Top City Poetry is back!
This fall, we will feature Megan Kaminski, Jordan Stempleman, Leah Sewell, and Jim McCrary.
The event is Friday, November 8, 2013, at 7pm sharp!
https://www.facebook.com/events/547619101964965/
Thanks goes out to Forrest with PT's @ College Hill, formally Flying Monkey, for giving us the okay to have the reading there.
If you are looking for directions, look no further.
http://goo.gl/maps/tWahs
1625 SW Washburn Ave, Topeka, KS 66604
https://www.facebook.com/PTsCollegeHill
Also, make the detour!
Books will be available for sale!
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About the poets:
Megan Kaminski is the author of one book of poetry, Desiring Map (Coconut Books, 2012). She is also the author of six chapbooks of poetry, most recently This Place (Dusie, 2013) and Gemology (LRL Textile Series, 2013). She is Assistant Professor of Poetry Writing at the University of Kansas and curates the Taproom Poetry Series in downtown Lawrence.
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Jordan Stempleman's most recent collections of poetry are No, Not Today (Magic Helicopter Press, 2012) and Doubled Over (BlazeVOX Books, 2009). He co-edits The Continental Review, teaches writing and literature at the Kansas City Art Institute, and curates A Common Sense Reading Series.
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Leah Sewell is assistant editor at Coconut Poetry, an MFA candidate at the University of Nebraska, and a book designer, poet, chef and mother. Her work has appeared in such publications as [PANK], Midwestern Gothic and Weave Magazine and was nominated for a Pushcart in 2012. Her chapbook, "Birth in Storm" was the 2013 winner of the Emerge Publications Chapbook Competition.
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Jim McCrary first came to Kansas in 1965. Time in and time out. Back now since 1990. Lives in Lawrence with his wife, the painter Sue Ashline a dog Sara and two cats Iris and Abby. Has published in many of magazines, 2 collections, several anthologies and a dozen chapbooks most of them self published. Recent titles include Po Doom, Es Verdad, M ental Texte, and Not Not. Reviews in Galatea magazine edited by Eileen Tabios and poems in House Organ published by Ken Warren. He assists the poet Megan Kaminski at the 8th St Taproom Poetry Series in a downtown Lawrence dive bar.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Upcoming Topeka Poetry Readings
November 28, 2012
Karen Barron, Israel Wasserstein, and Dennis Etzel Jr.
4:00pm
Washburn University
December 7, 2012
This reading features experimental and hybrid forms by writers from around Topeka: Cal Phoenix, John McClenny, Monique Robins, Elise Barnett, Eddie Foree, Dorian Hadley, Tori Willmon, and Tess Wilson.
7:00pm
Blue Planet Cafe
Karen Barron, Israel Wasserstein, and Dennis Etzel Jr.
4:00pm
Washburn University
December 7, 2012
This reading features experimental and hybrid forms by writers from around Topeka: Cal Phoenix, John McClenny, Monique Robins, Elise Barnett, Eddie Foree, Dorian Hadley, Tori Willmon, and Tess Wilson.
7:00pm
Blue Planet Cafe
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Upcoming readings
December 3, 2011
Eric McHenry
1:00 pm
Topeka Public Library, 1515 SW 10th Ave, Topeka
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December 5, 2011
Washburn University Creative Writing Faculty reading
Sarah Smarsh, Eric McHenry, and Tom Averill
4:00 pm
Mabee Library, Washburn University
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December 11, 2011
Begin Again: 150 Kansas Poems reading
3:00 pm
Topeka Public Library, 1515 SW 10th Ave, Topeka
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December 16, 2011
Wintertide Poetry Reading
Dennis Etzel Jr., Matt Porubsky, Kevin Rabas, and featured writer Margy Stewart
6:00 pm
Blue Planet Café, 110 SE 8th Ave, Topeka
Eric McHenry
1:00 pm
Topeka Public Library, 1515 SW 10th Ave, Topeka
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December 5, 2011
Washburn University Creative Writing Faculty reading
Sarah Smarsh, Eric McHenry, and Tom Averill
4:00 pm
Mabee Library, Washburn University
[
December 11, 2011
Begin Again: 150 Kansas Poems reading
3:00 pm
Topeka Public Library, 1515 SW 10th Ave, Topeka
[
December 16, 2011
Wintertide Poetry Reading
Dennis Etzel Jr., Matt Porubsky, Kevin Rabas, and featured writer Margy Stewart
6:00 pm
Blue Planet Café, 110 SE 8th Ave, Topeka
Wintertide Poetry Reading

December 16, 2011
Wintertide Poetry Reading
Dennis Etzel Jr., Matt Porubsky, Kevin Rabas, and featured writer Margy Stewart
6:00 pm
Blue Planet Café, 110 SE 8th Ave, Topeka
http://www.facebook.com/events/285405758160294/
Thursday, August 18, 2011
On hold, due to massive readings!
