Brookline's Current, Past Poets Laureate to Perform

Brookline’s first poet laureate, Judith Steinbergh, will be joined by the newly inaugurated second laureate, Jan Schreiber, and Regie Gibson, for an evening of poetry and performance on Wednesday, June 24 from 7-8:30pm in Hunneman Hall, Brookline Main Library.

Regie Gibson is a former National Poetry Slam Individual Champion, and was selected as one of Chicago Tribune’s Artist of the Year for Excellence for his poetry. He has been regularly featured on N. P. R. and has appeared on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam.

Here’s what’s been said of the trio:

“I was struck by the power and inherent music of Steinbergh’s poems” - Lucille Clifton

“Regie, you sing and chant for all of us. Nobody gets left out.” - Kurt Vonnegut

“Schreiber goes beyond the subterfuge of surfaces, into the very life of things.” - David Yezzi

Admission is free.