Kellogg Writers Series
2007-2008 Season

Jason Bredle Poet

Jim Walker Poet

September 27, 2007
8:00PM
Studio Theatre, Esch Hall

Jason Bredle is the author of Pain Fantasy, forthcoming from Red Morning Press. He wrote Standing in Line for the Beast, winner of the 2006 New Issues Poetry Prize, A Twelve Step Guide, winner of the 2004 New Michigan Press chapbook contest, and A Pocket-Sized Map of my Heart, a self-published collaboration with Leigh Stein. Jason earned his MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan. He lives in Chicago and works at a translation agency in Evanston, Illinois.

Jim Walker lives in Indianapolis with his wife and two young children. He’s a founder and president of the board of the collaborative arts organization Big Car. Walker, a poet and non-fiction writer is the author of the writing guide Poetry Report and three chapbooks. His poetry and has appeared nationally in Painted Bride Quarterly, Hanging Loose and various other publications. In 2006, he was awarded a Creative Renewal Fellowship from the Arts Council of Indianapolis. He works full-time as a newspaper journalist and part-time as a college writing teacher. He has his MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina.