First Wednesday Spoken Word Series

OPEN MIC to follow

During his 35 years in southern Indiana, current poet laureate MATTHEW GRAHAM has been a respected and recognized writer, teacher, and advocate for poetry and the arts. Having recently retired from the University of Southern Indiana (USI), he has taught all levels of creative writing, contemporary literature, and worked with multicultural and international students in freshman composition. He is the author of four books of poetry, most recently The Geography of Home (Galileo Press, 2018). His work has earned numerous national, regional and local honors and awards, including a Pushcart Prize, an Academy of American Poets Award, two grants from the Indiana Arts Commission, and the Artist of the Year Award from the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana.

TONY BREWER is a poet and live sound effects artist from Bloomington, Indiana. He frequently collaborates with experimental audio collective Urban Deer Record Cvlt and appears on the albums Paris Suite and Six Realms. His books include Hot Type Cold Read, Homunculus, Pity for Sale, and psithurism. More at tonybrewer71.blogspot.com.

Singer/guitarist/songwriter NATHAN DILLON is the bandleader for The Acre Brothers. He is also the Director of the music education company Everybody Rocks, with classes in Chicagoland and southern Indiana. He attended Indiana University and Brooklyn Conservatory for guitar (before running off and joining the circus). https://theacrebrothers.com/