Name: Blue Hour w/Christian Collier and Maya Marshall
Start: 2025-01-15T18:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-01-15T21:00:00-06:00
Location: Haymarket House

$Blue Hour w\/Christian Collier and Maya Marshall$

The Chicago Poetry Center presents BLUE HOUR, a free, public monthly in-person reading series and generative writing workshop.
Each event includes a brief lottery-style open mic and two featured readers from Chicago and beyond, preceded by a limited-space generative writing workshop.
EVENT DETAILS FOR JANUARY 15:
The workshop (registration required) begins promptly at 6 p.m. and ends at 7 p.m.
Doors open and open mic lottery registration starts at 7 p.m. -- the open mic begins promptly at 7:30, followed by our amazing featured readers.
Reading registration is free; the workshop is a sliding scale with a suggested donation of $10.
Register for the workshop here (required, and sells out quickly):
https://JAN2025-BlueHour-Workshop.eventbrite.com

And RSVP for the reading here (recommended):
https://jan2025-bluehour-reading.eventbrite.com/
View the livestream here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBaCxEkr5bVbPLfcmhcQIow
JANUARY FEATURES:
Christian J. Collier is a Black, Southern writer, arts organizer, and teaching artist who resides in Chattanooga, TN. He is the author of "Greater Ghost" (Four Way Books, 2024), and the chapbook "The Gleaming of the Blade," which was the 2021 Editors’ Selection from Bull City Press. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Atlantic, Poetry, December, and elsewhere. A 2015 Loft Spoken Word Immersion Fellow, he also won the 2022 Porch Prize in Poetry and the 2020 ProForma Contest from Grist Journal.
Maya Marshall is a poet and essayist, is the 2024 Winner of the Holmes National Poetry Prize, and the author of "All the Blood Involved in Love" (2022). She holds fellowships from MacDowell, Cave Canem, and Bread Loaf. Marshall is cofounder of Underbelly, the journal on the practical magic of poetic revision. Her poetry and prose have been published in Prairie Schooner, The Rumpus, Boston Review, and Best New Poets. Marshall is an acquiring editor for Haymarket Books.
Accessibility:
Professional ASL interpretation is provided for the open mic and featured reading portion of the event. Haymarket House is fully ADA-compliant and wheelchair accessible. Please let us know if you have any specific accessibility questions; if you use a wheelchair, please contact [email protected] to coordinate use of the ramp.