The Writers Place Reading Series featuring Tony Brewer, Janet Rose, and Alarie Tennille

Alarie Tennille was a pioneer coed at the University of Virginia, where she earned her degree in English, Phi Beta Kappa key, and black belt in Feminism. Her first poetry collection, Running Counterclockwise, was first runner up for the Thorpe Menn Award for Literary Excellence. Alarie received the first Editor’s Choice Fantastic Ekphrastic Award from The Ekphrastic Review, and in 2022, her latest book, Three A.M. at the Museum, was named Director’s Pick for the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art gift shop. 

Tony Brewer is a poet and audio artist from Bloomington, Indiana. He has published 13 books and chapbooks, most recently Water Witch (Pure Sleeze Press). Tony has been offering Poetry On Demand at coffeehouses, museums, cemeteries, churches, bars, and art and music festivals for over fifteen years and was named Indiana’s 2024 Literary Champion by the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Awards.

Janet Rose writes essays and short stories about people and culture. The current project from which she will be reading is a work in progress about Kansas and Italy. Rose has a PhD in American Studies, lives in Kansas City, Missouri, and teaches at the University of Kansas. Her writing has been categorized as personal essay, creative non-fiction, or “new journalism.”