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MONSTERS OF POETRY PRESENTS: CRYSTAL COX / SERENA CHOPRA / TIM STAFFORD / TERESA DZIEGLEWICZ7pm, 402 E. Mifflin, Madison, WI. BYOB. $3 suggested donation gets you a raffle ticket for our awesome/dumb literary raffle.
The Readers:
Teresa Dzieglewicz is a Pushcart Prize-winning poet, educator, and lover of rivers and prairies. She is a fellow with Black Earth Institute, a Poet-in-Residence at the Chicago Poetry Center, and part of the founding team of Mni Wichoni Nakicizin Wounspe (Defenders of the Water School). With Natasha Mijares, she organizes "Watershed: Ways of Knowing the Chicago River". Her first book of poetry, Something Small of How to See a River was selected by Tyehimba Jess for the Dorset Prize (Tupelo Press). Her first children's book, Belonging, co-written with Kimimila Locke, is forthcoming from Chronicle Books.
Tim Stafford is a poet and educator from Lyons, IL. He is the author of the poetry collections "The Patron Saint of Making Curfew" (Haymarket Books, 2021) and "Broke Stay Broke" (Write Bloody, 2025). This summer, he performed all across Europe, including a reading at the Bremen International Poetry Festival. Even though his passport was stolen, he had a great time.
Serena Chopra is a writer, dancer, filmmaker, and performance artist. She is a recipient of an NEA Creative Writing Fellowship and is a MacDowell Fellow, a Kundiman Fellow, a RedLine Artist In-Residence and a Fulbright Scholar. Her third book, A Catalog of Future Mercies (Graywolf Press, 2026) is a sensual poetic memoir that explores the complexities of mercy in an immigrant family haunted by generational violence. Dr. Chopra is Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Seattle University. You can find out more at SerenaChopra.com
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402 E Mifflin St, Madison, WI 53703-2804, United States
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