The first Wednesday of every month is Poetry Night at Caffe Lena. Hosted by Carol Graser, this event includes an open mic reading and a featured poet. The doors open for signups at 6:30 and the readings start at 7PM. In April the featured poet is Daniel Nester.
The featured reading will also be livestreamed, please visit caffelena.org for links and information.
Daniel Nester is a poet, nonfiction writer, teacher, and editor. His most recent book is Harsh Realm: My 1990s, a collection of poems. Previous books include Shader, a memoir; How to Be Inappropriate, a collection of humorous nonfiction; and The Incredible Sestina Anthology, which he edited; and the poetry collection The History of My World Tonight. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Buzzfeed, The Atlantic, American Poetry Review, Best American Poetry, Bennington Review, Court Green, and others. It has been anthologized in Best American Poetry, Now Write! Nonfiction, The Best Creative Nonfiction, and Third Rail: The Poetry of Rock and Roll. He is editor of Pine Hills Review and for 18 years was a professor of English at The College of Saint Rose.
