Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Observable Readings will feature Lisa Low and Jill McEldowney on November 16, 2026. Poets will share work from their most recent collections: Replica (Low) and ALYDAR (Mceldowney), followed by a conversation with the series curators Bailey Schaumburg and Lizzy Petersen. Audiences may attend in person at High Low or watch the live stream on Saint Louis Poetry Center’s website and Facebook page. Books will be for sale from Left Bank Books. Suggested $5 donation at the door.
For more information, visit: https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/observable-readings-november-202…
LISA LOW is the author of “Replica” (University of Wisconsin Press, 2026) and the chapbook “Crown for the Girl Inside” (YesYes Books, 2023). She is the recipient of a 2023 Pushcart Prize and the 2020 Gulf Coast Nonfiction Prize, and her poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Ecotone, The Massachusetts Review, Poetry, The Southern Review, and elsewhere. Originally from Maryland, she lives in Chicago.
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 Prairie Schooner, Tupelo Quarterly, Frontier, and Muzzle.