Fluevog Chicago is hosting a Poetry Night event on July 21st and we’d love for you to join us! Three acclaimed local poets — Jay Besemer, Nathan Hoks, and Carrie Olivia Adams — will be performing readings of their work. Space is limited so sign-up is required, but the event is completely free to attend. We hope to see you there!
Date: Tuesday, July 21st, 2026
Time: Doors: 7:30pm | Show: 8pm–9:30pm
Address: Fluevog Chicago | 1551 N Milwaukee Ave
Featured Poets
Jay Besemer
Poet and artist Jay Besemer is the author of numerous books, most recently On Being Half-Imaginary and The Horse. He was a 2021 Lambda Literary Award Finalist for Transgender Poetry, and a finalist for the 2017 Leslie Feinberg Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature.
Nathan Hoks
Nathan Hoks is a poet whose books include Nests in Air, The Narrow Circle, Reveilles, and most recently, Moony Days of Being. His poetry has been awarded the National Poetry Series, the Tomaž Šalamun Prize, and the Iowa Review David Hamilton Prize. He has also published translations of work by Vicente Huidobro, Henri Michaux, Tristan Tzara, and Christian Dotremont. He teaches poetry writing at the University of Chicago and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and lives in Chicago with his family.
Carrie Olivia Adams
Lives in Chicago, where she is the executive editor for the nonprofit press Black Ocean and the promotions and marketing communications director for the University of Chicago Press. Her books include The Book of Marys and Glaciers, Be the thing of memory, Operating Theater, Forty-One Jane Doe’s, and Intervening Absence in addition to the chapbooks “Proficiency Badges,” “Grapple,” “Overture in the Key of F,” and “A Useless Window.” She writes the “Poetry & Biscuits” newsletter on Substack and curates a house reading series by the same name. When she’s not making poems, she’s making biscuits.
