John Burroughs of Cleveland is the 2022-2023 U.S. Beat Poet Laureate. A nationally touring writer and performer who has wowed audiences from New York to Oakland, Burroughs previously served for two years as Ohio’s Beat Poet Laureate. He is the author of The Wrest of the Worthwhile [2023, Far Queue Press], Rattle & Numb: Selected & New Poems, 1992-2019 [2019, Venetian Spider Press], and almost twenty poetry chapbooks, including Dogging Catastrophe, You Can’t Trust It to Remain, Loss and Foundering, and The Eater of the Absurd.

Burroughs has also curated several regular reading series in Northeast Ohio and, since 2008, has served as the founding editor and publisher for Crisis Chronicles Press, producing over 120 titles by vital independent voices from across the U.S. and beyond.

Find him at crisischronicles.com.

The Annex now features a café with food and coffee, and the museum offers Beer and wine at our shows. Come on down and enjoy quality spoken word, some good food, and an adult beverage.

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The Bundy Museum of History & Art

129 Main St. Binghamton, NY 13905

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