Brad Aaron Modlin Poetry Reading & Discussion
Tue, Aug 04
|Virtual on Zoom
Brad Aaron Modlin’s poetry moves between humor and heartbreak, loneliness and hope. Join us for an evening of poems that are poignant, quirky, and unexpectedly warm.
Time & Location
Aug 04, 2026, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CDT
Virtual on Zoom
About the Event
Brad Aaron Modlin came to Nebraska to be a professor/The Reynolds Endowed Chair of Creative Writing at University of Nebraska, Kearney and teach undergraduates & in the online creative writing master’s program. The sandhill cranes were a bonus!
His internationally viral poetry has been experienced two million times. His book Everyone at This Party Has Two Names is available from Black Lawrence Press. His work appears in the Pushcart Prize anthology; Brevity; Poetry Unbound; The Slowdown; & The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Also orchestral scores, Australian art galleries, Brooklyn public art, and his grampa’s refrigerator.
He has received support from the Banff Centre, Sewanee Writer’s Conference, & the Nebraska Arts Council. He likes talking with strangers and asking friends to share examples of hope.
FREE and Open to the Public