With just nine (eight? what even is time?) days left until the worldwide release of HORSE SHOW, I thought it’d be a good idea to announce the three readings I’ve got lined up so far for Missouri! I will have copies for sale and signing at each of these events, itinerant bookmonger that I now am. These events are all free and open to the public, so bring friends!
Morton May Gallery, Maryville University, St. Louis, MO: 4/9/24, 3:30 PM
This one’s mainly for the campus community, hence the odd hour. Renowned poet, friend, and Maryville creative writing co-conspirator Dana Levin will join me for a Q&A after my reading, and there will be a HORSE SHOW-themed cake!
Unbound Book Festival Lit Crawl, Günter Hans Pub & Cafe, Columbia, MO: 4/18/24, 10 PM
I’m excited to head to CoMO for the 2024 Unbound Book Festival, where I’ll be reading at Günter Hans European Pub & Cafe as part of the festival’s annual “lit crawl,” along with poets James D’Agostino and Cass Donish, nonfiction writer Heather Bartell, and (if we twist his arm!) poet Marc McKee, founder of THE NEXT WEATHER reading series at Yellow Dog Bookshop.
Left Bank Books, St. Louis, MO: 5/2/24, 7 PM
I’m teaming up with poet Travis Mossotti for this local event at St. Louis’s legendary Left Bank Books. This St. Louis reading is in a nice bookstore, at a much more reasonable hour to have a reading.
More readings to be announced as I schedule them…!
Jess Bowers 