Speaker Series - Jan 7th - JL Kato

On Thursday, January 7, 2016 from 6-8pm the Monrovia Writers Group will host poet JL Kato in the community room of the Monrovia branch of the Morgan County Public Library located at: 145 S. Chestnut Street Monrovia, Indiana 46157. Our speaker will discuss poetry and do a reading. The event is free and open to the public. Everyone in attendance will be eligible for door prizes.

About Our Speaker:

JL Kato is a native of Japan whose first poetry book chronicles his life as an immigrant in Indiana ("Shadows Set in Concrete," Restoration Press). The Indiana Center for the Book designated that collection as the 2011 Best Book of Indiana for poetry. He is the poetry editor of The Flying Island. He lives in Beech Grove.