Join your creative writing community on October 14th at 7:00PM for a new reading series that breaks all stereotypes of snoozy public readings. The Kaveh Akbar *ahem* Endowed Reading Series is built in the spirit of community and fun. Set at Broadripple Brew Pub, this event is not your mama’s reading series. Butler MFA professor Dan Barden started this reading series because “I’m tired of people being so sober at the readings. I think people should drink more. Since I can’t.”
Three readers across genres will delight the crowd for 30-40 minutes total with brief readings. The night includes games, a chance to win a free beer, and lots of time to consort with friends and strangers.
Entertainment for the first Kaveh Akbar *ahem* Endowed Reading:
Dan Barden: MC
Allyson Horton: Poetry Alumna
Andy Levy: Nonfiction Professor
Logan Spackman: Fiction MFA candidate
Note: Kaveh Akbar, a recent graduate of the Butler MFA and current poetry PhD candidate at Florida State University, said he was “humbled and honored” the reading series accepted his endowment and created this raucous reading series. Kaveh’s endowment is currently valued at zero dollars.