October Live Lit Night w/Ken Hada, Gene Kwak, and Patrick Voss
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Join us for a dazzling Live Lit Night, just two days before Halloween. As always, we'll hear from our featured readers (bios below) and then open the floor to an open mic hour!
Come experience current poetry and short fiction in the flesh, delivered to you from local authors you can toast with with local brews.
Ken Hada:
Ken Hada's work blends the challenges of modern society, questions of spirituality, identity, culture and mortality with the rhythms of nature – what he calls "The Natural Self." His most recent book is Nexus (Turning Plow Press, 2026). His Contour Feathers received the Oklahoma Book Award. Eight of his collections have been named finalist for that award. Other awards include the SCMLA Prize for Poetry, The Wrangler from the National Western Heritage Museum, the Western Writers of America, and featured on "The Writer's Almanac" and other regional NPR programs. Information about his work may be found at: kenhada.org
Gene Kwak:
Gene Kwak is the author of "Go Home, Ricky!," which received a starred review in Publishers Weekly and was a Rumpus Book Club selection. He and his work have also been featured in Vanity Fair, Esquire, and New York Magazine, among many other publications. He is also the winner of the 2022 Poets and Writers Maureen Egen WEX Award and he has received support from the Tin House Workshop, the Yale Writers' Workshop, the Sewanee Writers' Conference, and the Jentel Artist Residency. He is a co-founder of Tiger Balm, a Korean American writer’s collective, with Joseph Han. He is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Oklahoma State University and he currently lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
https://www.genekwak.com/
Patrick Voss:
A full-time chemist with an appetite for marathon running, Patrick Voss is a LGBTQ+ contemporary author obsessed with R&B, thriller novels, and all things Arsenal. He currently lives in Dallas with his partner, and his two dogs, Brady and Jack, and his cat Wilshere. He loves honing his craft to create memorable stories mirroring his experiences as a gay man in the South.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/252309575-fouled-in-open-play
Come experience current poetry and short fiction in the flesh, delivered to you from local authors you can toast with with local brews.
Ken Hada:
Ken Hada's work blends the challenges of modern society, questions of spirituality, identity, culture and mortality with the rhythms of nature – what he calls "The Natural Self." His most recent book is Nexus (Turning Plow Press, 2026). His Contour Feathers received the Oklahoma Book Award. Eight of his collections have been named finalist for that award. Other awards include the SCMLA Prize for Poetry, The Wrangler from the National Western Heritage Museum, the Western Writers of America, and featured on "The Writer's Almanac" and other regional NPR programs. Information about his work may be found at: kenhada.org
Gene Kwak:
Gene Kwak is the author of "Go Home, Ricky!," which received a starred review in Publishers Weekly and was a Rumpus Book Club selection. He and his work have also been featured in Vanity Fair, Esquire, and New York Magazine, among many other publications. He is also the winner of the 2022 Poets and Writers Maureen Egen WEX Award and he has received support from the Tin House Workshop, the Yale Writers' Workshop, the Sewanee Writers' Conference, and the Jentel Artist Residency. He is a co-founder of Tiger Balm, a Korean American writer’s collective, with Joseph Han. He is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Oklahoma State University and he currently lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
https://www.genekwak.com/
Patrick Voss:
A full-time chemist with an appetite for marathon running, Patrick Voss is a LGBTQ+ contemporary author obsessed with R&B, thriller novels, and all things Arsenal. He currently lives in Dallas with his partner, and his two dogs, Brady and Jack, and his cat Wilshere. He loves honing his craft to create memorable stories mirroring his experiences as a gay man in the South.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/252309575-fouled-in-open-play
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Where is it happening?
Heirloom Rustic Ales, 2113 E Admiral Boulevard,Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
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Host or PublisherCenter for Poets and Writers at OSU-Tulsa
