Join us for this for a reading from Eamonn Wall (Ireland) and the launch of Selected Poems by Tim Metcalf.

Eamonn Wall is a native of Co. Wexford, Ireland, who has lived in the US since 1982: in Wisconsin, New York City, Nebraska, and for the past twenty years in St. Louis. His books of poetry and prose include Junction City: New and Selected Poems 1990-2015 (Salmon Poetry, 2015); From the Sin-e Café to the Black Hills (University of Wisconsin Press. 2000); Writing the Irish West: Ecologies and Traditions (Notre Dame, 2011). Current projects include a new collection of poetry and a new book of essays on contemporary writing. He works in international education at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Tim Metcalf is an award-winning and internationally published poet who spent most of his life in rural Australia. His work ranges across styles and subjects. Tim will be launching his Selected Poems, a collection drawing on ten books and chapbooks and almost 40 years of trying to understand poetry.

Open mic - 3 mins each.