Thursday, June 21 at 7pm, our monthly reading series Word Thursday will feature a special event: poet Michael Burkard returns to read some of his best and latest work, then respond to audience questions about the art and craft of poetry.

Michael Burkard is a 2011 Art Fellowship Recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts,and this presentation is co-sponsored by the Artists and Audience Exchange, a NYFA public program, funded with leadership support from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA).