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Writing & Reading At The 4th St. Fest

The Writers Guild at Bloomington has finalized its lineup for the Spoken Word Stage at the 4th Street Festival of the Arts & Crafts. The fest — eek! where’d the summer go? — is set for Labor Day weekend, August 29th and 30th, on 4th Street from Indiana through Lincoln avenues.

Labor Day, BTW, is a week from Monday.

The Spoken Word Stage, as it has the last three years, will stand at the intersection of 4th and Dunn streets. Here are some ink-stained wretches actually pounding out Poems on Demand at last year’s fest:

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WGB big boss Tony Brewer and his gang have put together an impressive group who’ll read their poetry, fiction, narration, storytelling, radio theatre pieces, and more throughout both days of the fest. Look for your favorite pen pusher or keyboard clacker here:

Saturday:

• 10am — Bloomington Storytellers Guild
• 10:30 — Michelle Deschenes, poetry
• 11am — Abegunde, fiction
• 11:30 — 5 Women Poets
• Noon — Patsy Rahn, poetry

Patsy Rahn At The Last Sunday Poetry Reading, March 2014

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• 12:30 — Bloomington High School South students, poetry
• 1pm — Shayne Laughter, fiction
• 1:30 — Richard Fish, Voices from the Great War
• 2pm — Liza Hyatt, poetry
• 2:30 — James Dorr, horror fiction
• 3pm — Arbutus Cunningham, storytelling
• 3:30 — Fig Tree Fellowship Radio Players
• 4pm — Stephen Vincent Giles, spoken word
• 4:30 — Indiana State Poet Laureate, George Kalamaras

George Kalamaras

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• 5pm– Kamil Khan, poetry
• 5:30 — Eric Rensberger, poetry

Sunday:

• 10am — Nell Weatherwax, storytelling
• 10:30 — Joan Hawkins, fiction & creative nonfiction
• 11am — Brewhouse Poets
• 11:30 — Erin Livingston, poetry
• Noon — Jason Adams, storytelling
• 12:30 — Brewhouse Poets
• 1pm — Danielle McClelland, storytelling
• 1:30 — Michael Mlekoday, poetry
• 2pm — Tony Brewer, poetry
• 2:30 — Ciara Miller, poetry

Ciara Miller

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• 3pm — Adam Henze, poetry
• 3:30 — Richard Pflum, poetry
• 4pm — Tom Hastings, poetry
• 4:30 — Shayne Laughter, fiction

If that all doesn’t fill your need for the spoken word, you’re insatiable. See you there.

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