Shortly after our opening, poet Joseph Bradshaw conceived a monthly reading series here at Berl's involving a single writer holding court for the entire evening. A combination reading/lecture/performance, the event has been named in honor of the twentieth-century British spiritualist Leslie Flint, who claimed to hear the voices of the dead.

Voices of the living in this monthly feature have included Christian Hawkey, Thom Donovan, Elizabeth Swados, Robert Kocik, Jane Gregory, David Abel and many others. Joseph recently moved to New Orleans and we look forward to the series continuing this fall hosted by fellow poet Jamie Townsend.