Against the Grain 2026 Release Party featuring Curtis Crisler

Join the English & Creative Writing Club to celebrate the release of our 2026 Against the Grain (AtG), an annual literary magazine created by students for students.
Listen to the Indiana Poet Laureate Curtis Crisler reading and participate in the Q&A.
Cheer on your peers as they read original stories and poems. Receive a free copy of AtG26, hot off the press! Goodies will be served.
LOCATION: Bernard Gallery, Second Floor

Hosted by Janine Harrison and the English & Creative Writing Club. If you have questions about the event, please contact Professor Harrison at [email protected].

Curtis L. Crisler was born and raised in Gary, Indiana. Crisler, an award-winning poet/author, has a new book called Doing Drive-bys on How to Love in the Midwest. He has six poetry books, two YA books, and five poetry chapbooks. He’s been published in a variety of magazines, journals, and anthologies. He’s co-editor of poetry for the museum of americana. He created the Indiana Chitlin Circuit and the poetry form called the sonastic. He’s the Indiana Poet Laureate and Professor of English at Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW).

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