[Brooklyn, NY]

Christian Hawkey, Joe Fletcher, and Dara Wier
May 18, 2011, 8:00 pm
at Watty & Meg

The Blue Letter Series at Watty & Meg at 248 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 at 8pm on Wednesday, May 18 for stirring, profound, funny, and outstanding performances by poets Dara Wier, Christian Hawkey, and Joe Fletcher. As always, Watty & Meg's lovely and brilliant staff will be serving cheap beer, cocktail specials, scrumptious food and snacks, espresso drinks, and delicious desserts. The magic begins at 8 pm in Watty & Meg's spacious, beau...tiful back room. Dara Wier's SELECTED came out from Wave in 2009. She works in the program for poets and writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She's co-founder and co-director of the Juniper Initiative for Literary Arts and Action and an editor and publisher for Factory Hollow Press. New poems can be found in Maggy, Make, Oh No, Boston Review, notnostrums, Spring Formal, Telephone, The Nation, Blue Letter. She lives in North Amherst, Massachusetts. Christian Hawkey has written three full-length collections and three chapbooks of poetry. His newest book, Ventrakl, a cross-genre exploration of the life and work of Georg Trakl, has just been released by Ugly Duckling Presse. His work has been translated into thirteen languages. Joe Fletcher's chapbook, Sleigh Ride is available from Factory Hollow Press. His poems have also appeared or are forthcoming in jubilat, Poetry International, Octopus, Kulture Vulture, Hoboeye, and elsewhere. His chapbook, Already It Is Dusk, is forthcoming from Brooklyn Arts Press. He lives in Carrboro, North Carolina.