Tue, Nov 04
|Free, Virtual and Open to the Public
Charles Fort Poetry Reading & Discussion
Fort’s poetry demonstrates, unequivocally, that he is a master of his craft. By turns surreal, tender, terrifying, absurd, and soulful, Fort’s work churns with passionate, forceful expression.
Time & Location
Nov 04, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CST
Free, Virtual and Open to the Public
About the Event
Charles Fort is the author of eight books of poetry and ten chapbooks including: The Town Clock Burning (St. Andrews Press)--We Did Not Fear the Father (Red Hen Press)--Darvil, Prose Poems Book 1 (St. Andrews Press)—We Did Not Fear the Father (Carnegie Mellon University Press, reprint, Contemporary Classic)--Frankenstein was a Negro, Prose Poems Book 2 (Backwaters Press)-- Mrs. Belladonna’s Supper Club Waltz, Book 3 (Backwaters Press) and appears in 43 anthologies and The Best American Poetry, 2001, 2003, and 2016.
Fort is Emeritus Distinguished Endowed Professor at the University of Nebraska at Kearney and Founder of the Wendy Fort Foundation Theater of Fine Arts.
Fort received the Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, honoris causa, from Siena Heights University and Faculty Scholar Awards from the University of Nebraska at Kearney and Southern Connecticut State University. The New York Times Book Review: ...consistently interesting—often luminous poetry…
FREE and Open to the Public