NIGHTJAR: Lisa Low
June 17 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Free
Doors at 6:30 p.m., Reading at 7 p.m.
Featured Poet: Lisa Low
Open mic prompt: Write a poem that mentions the writing process or directly addresses your audience.
Read a poem or short piece that is 317 words maximum, and challenge yourself to share new work!
About the Featured Poet:
Lisa Low is the author of Replica (University of Wisconsin Press, 2026) and the chapbook Crown for the Girl Inside (YesYes Books, 2023). Her poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Ecotone, The Massachusetts Review, Poetry, The Southern Review, and elsewhere, and her essay “How to Apologize” won the 2020 Gulf Coast Nonfiction Prize. She is the recipient of a 2023 Pushcart Prize and has an MFA from Indiana University and a PhD from the University of Cincinnati. Originally from Maryland, she lives in Chicago.
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NIGHTJAR creates an inclusive space for all by bringing together spoken-word performers and page-based poets writing in narrative, lyric, and experimental forms. Every third Wednesday, C.S. Carrier and Michelle Niemann host a reading and invite audience members to share their own poetic responses.