November 1: Hot Springs Poetry Festival Kickoff Event

5:00 PM / Festival Launch Party / Kollective Coffee + Tea featuring Kai Coggin, Bryan Borland, and Samyak Shertok

From the organizers:

"We're so excited to announce our featured poets for the Kick Off and Zine Launch party! Our first spotlight is Bryan Borland (he/him), the author of multiple books, including Brotherful and DIG, a Lambda Literary Award finalist in Gay Poetry and a Stonewall Honor Book. He is the founding publisher of Sibling Rivalry Press and the founding editor of Assaracus: A Journal of Gay and Queer Poetry. A 2025 Catalyze Fellow, his work bridges poetry and publishing through a belief in visibility, lineage, and the power of art. He'll tell us more about the origins of Sibling Rivalry Press and share his passion for poetry along with other awesome Arkansas based poets on November 1st!"

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