Join us for Open Mic hosted by Matthew Dickman, Saturday, October 25 from 5–7 PM.

We’re thrilled to welcome the poet Bobby Elliott who will kick off the evening by reading some of his latest work—then we’ll open the floor to YOU!

Here’s how it works:

Sign-up starts at 5 PM
14 available spots
Read ONE PAGE (poem, novel, essay - whatever you’re currently working on!)
You have 5 minutes to share, and your name will be drawn randomly.

ALL ARE WELCOME!

Bobby Elliott is an award-winning poet and educator. His debut collection of poems, The Same Man, was selected by Nate Marshall as the winner of the 2025 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize and was published by the University of Pittsburgh Press on September 9th, 2025. His writing has appeared in or is forthcoming from BOMB, The Cortland Review, ONLY POEMS, Poet Lore, Poetry Northwest, RHINO and elsewhere. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and sons

Matthew Dickman is the author of Husbandry, Wonderland, Mayakovsky’s Revolver, and All-American Poem, winner of the APR/Honickman First Book Prize. His other honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Sarton Award for Poetry from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a father, teacher, and freelance creative living in Portland, Oregon