People on the street perform Niklaus Faith’s “Cardiology”, then discuss one dead bug and the desire to move mountains. In anticipation of our Poetry Circus, this Saturday, April 19th.

WHAT: This Land Radio Poetry Circus in Stillwater
WHEN: Saturday, April 19, 6 p.m.
WHERE: The Cellar at Brooklyn’s, 701 S. Main St., Stillwater

This Land Press is hosting a poetry circus in Stillwater to introduce new readers to its recently published anthology “Poetry to the People.” The collection includes 40 works by acclaimed poets such as Ron Padgett, Rochelle Hurt, Joe Brainard, and Kevin Young, selected and edited by Abby Wendle and Scott Gregory.

The event is Saturday, April 19, from 6-8 p.m. at Brooklyn’s Cellar at 7th and Main in downtown Stillwater. The evening will include performances by San Francisco-based sound artist Jorge Bachmann and Oklahoma poets Nick Weaver and Deborah J. Hunter, as well as a chat with Poetry to the People editor Abby Wendle. It’s rumored there will be free face painting, live jazz, a golden cowboy, and DJ Chris Hill.

The event is free and open to the public, and copies of Poetry to the People, as well as other merchandise from This Land Press, will be available for purchase.

For more information about the book, and to listen to companion audio works, visit thislandpress.com/p2p.