H.L. Hix, poet and director of the University of Wyoming Creative Writing Program, will be the guest reader at Laramie Poetry Slam #10 on Friday, Nov. 18, at Trinity Coffeehouse, 113 Grand Ave., Laramie. These slams were initiated last year by Craig Arnold, a poet who teaches in the UW writing program. In the spring he won the coveted Rome Prize and is spending this school year writing in Rome. To compete in Friday's slam, you need three original poems. Slammers cannot use costumes, musical instruments, or props. Sign-up begins at 7:30 p.m., and the slam starts at 8. We hear rumors that Cheyenne poets are holding their own against the Laramites.

- posted by Michael Shay @ 8:57 AM