Poetry at the Lion, featuring John Philip Johnson, Bob Hall, & Sophie Johnson
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Friday, Feb 14, 2025 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location
St. Mark's on the Campus
1309 R St.
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John Philip Johnson, Bob Hall, & Sophie Johnson
2021 Pushcart Prize-winning poet John Philip Johnson will read some of his poems along with special guest star Bob Hall, of Marvel and DC Comics fame, who will read some of John’s poems he illustrated for their poetry comic books. Joining them will be Sophie Johnson, who will read some of her own poems and a selection from Susan Stayer Deal’s book, No Moving Parts. Sophie is an award-winning artist who will also be showing some of her original art. Art prints and poetry comic books will be available.
John Philip Johnson has work in or forthcoming from Southern Poetry Review, Image, Rattle, Strange Horizons, Pedestal, Rust & Moth, Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, the newspaper column, “American Life in Poetry,” and many other places. He has two comic books of graphic poetry, Stairs Appear in a Hole Outside of Town and The Book of Fly, the latter which won an Elgin Award. He would live on Mars if his wife would go with him. www.johnphilipjohnson.com.
Bob Hall is a writer and theatrical director, and the founder of the Flatwater Shakespeare Festival. Besides that, he is a veteran comic book artist, having drawn Batman, Spider-man, The Avengers, among many other titles for Marvel and DC Comics. He earned a Master’s in Fine Arts from the University of Nebraska. www.bobhall.com
Sophie Johnson is an artist and writer. She has had her poetry and art published in literary journals including New Bile, Pyre Magazine, and Illuminations, the Southeast Community College publication. She frequently paints relics from mid-century America. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Nebraska.
