MFA First Year Reading

Boxcar Books 408 E 6th St, Bloomington, IN

Masters of Fine Arts students in IU's Creative Writing Program will be doing their first reading.

Free

Boxcar at Community Volunteer Fair

Farmer's Market 401 N. Morton St., Bloomington, IN

Boxcar will be tabling at the Community Volunteer Fair - come by, say hi, and pick up a volunteer app!

Read & Revolt: Flint Water Crisis and Disposable Lives

Boxcar Books 408 E 6th St, Bloomington, IN

For the next discussion we will be reading “Democracy, Disposability, and the Flint Water Crisis”, which is an essay from the blog Third Coast Conspiracy, which produces anti-capitalist & anti-state analysis about Michigan. In this text they discuss the history of Flint’s de-industrialization, the Flint water crisis, and draw conclusions about anti-blackness and premature death […]

Volunteer Orientation

Join the collective! We need your help, doing everything from taking on a weekly shift, to hosting events and programs, to helping us keep boxcar clean!

Read & Revolt: Eating the Other: Desire and Resistance

Boxcar Books 408 E 6th St, Bloomington, IN

This is the second in a series of discussions we will have about anti-blackness throughout September and October. By sharpening our ideas, we hope to better fight against racism and this monstrous society that it is deeply woven into.The readings will be as follows: The second chapter of Black Looks: Race and Representation. This chapter […]

Education Off the Rails: Basic Digital Security

Boxcar Books 408 E 6th St, Bloomington, IN

Curious about how to stay secure in a digital landscape? Learn how to securely erase files, recover insecurely erased files, & how to turn almost any computer into a secure machine! Bring an empty 4+GB hard drive if you have one. Education Off the Rails is a new monthly workshop series hosted by Boxcar Books! […]

Free

First Sunday Prose Reading

Boxcar Books 408 E 6th St, Bloomington, IN

The Writer's Guild hosts their monthly First Sunday Prose Reading, with featured readers and an open mic.

Read & Revolt: A Very Short Introduction to Afro-Pessimism by Isidore

Boxcar Books 408 E 6th St, Bloomington, IN

“A Very Short Introduction to Afro-Pessimism” by Isidore – This was written to be the preface of the book “Afro-Pessimism: An Introduction.” Afro-pessimism is a theoretical tendency that centers anti-blackness as opposed to white supremacy itself, and explores how the concept of the human is made in antithesis of that of the slave. These theorists […]

Read & Revolt: The Dragon and the Hydra

Boxcar Books 408 E 6th St, Bloomington, IN

For the next discussion we will be reading – “The Dragon and the Hydra: A Historical Study of Organizational Methods” by Russell Maroon Shoatz This text is an outline of different struggles against European colonialism and slavery in the last couple hundred years. It highlights the contrasts between decentralized forms of struggle with those that […]

“This City at the Crossroads” book reading and signing with D.A. Lockhart

Boxcar Books 408 E 6th St, Bloomington, IN

D.A. Lockhart (IU MFA Alumni) will read from and sign copies of his newest poetry collection from Canadian Literary pubilsher Black Moss Press. This City at the Crossroads explores Lockhart's time in Central Indiana through the lens of connecting with the everyday and working class of the Hoosier Heartland. About This City at the Crossroads: […]