Four poets included in a new anthology, “From the Fishhouse: An Anthology of Poems that Sing, Rhyme, Resound, Syncopate, Alliterate, and Just Plain Sound Great” (Persea Books) read at 8 p.m. tonight (May 7) at Schlafly Bottleworks in Maplewood.

It’s the final night for Observable Readings’ 2008/2009 poetry series.

The reading is free. Here is the center’s short bios of the four poets:

Stacey Lynn Brown is the author of “Cradle Song” (C&R Press, 2009). She teaches creative writing at Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville.
Gabrielle Calvcoressi is the author of “The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart” (Persea Books, 2005) and Apocalyptic Swing (Persea Books, forthcoming in 2009). She teaches in the graduate creative writing programs of California College of the Arts and Warren Wilson College, and lives in Los Angeles.
Gabriel Fried is Poetry Editor at Persea Books and the author of “Making the New Lamb Take” (Sarabande Books, 2007). He lives in Columbia, Missouri.
Adrian Matejka is the author of “The Devil’s Garden” (Alice James Books, 2003). His second book, “Mixology,” was selected as a winner of the 2008 National Poetry Series and will be published by Penguin Books in 2009.  He teaches creative writing and literature at Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville.
For more info, call the St. Louis Poetry Center (314-973-0616)