5/2: Reading with jason b crawford & Abi Pollokoff
Saturday, May 2, reading at Open Books, 7pm, free
jason b. crawford (They/He) born in Washington, DC, and raised in Lansing, MI, is the author of Year of the Unicorn Kidz. Their second collection, YEET! is the winner of the Omnidawn 1st/2nd Book Prize and will be published Fall 2025. They have been published in POETRY Magazine, Academy of American Poets, Cincinnati Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, RHINO Poetry, among others. The are a 2023 Emerging Writers Fellow for Lambda Literary and hold their MFA in Poetry from The New School.
Abi Pollokoff is the author of night myths • • before the body (Red Hen Press, 2025). A Pushcart-nominated poet, her poems can be found in journals such as TriQuarterly, The Seventh Wave, Denver Quarterly, and Radar, where she was a finalist for the Coniston Prize. A 2024 AWP Writer to Writer mentee, Abi has been supported by organizations such as the Jack Straw Cultural Center and Hugo House. The former events manager for Open Books: A Poem Emporium, she now serves as the managing editor for Poetry Northwest Editions and works in publishing.
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