Poet and Saint Thomas Academy teacher Donna Isaac and poet Lightsey Darst will read from their respective Red Dragonfly poetry chapbooks, Tommy and Ginnungagap, Thursday, January 28th; 7:00 p.m.; Micawber's Books in Milton Square; 2238 Carter Ave.; St. Paul, Minnesota; phone: 651-646-5506.
Admission is free.

Isaac and poets Jim Heynen and Matt Rasmussen will participate in Verse and Converse, Wednesday, February 3rd;  6:30 p.m.; Nina's Coffee Cafe; 165 Western Ave., N.; St. Paul, Minnesota; phone: 651-292-9816. Located above Garrison Keillor's Common Good Books. Admission is free.