Improved Lighting Reading Series
presents
poetry readings by
C. Violet Eaton
Whit Griffin
Katie Nichol
Sabine Schmidt
& music by
The Rhubarbs
Saturday, September 10, 8pm
Nightbird Books (in the BHK Kafe)
205 West Dickson Street
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Improved Lighting Reading Series hosts monthly readings, mostly poetry and mostly Saturdays, with occasional musical acts, at Nightbird Books in the BHK Kafe. Free admission. Full coffee/wine/beer bar and food available in the café and authors’ books available for purchase through the bookstore. Curated by Roger Barrett, Kaveh Bassiri, and Matthew Henriksen. Contact improvedlighting@gmail.com.
C. Violet Eaton holds an MA from the Poetics Program at the University of Buffalo and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. In addition to writing poetry, he releases small editions of “hill drone” recordings under the name Dowser. He moved to Fayetteville in August and is currently teaching at University of Arkansas—Fort Smith.
Whit Griffin studied at Bennington College and Brooklyn College, respectively, and was a former intern for the Jargon Society. He is the author of Pentateuch: The First Five Books (Skysill Press, 2010). Chaplets include Wanhope (Longhouse, 2008), Fugitive Cant (Country Valley, 2010) and Cathedral Ring (Longhouse, 2011). Recent poems have appeared in Sixth Finch, Cannibal, Jellyroll, The Equalizer, With + Stand, H_NGM_N, Poetry Salzburg Review, and Forklift, Ohio. He currently resides in western Tennessee.
Katie Nichol grew up in central Minnesota. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and is currently a third year student in the University of Arkansas MFA program. She is the recipient of the University of Arkansas Lily Peter Prize and has been published by Spout Press.
The Rhubarbs is the musical project of Sam King and Katy Henriksen. They cover swoon-worthy songs on guitar and voice.
Sabine Schmidt is the literary director for Art Amiss and translates Bertolt Brecht.
