Salina Arts and Humanities
The 41st Salina Spring Poetry Series, sponsored and organized by Salina Arts & Humanities, continues on Tuesday, April 8, with a reading by Brad Modlin.
The reading will begin at 7pm at Red Fern Booksellers (106 S Santa Fe Ave). Admission will be $5 at the door and free for students with ID.
Traci Brimhall, Kansas Poet Laureate, curated this year’s series. Brimhall selected poets with a broad range of perspectives, who will share their work in Salina this April.
“Brad’s work is always the best blend of comfort and surprise. His poems are gently intimate, like a conversation on a neighbor’s porch, and I always walk away feeling a greater sense of both wisdom and mystery. There’s a genuine generosity of spirit in every line he writes,” says Brimhall.
Brad Aaron Modlin is the Reynolds Endowed Chair of Creative Writing at University of Nebraska, Kearney, where he teaches undergrads & in the online master’s program in Creative Writing. His words appear in The Pushcart Prize 2025, Brevity, Poetry Unbound, The Slowdown, orchestral scores, art exhibits, & social media viral moments. His poetry book, Everyone at This Party Has Two Names, is available from Black Lawrence Press. His work is often about hope or embarrassment because he believes in humans’ goodness & is very clumsy at the gym.
For needed accommodations, please call Amanda Morris at Salina Arts & Humanities at 785-309-5770 between 8:00 am - 6:00 pm. Every effort will be made to accommodate known disabilities. For material or speech access, please call at least five working days prior to the event.