Poetry on Brick Street

Thursday, July 1st , 2010: 6:30 pm

Poetry on Brick Street will present Kevin Marshall Chopson from Gallatin, Tennessee, as the featured guest poet at its monthly event at 6:30 p.m., Thursday July 1st , 2010 at G. Simone’s Café; 120 South Main Street in downtown Zionsville, Indiana.

Featured Poet: Kevin Marshall Chopson

Kevin Marshall Chopson received his M.F.A. from Murray State University. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Tipton Poetry Journal, Concho River Review, Black Magnolias Literary Journal, English Journal, The Broad River Review, The Chaffin Journal, New Madrid, Poem, The Hurricane Review, Birmingham Arts Journal, The South Carolina Review, Baltimore Review and the Aurorean, among others. Originally from a small suburb outside of Detroit, he earned a B.A. in English Language and Philosophy from Eastern Michigan University. He now serves as a teacher of English at Davidson Academy in Nashville, Tennessee, focusing on American Renaissance literature, contemporary creative nonfiction, and poetry. Chopson also teaches writing as an adjunct professor at Volunteer State Community College.

Cynthia Brackett-Vincent, editor of the New England journal the Aurorean, has called his work “beautifully imagistic.”

Artist’s statement: “As a lyric poet, the music of the language itself is as important to me as the figurative expression of the ideas. In regards to content, I compare my poems to painters’ still lifes, wherein I attempt to catch a glimpse of truth between the play of shadow and light in small scenes.”

An Open “mic” for poets will follow the featured speaker.

Future Readings:

Aug 5^th, 2010 – Chris Forhan (Butler University)

Sep 2^nd, 2010 – Donald Platt (Purdue University)

Oct 7th, 2010 – TBA

Nov 4^th, 2010 – Richard Hague (“Where Drunk Men Go”) with Michael Henson – Cincinnati, Ohio

Dec 2^nd, 2010 – Teresa Middleton (Greenwood)

For more info on the event and the series, call Barry Harris at 317-344-9838, Susan Miller at 317-587-1438, or email info@poetryonbrickstreet.org.

Poetry on Brick Street is sponsored by Brick Street Poetry Inc. —a tax-exempt non-profit organization under IRS Code 501(c)(3). Brick Street Poetry Inc. also publishes the Tipton Poetry Journal and hosts other poetry-related events.