Welcome to Off The Bricks, poets and poetry lovers! Today's guest is Karen Kovacik, Poet, Translator, and Professor Emerita at Indiana University Indianapolis. Kovacik's latest work Portable City is a layered exploration of her experience with nationality as a concept of self and a feature of travel. You can find her poetry for purchase at itascabooks.com

Please join us next month, September 4th, for our next Poetry on Brick Street open mic night at the Sullivan Munce in Zionsville, Indiana!