Thank you for your continued support of the Top City Poetry Reading Series. We've featured many top-notch folks--go take a look at our history!
For now, there are so many other reading series going on, it feels like overload.
So let's get to work!
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Washburn University
Nick Demske
October 11, 2011
TBA
Sherman Alexie
October 21, 2011
White Concert Hall
Washburn University
7:00pm
The iRead book:
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Blue Planet Cafe
Every third Friday of the month
6:00pm-8:00pm or longer
Featuring poets!
Mary Stone Dockery, Kara Bollinger, Matthew Porubsky, Leah Sewell, Katie Longofono, Timothy Volpert
Friday, September 16
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Timothy Volpert and Melissa Sewell
Friday, August 19
6:00pm - 9:00pm
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Eighth Street Taproom
19 East Eighth Street
Lawrence, KS
Last Sunday each Month
Sunday, August 28
5:00pm - 7:00pm
It's almost time for the August incarnation of the Taproom Reading Series. This month we are featuring a Lawrence Literary Sampler. As usual, we will get things started with a open mic session; for this reading, bring your best heat-themed poetry. Then we will move on to our featured readers, all of whom will be responding to the prompt of the month: Heat. So, join us for a celebration ...of the Lawrence writing community and the end of summer.
http://taproompoetry.blogspot.com/
Featuring:
Darren Canady, Joseph Harrington, Kate Lorenz and Denise Low
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The Mirth Cafe
Open Mic Night
Every first and third Friday
7:00-9:30pm
Hosted by Bryan O'Brien
http://themirthcafe.com/todays-specials/upcoming-events/
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The University of Kansas
MFA Reading Series
Sunday, September 11
Genovese
941 Mass St
Downtown Lawrence, Kansas
6:00pm
The MFA Reading Series is back, with what looks like a great semester! So come out to the first night of the year to hear our amazing readers: Danya Goodman, DaMaris Hill, and Gabriela Lemmons!
(Plus, 5 dollar wine glasses)!
http://www.english.ku.edu/
SEPTEMBER 22 (Thursday), 7 p.m., Big Tent reading series, Raven Bookstore, 6 E. 7th St.
SEPTEMBER 25 (Sunday), 6 p.m. – MFA reading w/Amanda Frost, Mark Hennessy, and BEN CARTWRIGHT. Genovese.
OCTOBER 16 (Sun.), 6 – MFA reading with Jason Robberson, Kara Bollinger, and Colleen Morrissey, Genovese.
OCTOBER 23 (Sunday), MFA reading with Josh Canipe, PHILIP GARLAND, SCOTT ROSS, and Ken Willard. Genovese, 6 p.m.
OCTOBER 27 (Thursday), 7 p.m., Big Tent reading, Tucson poet and Chax Press publisher Charles Alexander and others, Raven Bookstore.
NOVEMBER 5 (Saturday; all day) – Celebration of Ken Irby’s 75th birthday (w/talks re: his work by Lyn Hejinian, Ben Friedlander, Joseph Harrington, and others), Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union.
NOVERMBER 6 (Sunday), 6 pm, MFA reading with Amy Ash, STEFANIE TORRES, and Ben Pfeiffer, Genovese.
NOVERMBER 20 (Sunday), 6 p.m. – Creative-writing faculty reading, Genovese.
DECEMBER 4 (Sunday), 6 p.m., MFA reading – readers TBA, Genovese
..
