Friday, May 11, 7:00PM

Rob Halpern, Brian Fitzpatrick, Brandon Fitzgerald, and Fitz Fitzgerald

@ Black Fox Lounge : 1723 Connecticut Avenue NW

Rob Halpern is the author of several books of poetry including Rumored Place, Disaster Suites, and most recently Music for Porn. Together with Taylor Brady he's also the co-author of Snow Sensitive Skin. A founding participant in the Nonsite Collective, he lives in San Francisco and Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Brian Fitzpatrick lives in Washington DC. He currently teaches English at George Mason University in Fairfax. His work has most recently appeared in the literary journal Rattle. He tweets jokes under the Twitter handle @Brian_etc and occasionally has a beard.

Coined the Dali of poetry in the 6th grade, Brandon Michael Fitzgerald is working on his first manuscript, which he hopes to publish posthumously. He has studied at Kenyon, University College of Dublin, and McGill, and currently works as a librarian at the Library of Congress. Contrary to popular belief, he does not care for eggplant. Please refrain from discussing eggplant with him after the reading.

Fitz Fitzgerald once beat Oprah in a footrace. He has published poetry and prose in places like Octopus, Dusie, First Intensity, and the Shattered Wig Review. Furniture Press published his serial poem triange shirtwaist fire. He studied poetics at New College of California and currently keeps odd hours in Baltimore.

Black Fox Lounge 1723 Connecticut Avenue NW