Button Poetry Presents: Neil Hilborn's 'About Time' Release Show!

Doors | 6:30 PM
Show | 7:00 PM
Tickets | $20/Early Bird Pricing; $25/Standard Pricing
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Button Poetry Presents: Neil Hilborn’s About Time Tour

Come join Button Poetry at the Bramble Arts Loft on November 5th to celebrate the release of Neil Hilborn’s newest poetry collection About Time. This night of poetry will feature special guest performances by Cory Sutter, Billy Tuggle, and Eric Sirota!
Neil Hilborn returns with the poignant and profound collection About Time. Balancing between devastation and perseverance, About Time shares the struggle to maintain mental health during the recent global crises.

With his distinctly conversational tone and dark humor, Hilborn breaks down the cycle of mental illness—small improvements, setbacks, and the process of recovery. This collection fights against itself as the poems try to find a place for hope, love, and goodness in a lonely, terrifying world—ultimately, inspiring belief in and connection to all the small joys that we can find.

Fans new and old will be stunned by Hilborn’s third collection. Continuing in the legacy of his previous works, About Time is hot soup for the troubled soul and absolutely cannot be missed.

About your Features:

Neil Hilborn (he/him) is a best-selling author and, with over 150 million views to his credit, he is the most-watched poet ever. He has performed in 41 states and 8 countries, and in 2019 alone he drove coast to coast five times while on tour. His favorite touring moments are: crying while meeting a wombat in Australia; spending two weeks in Edinburgh at the Fringe Festival; meeting Dionne Warwick at the Smithsonian; and putting 12,000 miles on a minivan in two months with his fellow road goblin Mark. His favorite sandwiches come from: Primanti Bros in Pittsburgh, Black’s BBQ in Austin, one specific Publix in Tampa, and a torta truck he found while stranded in Pasco, Washington. One time on stage he accidentally punched the microphone and broke his wedding ring, and thanks to years of therapy he did not interpret this as a sign. His preferred stage entrance music is “Born to Run” by Bruce Springsteen, during which he walks very slowly. In addition to touring and writing he runs workshops on craft, performance, and how to apologize for ignoring texts. He and his wife live on a hobby farm outside Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where they adopt too many animals.

Cory Sutter (they/them) is an animator, art director, poet, and general they/them about town. Cory has featured at Poetry on the Green, Afterglow, Giggle Hour, Read Some Shit, and others. Cory hosts the Sunday live lit show, Open Book Open Mic, at the Bramble Arts Loft; co-hosts the weekly comedy poetry podcast, Pathetic and Poetic; and spends their off hours looking for a decent bagel in Chicago. 

Follow them @corysutter if you like sketches and selfies or @openbookopenmic if you like poetry and puns!

Billy Tuggle (he/him) Swimming With Elephants Publications author Billy Tuggle is also a parent & educator from the South Side of Chicago. 

A stage performer in HipHop and spoken word for over 25 years; recognized by Odyssey Online as one of the top 30 slam poets over 30; and continues to win and place in competition everywhere. When he isn't sharing stages with Patricia Smith, Rhymefest, Psalm One, the Large Professor, or touring partner Wil Gibson, he’s teaching beatboxing and stage combat via pro wrestling to grade schoolers.

His new collection A Tree Falls In The Hood is available from SWEP. Find him on FB/IG @Backpackfiles

Eric Sirota (he/him) is a Best of the Net nominated poet, rapper, and public interest housing lawyer based in Chicago. His first chapbook, Holy Days, was published by FreezeRay Poetry in 2017, and his second, Giveth & Taketh, by Wild Pressed Books in 2020. His full length debut The Rent EATS First is forthcoming from Button Poetry. His work has been featured by Button Poetry, Entropy, Barren Magazine and elsewhere. You can’t miss him. He’s the tallest Jew for miles.

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