Go to www.aipf.org for more information on the Austin International Poetry Festival. It’s really encouraging poetry as a medium can throw a party like this. Sure film festivals get all the glory and music festivals get all the chicks but poetry’s down and can get down with the best of them.

I’ll be participating in 3 readings as well as the open mics. If you’re in Austin or just always wanted to go check it out…come on down! This section will be updated when and as I can during the Festival so check back often.

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Thursday April 15, 2010
Ruta Maya Coffeehouse, Noon-2pm
2010 AIPF Open Mic

Read: Red Herrings, Untitled (Coke poem)

Friday April 16, 2010
Westminster Manor, 7-9pm
Host: Barbara Youngblood Carr
Readers: John Row, Nathan Brown, Christine Gilbert, Elizabeth Kropf, Bob
Mud, Chip Ross, Sammy Younan, Marc Carver, Ron Wallace, Jill Wiggins, Anne Gordon Perry

Saturday April 17, 2010
The Hideout Theatre & Coffeehouse, 1-3pm
Host: Chip Ross | Readers: Norris White Jr., Sammy Younan, Brandon Bourgeois, Vince Quinlan, Rage Almighty, Alfredo Perez-Jurado, Thom Moon Bird, Robin Cravey, Ronnie K. Stephens

Huston-Tillotson University (King Seabrook Chapel, Foyer), 4-6pm
Host: Faylita Hicks | Readers: Ashira Malka, Strange Fruit da Poet, Joe Mills, John Milkereit, Ian Horn, Jazz One, Hetty Borinstein, John Row, Mark Zuiderveld, Sammy Younan, Timothy House