Just because Devil's Kitchen's over...

doesn't mean that the literary doings stop in Carbondale!
Here's a summary of upcoming literary events. All are free and open
to the public.

Oct 31: Grassroots, the undergraduate literary journal of SIUC, hosts a
Halloween Literary Open Mic that will take place this Wednesday
(Halloween) from 7:30-10:00pm in the Big Muddy Room
(basement of the SIUC Student Center). Come dressed in costume
(or not, if you wish) to share and/or listen to original
poetry or prose with the undergraduate creative writing community.
Yummy treats will be provided.

Nov 1: MFA Program Graduate Student Reading
Kaskaskia/Missouri Room, 5 pm, SIUC Student Center

Laura Gross, first-year MFA student, poetry
Justin Benton, first-year MFA student, fiction
Kerry James Evans, second-year MFA, poetry

Nov 6: Native American poet Sherwin Bitsui
7 p.m. – Sherwin Bitsui (Diné) with contemporary Native American Poetry
including readings from his book "Shapeshift" and more recent works.
He'll also discuss the importance of poetry in Native American education and identity.
Originally from the White Cone, Ariz. Navajo Reservation,
A Diné of the Tocich'ii'nii (Bitter Water Clan)
and borne of the Tl'zilani (Many Goats Clan),
he currently resides in Tucson, Ariz. Event to be held in the
Ohio Room on the second floor of the Student Center.

Nov 7: Reading and Drinking, Open Mike at Melange, 7pm
607 S. Illinois Avenue, Carbondale.

Nov 12: Laura Benedict reads from her literary thriller, Isabella Moon,
for Sigma Tau Delta (English Honors Society).
6-7 pm, Mackinaw Room, Student Center.
For more about the book and Laura, visit www.laurabenedict.com.
She will read from her newly published novel and answer questions about her work.