The Writers Guild at Bloomington presents the Pop-Up Indiana Chitlin Circuit edition of Last Sunday Poetry, featuring Curtis L. Crisler, Tony Brewer, and Joseph Kerschbaum.
This program has been made possible through a grant from Indiana Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
TONY BREWER is a poet and audio artist from Bloomington, Indiana. He has published 13 books and chapbooks, most recently Water Witch (Pure Sleeze Press, 2025). Tony has been offering Poetry On Demand at coffeehouses, museums, cemeteries, churches, bars, and art and music festivals for over fifteen years and was named Indiana’s 2024 Literary Champion by Indiana Humanities.
Indiana Poet Laureate CURTIS L. CRISLER was born and raised in Gary, Indiana. An award-winning poet/author, he has published numerous poetry books, and his work has been included in various magazines, journals, and anthologies. Also co-editor of poetry for the museum of americana, he created the Indiana Chitlin Circuit and the poetry form called the sonastic. Crisler is Professor of English at Purdue University Fort Wayne.
Author of 10 books of poetry and two spoken word albums, JOSEPH KERSCHBAUM was a finalist for the Ruth Lilly Endowment from the Poetry Foundation, and was awarded an Individual Artistic Grant from the Indiana Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts. He has performed at numerous venues around the country, and taught poetry workshops at the John Waldron Arts Center and Ivy Tech College. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana with his family, where he continues to write, perform, and support the literary arts.