NIGHTJAR: Bryce Berkowitz

Doors at 6:30 pm, Reading at 7 pm Open mic prompt: Write a poem that engages with your new or old life in a specific place. Read a poem or short piece that is 317 words maximum, and challenge yourself to share new work! — About Berkowitz: Bryce Berkowitz’s TV pilot, Meaderville, won the AMC TV Pilot Award from the Austin Film Festival. He’s the author of the poetry collection Bermuda Ferris Wheel, winner of the 42 Miles Press | Indiana University Poetry Award. His poems have been selected for national and regional anthologies, and his writing has appeared in publications such as The Sewanee Review, The Missouri Review, the Chicago Sun Times, Ninth Letter, and the Southern Indiana Review. Bryce is at work on two dark-comedy crime novels, several TV pilots and feature-length screenplays, and a second poetry collection. He co-directs the MFA in Creative Writing program at Butler University. — 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.