October Poetry at Broad Street Books
Tuesday, October 5th at 7:00pm

Featuring Benjamin Grossberg!

On the first Tuesday of every month, Broad Street Books hosts a featured poet followed by an open mic starting at 7:00pm. Our featured poet for October 5th is Benjamin Grossberg!

Benjamin Grossberg is an assistant professor of English at The University of Hartford, where he teaches creative writing. His poems have appeared in many venues including Paris Review and New England Review, and in The Pushcart Book of Poetry: The Best Poems from the First 30 Years of the Pushcart Prize. His books are Sweet Core Orchard (University of Tampa, 2009), winner of the 2008 Tampa Review Prize and a Lambda Literary Award, and Underwater Lengths in a Single Breath (Ashland Poetry Press, 2007). A chapbook, The Auctioneer Bangs his Gavel, was published by Kent State in 2006.

Come help us welcome Ben Grossberg to the store on Tuesday, October 5th and share some of your own poetry at the open mic!

Date: Tuesday, Oct. 5
Time: 7 PM
Place: You have three guesses. Use them wisely.

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Tune in to J-Cherry Presents every 1st, 3rd, and 5th Tuesday night at 6:30 PM on 88.1 FM WESU in Middletown to hear from local artists from across all genres. On the 1st Tuesday of every month, J-Cherry hosts our featured poet on the show! Tune in at 6:30 pm on October 5th to hear her interview guest Benjamin Grossberg!

For more information contact:
Brian Mitchard
(860) 685-7323