May 24, Thursday, 7 pm: Poetry reading by Steve Timm and Abraham Smith.

Steve Timm’s most recent book is Un Storia from BlazeVOX Books, the table of contents of which Joan Retallack called neo-Joycean. He teaches ESL at UW–Madison and lives in rural Green County.

Abraham Smith hails from Ladysmith, Wisconsin and Tuscaloosa, Alabama. His published books of poems are Hank (Action Books 2010) and Whim Man Mammon (Action Books 2007). His fellowships include stints at the Fine Arts Work Center and the Alabama State Council of the Arts. He falls, winters, and springs at University of Alabama, where he is Instructor of English; he summers at Hawks' Highland Farm, Ladysmith, WI, where he rides around on a tractor and impersonates a tough guy.

June 1, Friday, 7 pm: Poets Karla Huston and Cathryn Cofell read & sign copies of their latest collaborative work, Split Personality. They will be joined by poet B. J. Best, author of State Sonnets.

Cathryn Cofell and Karla Huston have been collaborators since 2000, with poems in Rhino, Indiana Review, and Quiddity, among others. The duo has been anthologized in Saints of Hysteria and exercised in Wingbeats: Exercises & Practice in Poetry and in many workshop settings. Between them, they have published eleven books of poems, two broadsides, one music/poetry cd, oodles of interviews and essays. They’ve won many writing awards and received a boatload of Pushcart nominations including one win for Karla. When the pen is off the paper, one of their feet is often on the gas as they motor around the state advocating for the written word via their work on the boards of several state writing organizations, or coming up with new ideas for collaboration.

B.J. Best is the author of two books of poetry: State Sonnets (sunnyoutside) and Birds of Wisconsin (New Rivers Press). Two additional books are forthcoming: I Got Off TheTrain At Ash Lake (sunnyoutside) and But Our Princess Is In Another Castle (Rose Metal Press). He lives in West Bend and teaches at Carroll University in Waukesha.

June 7, Thursday, 7 pm: First Thursday Open Mike Poetry Reading.