Two teams of award-winning poets take turns batting at topics pitched to them by the audience. Fastballs, curveballs, knuckleballs: they won't know what's coming next! Eminently qualified umpires score each batter's reading, and the winning team takes the series title. Hilarity and/or *breathtaking* work guaranteed. As Marianne Moore wrote, “Writing is exciting / and baseball is like writing. / You can never tell with either / how it will go.” Hosted by Daniel Handler,
featuring poets Kazim Ali, Derrick Austin, Leticia Hernandez-Linares, Tommy Pico, Cintia Santana, sam sax, Prageeta Sharma, and more. With judge Gillian Conoley, umpire Dean Rader, and timekeeper Roy Mash. Book sales and signings to follow (cash and check only!).
$5 advance / $10 at the door