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The Raven Bookstore
Big Tent Reading Series
http://www.ravenbookstore.com/bloghome/?page_id=170
BIG TENT: Stories and Poems in Three Acts
Thursday, August 25th 7PM
@ The Raven
Iris Moulton
Lauren Schimming
Jennifer Lawler
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The Jazzhaus
926 1/2 Massachusetts St
Lawrence, KS
Open-Mic Poetry
10pm-?
Every Wednesday night
For now, there are so many other reading series going on, it feels like overload.
So let's get to work!
****
Washburn University
Nick Demske
October 11, 2011
TBA
Sherman Alexie
October 21, 2011
White Concert Hall
Washburn University
7:00pm
The iRead book:
****
Blue Planet Cafe
Every third Friday of the month
6:00pm-8:00pm or longer
Featuring poets!
Mary Stone Dockery, Kara Bollinger, Matthew Porubsky, Leah Sewell, Katie Longofono, Timothy Volpert
Friday, September 16
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Timothy Volpert and Melissa Sewell
Friday, August 19
6:00pm - 9:00pm
****
Eighth Street Taproom
19 East Eighth Street
Lawrence, KS
Last Sunday each Month
Sunday, August 28
5:00pm - 7:00pm
It's almost time for the August incarnation of the Taproom Reading Series. This month we are featuring a Lawrence Literary Sampler. As usual, we will get things started with a open mic session; for this reading, bring your best heat-themed poetry. Then we will move on to our featured readers, all of whom will be responding to the prompt of the month: Heat. So, join us for a celebration ...of the Lawrence writing community and the end of summer.
http://taproompoetry.blogspot.com/
Featuring:
Darren Canady, Joseph Harrington, Kate Lorenz and Denise Low
****
The Mirth Cafe
Open Mic Night
Every first and third Friday
7:00-9:30pm
Hosted by Bryan O'Brien
http://themirthcafe.com/todays-specials/upcoming-events/
****
The University of Kansas
MFA Reading Series
Sunday, September 11
Genovese
941 Mass St
Downtown Lawrence, Kansas
6:00pm
The MFA Reading Series is back, with what looks like a great semester! So come out to the first night of the year to hear our amazing readers: Danya Goodman, DaMaris Hill, and Gabriela Lemmons!
(Plus, 5 dollar wine glasses)!
http://www.english.ku.edu/
SEPTEMBER 22 (Thursday), 7 p.m., Big Tent reading series, Raven Bookstore, 6 E. 7th St.
SEPTEMBER 25 (Sunday), 6 p.m. – MFA reading w/Amanda Frost, Mark Hennessy, and BEN CARTWRIGHT. Genovese.
OCTOBER 16 (Sun.), 6 – MFA reading with Jason Robberson, Kara Bollinger, and Colleen Morrissey, Genovese.
OCTOBER 23 (Sunday), MFA reading with Josh Canipe, PHILIP GARLAND, SCOTT ROSS, and Ken Willard. Genovese, 6 p.m.
OCTOBER 27 (Thursday), 7 p.m., Big Tent reading, Tucson poet and Chax Press publisher Charles Alexander and others, Raven Bookstore.
NOVEMBER 5 (Saturday; all day) – Celebration of Ken Irby’s 75th birthday (w/talks re: his work by Lyn Hejinian, Ben Friedlander, Joseph Harrington, and others), Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union.
NOVERMBER 6 (Sunday), 6 pm, MFA reading with Amy Ash, STEFANIE TORRES, and Ben Pfeiffer, Genovese.
NOVERMBER 20 (Sunday), 6 p.m. – Creative-writing faculty reading, Genovese.
DECEMBER 4 (Sunday), 6 p.m., MFA reading – readers TBA, Genovese
..
****
The Raven Bookstore
Big Tent Reading Series
http://www.ravenbookstore.com/bloghome/?page_id=170
BIG TENT: Stories and Poems in Three Acts
Thursday, August 25th 7PM
@ The Raven
Iris Moulton
Lauren Schimming
Jennifer Lawler
****
The Jazzhaus
926 1/2 Massachusetts St
Lawrence, KS
Open-Mic Poetry
10pm-?
Every Wednesday night
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
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