Loading Events
  • This event has passed.

Hot L Poets Series, ft. Michael B. Tager & Burgi Zenhaeusern

Event Details

Bird in Hand Coffee & Books
11 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD 21218
Sunday, December 14th, 2025
4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Sunday December 14, 2025 at 4pm, The HOT L Poets Series continues with poets Michael B. Tager & Burgi Zenhaeusern! The event will take place at Bird in Hand Coffee & Books at 11 E. 33rd St. to be indoors for the cooler season.

The reading includes an open mic so bring a poem (1 poem, 3 min. or less).

RSVP here!

Now in our 7th year, the reading series is sponsored by Smartish Pace and Baltimore Poets Theatre. Hosts: Clare Banks, David Yezzi, Stephen Reichert, and Dan Todd.

Michael B. Tager is the author of Pop Culture Poetry: The Definitive Edition (Akinoga Press, 2024). Michael was the Managing Editor of Mason Jar Press, but is now on the board. He is currently a freelance publicist, editor and writer.

Burgi Zenhaeusern (she/her) is the author of White Door (Carbonation Press, 2025) and the chapbook Behind Normalcy (CityLit Press, 2020), winner of the Harriss Poetry Prize. She co-edited the translations of the anthology Knocking on the Door of The White House (J. Ballesteros, editor, zozobra publishing, 2017). Her work, most recently, appeared in Diagram, Glass: a Journal of Poetry, JMWW, and as broadside (runner-up for the Ashland Poetry Press Broadside Contest, 2023). Originally from Switzerland, she lives outside Washington D.C. on Nacotchtank and Piscataway land.

We've got news for you...!

Subscribe to The Ivy to stay in the loop, and get informed about exciting upcoming events!