urban Enterprise Association

NIKKI BLANKENSHIP is an artist from Portsmouth, Ohio. In addition to performing various sideshow acts, she is a longtime writer with 15 years of experience as a journalist and decades as a confessionalist poet.

J.I.B. is a prose poet and essayist from Portsmouth, Ohio. His work has been featured in various publications and Midwest presses. You can follow his work and tours on Instagram @j.i.b.trash.poet

Capturing the sounds emanating from the gaps in the sidewalk and other overlooked spaces, STROKING VINES explores the intersections of human structure and the natural environments that thrive among/in spite of us. https://strokingvines.bandcamp.com/