Poetry Showcase — artsatl.org

This event takes place in person at Charis and on Crowdcast, Charis' virtual event platform. This event is free, but registration is required for virtual attendance. Click here to register to attend virtually (https://www.crowdcast.io/c/fall-poetry-showcase).
Charis presents an exciting showcase of poets! Join us for a group reading featuring: Adedayo Agarau (The Years of Blood), Kristin Entler (Of Water Never Ceasing), and Dani Janae (Hound Triptych). These poets represent a range of voices and styles in contemporary poetics. Join us virtually or in-person to explore these "small bites" of each poet's larger works, which are sure to leave you hungry for more!
About the Poets
Adedayo Agarau is the author of The Years of Blood, winner of the Poetic Justice Institute Editor’s Prize for BIPOC Writers (Fordham University Press, Fall 2025). He is a Wallace Stegner Fellow ‘25, a Cave Canem Fellow and a 2024 Ruth Lilly-Rosenberg Fellowship finalist. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Agbowó Magazine: A Journal of African Literature and Art and a Poetry Reviews Editor for The Rumpus. He is the author of the chapbooks Origin of Name (African Poetry Book Fund, 2020) and The Arrival of Rain (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press, 2020).
Kristin Entler is a writer and educator from Alabama. She holds an M.F.A. in poetry from The University of Arkansas, and is the Poetry Editor of NELLE.