Saturday, November 6, 2010

Tuesday, November 9: Library Hosts Poetry Reading at Gallery B4S

The Racine Public Library is hosting another "Baby" BONK! at Gallery B4S, 613 Sixth St, on Tuesday, November 9 at 7:00pm. This adult poetry event is free; no registration is necessary. The program will feature readings by poets Michael Earl Craig, Eric Huff, and a special guest reader.

Michael Earl Craig is the author of three collections of poetry: Thin Kimono (Wave Books, 2010), Yes, Master (Fence Books, 2006) and Can You Relax in My House (Fence Books, 2002). He received a BA in English Literature from the University of Montana, and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Massachusetts. His poems have been published in various print and online journals, including Provincetown Arts, The Iowa Review, The Believer, HoboEye, Octopus Magazine, Fence, jubilat, and Denver Quarterly, as well as anthologized in Isn't It Romantic: 100 Love Poems (Verse Press, 2004) and Poems About Horses (Everyman's Library Pocket Series, 2009). He lives in Livingston, Montana, where he is a Certified Journeyman Farrier, shoeing horses for a living.

Eric Huff is a graduate of Carthage College and is an 8th grade English teacher at Lincoln Middle School in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He has poems appearing in or forthcoming in Sawbuck, 2011 Wisconsin Poet's calendar, 1913: A Journal of Forms, Weird Deer, and Boo: A Journal of Terrific Things, among others.

The Racine Public Library is located at 75 Seventh St in downtown Racine. Visit the library's website at www.racinelibrary.info for more information about upcoming events and programs.

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