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InKY Reading Series

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About Me

The InKY Reading Series is a monthly literary and music event held on the second Friday of the month at the Rudyard Kipling in Louisville, Kentucky.

InKY (like Rorschach? like the smudgy blots southpaws get when they write?) is grounded in the Kentuckiana region, that weird space where the South and Midwest collide, where voices are tinged with bourbon and Pabst Blue Ribbon, and where strip malls are just as sacred as coal mines.

Our mission is to promote excellent literature through live performances by established and emerging writers from the Kentuckiana region and beyond. We showcase accomplished, published career poets and writers as well as up-and-coming talent through an ecumenical approach to style, genre, and affiliation. We're also proud to showcase Louisville-area independent musicians, and are always looking for performers to feature on our stage.

My Interests

Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, singer/songwriters, local music, good bourbon at the Rudyard Kipling.

I'd like to meet:

Excellent writers and musicians who are looking for a stage and fans who like to watch.

Music:

All the great folks who have performed for InKY, including: Sarah Elizabeth; Sean Hopkins; Bryan Hurst; Brigid Kaelin; My Friend Heidi; Ben Purdom; Nick Reifsteck; the Rudbugs; SafeCracker; Mike Schroeder and Ron Adams; Dennis Sheridan, Meredith Noel, Andy Hurt; Nate Thumas; John Whitaker; Susi Wood. Coming this fall: Jamie Barnes; John Mann; Tyrone Cotton

Books:

Everything by our InKY performers, including Frank X Walker; Tom C. Hunley; Greg Pape; Scott Ritcher; Dianne Aprile; Ed August; W. Loran Smith; Gaylord Brewer; Kirby Gann; Joey Goebel; Kevin Ducey; Silas House; Richard Newman; Geoff Schmidt; Marianne Worthington; and so many more .