Asha Lemmie is an African American fiction writer who is passionately interested in Japanese culture. Her novel, Fifty Words for Rain (2020), begins during World War II, and follows the life of a biracial woman, Noriko “Nori” Kamiza, the child of a married Japanese aristocrat and her African American GI lover. A New York Times […]
On Wednesday, September 7, 2022, Caffè Lena will present a poetry reading by Marc Delgado. 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 […]
Join us for an outdoor reading with a view of the beautiful Hudson River. We appreciate your $10 donation which will help support the work of the Lansingburgh Historical Society.Please bring a lawn chair or blanket. This reading will take place outside on the front lawn of the historic 1786 Melville House. Rain date is […]
Hybrid Poetry Gathering featuring poets Craig Czury, Charles Rossiter, and special guest poet, Martha Treichler. Followed by an open reading for the live audience.Email poetguy@foothillspublishing.com for Zoom link. Reading will be held outside on Wheeler Hill if weather cooperates. If not, we’ll gather inside the house. Bring something to sit on (chair, blanket), an umbrella […]
Invocation of the Muse poetry open mic for poets & poetry returns to Lark Hall in Albany, NY on Monday, September 12 (due to the Labor Day holiday) with featured poet Alex Stokes.7:30 pm SignUp * 8 pm Start Time Hosted by R.M. Engelhardt & Dead Man’s Press Ink Albany NY Come On Out And […]
The Poetic License – Albany show continues with two featured reading & open mic events in September.Join us as we feature Mike Jurkovic, Laura Whalen, Randall Sutter, and Brian Liston whose work inspired the visual art hanging on the gallery walls. $5 suggested donation. Mike Jurkovic’s latest collections, mooncussers, (Luchador Press, 2022) President, Calling All […]
The Front Parlor Series is live storytelling in the Capital Region. Every month we gather around an open mic to hear our fellow humans tell us their truths — unfiltered, without notes.This month’s theme is “Fitting In” It’s one of the most universal human experiences: The desire to fit in. We all, on some level, […]
Local poet Sally Rhoades will read from her work at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany on Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 7:30PM. Sally Rhoades, a poet, playwright and performer, grew up in the foothills of the Adirondacks. Her chapbook, Greeted By Wildflowers, was published this past Spring. A regular at open mics, she has been invited […]
The 5th annual Albany Book Festival, presented by the NYS Writers Institute at the University at Albany, will showcase more than 100 authors and poets, including Garry Trudeau, creator of “Doonesbury,” Susan Choi, award-winning author of Trust Exercise (2019), and Robert Pinsky, former U.S. Poet Laureate, and a tribute to gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.The […]
Andrea Barrett, major American fiction writer, won the National Book Award for the short story collection, Ship Fever (1996), and was a Pulitzer finalist for Servants of the Map: Stories (2002).One of Lit Hub’s “Most Anticipated Books of 2022,” her newest collection is Natural History (Sept. 2022), featuring six stories set in a small community […]
NYCLU Banned Books Week Event Co-Sponsored by Upper Hudson Library System – Attend this event to hear local area actors, poets, musicians, and activists read from banned and challenged books.This event will also be live streamed. COME CELEBRATE BANNED BOOKS WITH US NEXT THURSDAY! We’ve teamed up with the Capital Region Chapter of the New […]
The Poetic License – Albany show continues with two featured reading & open mic events in September.Join us as we feature Megeen Mulholland, Charlie Rossiter, Jennifee, Jill Crammond, Cheryl Rice, Barbara Ungar, Tom Corrado, and Brian Liston whose work inspired the visual art hanging on the gallery walls. Megeen R. Mulholland is the author of […]
The Hudson Valley Writers Guild supports the efforts of writers in all genres by sponsoring readings, workshops, and contests and providing a number of valuable resources for the entire literary community.
