Caffe Lena Poetry

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 July the featured poet is Roger Mitchell. The featured reading will also be live streamed, please visit caffelena.org for links and information.

Roger Mitchell is the author of thirteen books of poetry, most recently As Water Moves, (Dos Madres Press, 2023). His new and selected poems, Lemon Peeled the Moment Before, was published by Ausable Press in 2008 and won the Adirondack Center for Writing’s “Readers’ Choice Award”. The University of Akron Press published his two previous books, Half/Mask, in 2007 and Delicate Bait, which Charles Simic chose for the Akron Prize, in 2003. Other recognition for his writing includes the Midland Poetry Award, the John Ben Snow Award for Clear Pond, a work of non-fiction, plus fellowships from the Indiana Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Currently, he is writing a biography of the poet, Jean Garrigue. He and his wife, the fiction writer, Dorian Gossy, live in Jay, New York.