Caffe Lena Poetry Featuring Carol Graser

About this event

This monthly event  includes an open mic reading and a featured poet. Sign up for the open mic starts at 6:30 and the readings start at 7:00. Each open mic poet reads two short poems (less than one page) or one longer poem. All styles of poetry are welcome. The featured reading will also be livestreamed, please visit caffelena.org for links and information This month the featured poet is Carol Graser. Jeannine Laverty and Austen Halpern-Graser will cover the hosting duties. 

Carol Graser is the author of the poetry collection The Wild Twist of Their Stems (FootHills Publishing, 2007). Her work has been published in many journals, including Apricity Magazine, The Berkeley Poetry Review, Evening Street Review, Hollins Critic, I-70 Review, The MacGuffin, Midwifery Today, So to Speak, Southern Poetry Review, and Midwest Quarterly. In 2003, she initiated a monthly poetry reading series at Saratoga Springs’ legendary Caffe Lena, which continues to gather poets and poetry enthusiasts some 20 years later. Graser’s dedication to this series has fostered a strong community of poets and helped make Caffe Lena a central hub for poetry in the area. Graser often reads her work at rallies, fundraisers, and poetry events in the area and has run poetry workshops for teens and at-risk youth. She lives with her husband in the Adirondacks of upstate New York, where they raised three children, countless chickens, and a few cats.