On February 7th at 5:30 P.M. The Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana, 
will be presenting Wicker vs. Graham Poetry Bout. This event will be held
at The Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Gallery, located at 318 Main Street
in downtown Evansville. It will feature a cocktail hour from 5:30 to 6:30 P.M.
followed by a poetry showdown from University of Southern Indiana Professors,
Marcus Wicker and Matthew Graham. The event is free and open to the public.
Marcus Wicker is the author of Maybe the Saddest Thing (Harper
Perennial), selected by D.A. Powell for the National Poetry Series.
He holds an MFA in creative writing from Indiana University. Wicker’s
awards include a 2011 Ruth Lilly Fellowship, as well as fellowships from
Cave Canem, and The Fine Arts Work Center. Marcus is an assistant
professor of English at the University of Southern Indiana and poetry
editor of Southern Indiana Review.
Matthew Graham is the author of three books of poetry, World
Without End, New World Architecture, and 1946, and is the recipient
of a number of awards and fellowships from The Academy of American
Poets, the Indiana Arts Commission, and the Vermont Studio Center. He
teaches creative writing at the University of Southern Indiana.
