Caffe Lena Poetry Open Mic Featuring James Schlett

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. On December 6th the featured poet is James Schlett. The featured reading will also be live streamed, please visit caffelena.org for links and information.

James Schlett is an award-winning author, poet and journalist. His first collection of poetry is children & bubbles: Haiku on Fatherhood (Red Moon Press, 2023). He is also the author of two historical narratives: A Not Too Greatly Changed Eden: The Story of the Philosophers’ Camp in the Adirondacks (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2015) and Frontier Struggles: Rollo May and the Little Band of New York Psychologists Who Saved Humanism (University of Akron Press, 2021). Frontier Struggles was named one of the Outstanding Academic Titles of 2022 by the American Library Association. A Not Too Greatly Changed Eden received an Adirondack Literary Award as the 2015 Best Book of Nonfiction. His essays have been published in History of Psychology, Songs of Innocence, New York Archives and the Mid-Atlantic Almanack. His haiku have been published in The Heron’s Nest, Acorn, Modern Haiku, Frogpond, Stardust, Wild Plum, Under the Basho and bottle rockets.