Caffe Lena Poetry Open Mic Featuring Lale Davidson

On Wednesday, February 2, 2022, Caffè Lena will present a poetry reading by Lale Davidson with an open mic poetry reading will follow. Doors open for sign-ups at 6:30 pm and the readings will start at 7:00. The host for the event will be Carol Graser and the cost is $5 general, free for students. The featured reading will also be livestreamed. You can find a link for the livestream at caffelena.org.

Described as magic realism at its best, Lâle Davidson’s novel, Blue Woman Burning, was published by Red Penguin Books in the fall of 2021. Her flash fiction-prose poetry collection Strange Appetites won the Adirondack Center for Writing’s People’s Choice Award in 2016 and was recently re-issued. She is a Distinguished Professor of writing at SUNY Adirondack, and recipient of the Chancellor’sAward for Scholarship and Creative Activities.

For those of you that can’t attend in person, the featured performance only will be streamed live at 7 PM. You can watch on Caffe Lena’s Facebook page or YouTube channel.