Poetry and Patron

Elizabeth Robin will emcee.

November 5 Featured Poet/Comedian: Brooke Barry

Brooke Barry is a writer and comedian from South Georgia where she grew up on a farm and was raised by bulldogs. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Hollins University and is the recipient of two Academy of American Poets Awards. Brooke’s work has received scholarships to the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Looking Glass Rock Writers’ Conference, and Writers in Paradise. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Florida Review, Copper Nickel, New South, Salt Hill Journal, Potomac Review, The Southeast Review, Columbia Poetry Review, RHINO Poetry, Artemis and Kestrel. Most recently, she won the Audience Choice Award at the 12th Annual Comedy Battle in Savannah, GA. She lives with two dogs, Jane and Arlo. She is excited about a tour that began this summer, where she says she’ll “be everywhere from Tennessee to South Carolina to Florida and more places to come. From where I grew up, that’s around the world.”

November 5 Musician TBA

November 5 Warm-up comedian: Matt Stock

When he’s not tapped for stand-up, you’ll find Matt Stock at Mojo’s Island Records, or the Sea Glass Stage at Coligny, or Cool Cats, or anywhere all the coolest kids are. This man is an island staple; if you haven’t heard of him, you need to ask yourself what you’re doing with your life.