Join us during happy hour to learn how to read and write poetry!

Tuesday, October 14th, 4-6pm

Calling all poetry lovers! The Roadhouse has something new and engaging in store for you! We are welcoming back nationally recognized poet and award-winning author of five books, Michael Dickman, to teach us all about reading and writing poetry! The two hour workshop in our beautiful patio Atrium Meeting space includes the following:

• A fun and scintillating introduction to reading and writing poetry. 
• You will leave with two of your own poems in your pocket. 
• A great and deeply informative conversation with poet Michael Dickman. 
• Light, delicious snacks from the Roadhouse. 
• A coupon for future use at the Roadhouse. 
• A beautiful poetry notebook from Zingerman’s Press. 

Do not miss this first-of-its-kind event at the Roadhouse and an opportunity to write poetry with former Zingerman’s Deli employee, Michael Dickman! Seats are very limited for this event, so make sure to reserve your seat soon.

More about Michael Dickman

Michael Dickman is the author of five books of poetry, including Pacific Power & Light (Knopf, 2024); Flies (Copper Canyon, 2011), which won the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets; and Days & Days (Penguin Random House, 2019), which was a 2019 New York Times Best Poetry Title of the year. His many grants, fellowships, and residencies include honors from organizations such as the Michener Center for Writers, the Vermont Studio Center, the Fine Arts Work Center, and the Lannan Foundation. In 2020 he received the Guggenheim Award for Poetry, and he was awarded the Hodder Fellowship from Princeton University for 2009-2010. In addition to writing, Dickman appeared in the 2002 film Minority Report with his twin brother, poet Matthew Dickman. Michael taught for years in the Creative Writing Program at Princeton University, and he currently teaches Modern Poetry at Barnard.

Accolades

“A kaleidoscope of images surfacing for air out of our commercialized landscape. This acute poet’s sharp, spare lines bring forward otherwise-missed moments in our common experiences…”
—Booklist

“No one sees and hears the world quite like this poet, whose every line thrums with possibility”

—Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Roman Stories