Caffe Lena Poetry Open Mic Featuring David Graham

On Wednesday, April 3, Caffè Lena will present poetry reading by David Graham.   An open reading will follow. Doors open for sign-ups at 7pm and the readings will start at 7:30. The host for the event will be Carol Graser and the cost is $5 general, free for students

 David Graham wrote his first poem in 1969. Since then he’s published seven books, taught English at Ripon College (where he hosted a reading series for 28 years), and in 2017 retired back home to upstate NY. He’s now a contributing editor at Verse-Virtual  http://www.verse-virtual.com/), where he writes a monthly column, “Poetic License.” His latest collection of poetry, The Honey of Earth, is forthcoming from Terrapin Books.

Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, 583-0022, www.caffelena.org

For more information, contact host Carol Graser at [email protected] or 518-774-0354

About the author: Thom Francis

Thom Francis has been organizing, promoting, and hosting open mics and poetry / spoken word events in Albany such as Nitty Gritty Slam, School of Night, Albany Poets Presents..., and the Albany Word Fest for over 20 years. As a poet and performer, Thom has been featured at many of the upstate poetry and spoken word events from Saratoga to Woodstock as well as LarkFest, Art on Lark, 1st Friday, and the Albany Word Fest.