Saint Louis Poetry Center Presents Poetry at the Point

Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Poetry at the Point will feature Jill Mceldowney and Ariana Yeatts-Lonske on October 27. The poets will read from their work, followed by a conversation with series curators Macallan Lay and Andy Chen. Audiences may attend in person at Focal Point or watch the livestream on Saint Louis Poetry Center’s website and Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/stlouispoetrycenter/live. Books may be available directly from the featured poets. The event is free. For complete details, visit: https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-october-2026/ https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-october-2026/

JILL MCELDOWNEY is the author of the full-length collections ALYDAR (YesYes Books) and Otherlight (YesYes Books), winner of a North American Book Award. She is a founder and editor of Madhouse Press. She is a recipient of a grant from the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico. Her previously published work can be found in publications such as The Academy of American Poets, Prairie Schooner, Tupelo Quarterly, Frontier, Muzzle, and other notable publications.

ARIANA YEATTS-LONSKE was raised in the suburbs of D.C. where she climbed cherry blossom trees to read in their branches. She now lives in St Louis and works as a chronic illness coach, supporting people affected by POTS, mast cell disease, and Long Covid. Her writing has won an Academy of American Poets Prize, and she was recently short-listed by Only Poems for their Poet of the Year Award. Her poems appear or are forthcoming in Best New Poets, Frontier Poetry, december, and elsewhere. When she is not writing, Ariana enjoys reading graphic novels, making hyperspecific playlists for friends, and handing out her own pamphlets to the evangelists who knock on her door.

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