Last Sunday Poetry Reading & Open Mic
Schedule
Sun Dec 28 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Morgenstern Books | Bloomington, IN
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The Writers Guild at Bloomington presents Last Sunday Poetry, featuring Tony Brewer and Hiromi Yoshida. This LSP program is also a double book launch reading showcasing selections from Tony Brewer's WATER WITCH (Pure Sleeze Press, 2025) and Hiromi Yoshida's GREEN ROSES BLOOM FOR ICARUS (Roadside Press, 2024).This is a rescheduled reading, following the cancellation of the March 2025 LSP due to hazardous weather.
JOAN HAWKINS will host.
Author of two full-length poetry collections and six poetry chapbooks, HIROMI YOSHIDA is a finalist for the Finishing Line Press New Women’s Voices Poetry Prize, and a semifinalist for the Silverfish Review’s Gerald Cable Book Award. She is the Poetry Editor of Flying Island Journal, the incoming chair of the Writers Guild at Bloomington, and coordinator of the Guild’s Last Sunday Poetry reading series. Icarus is her green brainchild.
TONY BREWER is a poet and audio artist from Bloomington, Indiana, where he is executive director of the Spoken Word Stage at the 4th Street Festival of the Arts and Crafts, and co-producer of the Writers Guild Spoken Word Series and the Urban Deer Performance Series. He has published 13 books and chapbooks, including most recently Good Job, Lightning (Stubborn Mule Press, 2024) and Water Witch (Pure Sleeze Press, 2025). Tony has been offering Poetry On Demand at coffeehouses, museums, cemeteries, churches, bars, and art and music festivals for over fifteen years, and he is a frequent collaborator with experimental music and field recording ensemble ORTET. Tony was named Indiana’s 2024 Literary Champion by the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Awards.
More at linktr.ee/TonyBrewer
Emerging poets who need a supportive audience, and established poets who want to promote published works: Sign up for open mic! Your words are precious. The time limit per open mic participant is 3-5 min. depending on the number signed up (e.g. 3.75 min. if 12).
Arrive 20-50 min. before the 7pm program start time so you can:
- Sign up for open mic
- Meet and greet featured poets, and each other
- Purchase the store's books and other gift items
- Order and enjoy cafe food and beverages
More information about the Writers Guild at Bloomington:
https://writersguildbloomington.com/
The Writers Guild at Bloomington is committed to fostering diversity, and welcomes members regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, and ability.
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Where is it happening?
Morgenstern Books, 849 E Auto Mall Rd, Bloomington, IN 47401-5429, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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