RAE ARMANTROUT is a professor of writing in the literature department at the University of California at San Diego.

JANET HOLMES is author of five books of poetry, most recently THE MS OF MY KIN (Shearsman, 2009) and F2F (U Notre Dame, 2006). She is a founding faculty member of the MFA in Creative Writing at Boise State University, where she also edits Ahsahta Press, an all-poetry publisher.

JENNY MUELLER’s first book of poems is Bonneville, published by Elixir Press in 2007. A graduate of the University of Chicago, University of Utah, and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, she currently lives in St. Louis and teaches at McKendree University, where she is an associate professor of English.

A Monthly Poetry Series

Open Mike 6:00 - 6:30
Featured Poets 6:40 - 8:00

INTERCHANGE: Poetry in Translation
Indonesian, Tagalog, Arabic, Chinese

Featuring:

Linda Kelsey was born and raised in Jordan and Lebanon where she developed a love of Arab culture. She now works with Arabic speaking families in the Chicago Public Schools.