Events

Ongoing Series: Last Thursday

Last Thursday at Hyde Brothers, Booksellers Thursday, March 28th at 7pm Featuring: New Year, New Book! Readers: Curtis Crisler, Lauren M. Davis, and Blake Sebring
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers is excited for a new year of their literary series called Last Thursday. This free event occurs at 7pm on the final Thursday of each month and is hosted in-store. Each event features at least two local authors who read their original poetry, prose, creative nonfiction, etc. in 15-20 minute installments with a brief intermission between readers.
The March reading will occur on Thursday, March 28 at 7pm. This month, we will celebrate the latest book releases of three local authors: Indiana Poet Laureate Curtis Crisler, Lauren M. Davis, and Blake Sebring. Join us for a fantastic evening of local talent!
 
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Curtis L. Crisler was born and raised in Gary, Indiana. Crisler, an award-winning poet/author, has a new book called Doing Drive-Bys on How to Love in the Midwest. He Has six poetry books, two YA books, and five poetry chapbooks. He's been published in a variety of magazines, journals, and anthologies. He created the Indiana Chitlin Circuit and the poetry form called the sonastic. He's the Indiana Poet Laureate and Professor of English at Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW). He can be contacted at www.poetcrisler.com
Lauren M. Davis was born in New Jersey in 1988. She first studied creative writing on a National Student Exchange to the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Writing at Indiana University-Fort Wayne and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (Poetry) from the University of Southern Maine. She designed and taught Poetry Through Literacy, a curriculum of poetry for illiterate adults and has worked as an adjunct professor of English and humanities at the university of Saint Francis, Indiana Institute of Technology, and Ivy Tech Community College. She was the writer in residence of Hypatia in the Woods in Shelton, Washington, the keynote speaker for the NEI Poet's Society, and has taught multiple community writing workshops. Her work has appeared in several literary magazines, journals, and an anthology, and her book of poetry Women Bones was published by Finishing Line Press.
Blake Sebring has worked in writing since he was 15 years old--more than 40 years--mostly with The News-Sentinel, and as a freelancer for The Journal Gazette. "Brave at Heart" is his 17th book, including five novels, all available on Amazon. He covered the Fort Wayne Komets hockey team for more than 1500 games over 28 years through 2018 and was inducted into the Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame in 2015. He is currently the News Center director at Purdue Universirt Fort Wayne where he is inspired daily by the passion of the students, faculty, and staff.