Story/Stereo at the Writer’s Center

Last Friday, I went with another poet to the Story/Stereo event at the Writer’s Center. The 150-person (or so) theatre was PACKED.

Roofwalkers played music and everyone tried their best to stay in their seats as opposed to dancing like maniacs. Suzanne Frischkorn, whose recap is below, read poetry from Lit Windowpane.

Chad Clark invented this brilliant idea. As Suzanne says in her blog post, poetry seriously needs someone and something in order to increase audience. Charlie Jensen, Chad Clark and Matt Byar are actually doing something about it.
Afterwards several people who purchased Lit Windowpane mentioned that they had never attended a poetry reading before and how much they enjoyed themselves. That’s when it struck me that Story/Stereo and its innovative concept to feature literature and music is exactly what poetry needs. Now more than ever we need to bring people to poetry who have never been to poetry before, people who have never even considered poetry before. Kudos to the consummate host, Charles Jensen! Kudos to Matt Byars and Chad Clark who helped curate the musical component! Kudos to the Writers’ Center! I hope Charles’ vision is imitated far and wide.