Caffe Lena Poetry Open Mic At Northshire Bookstore

Takes place on the first Wednesday of every month. Sign ups at 6:30, readings at 7:00. Open mic poets read two short poems or one longer poem. All ages & styles welcome. July’s Features: Cheryl Clarke & Marilyn McCabe. Cheryl Clarke is a black lesbian feminist poet and the author of five books of poetry, the most recent of which is BY MY PRECISE HAIRCUT published by The Word Works Press of Washington D.C. She is currently working on a collection of essays entitled ADULT BLACK CULTURE: GAINING ENTRY. She is one of the organizers of The 4th Annual Hobart Book Village Festival of Women Writers to be held Sept. 9, 10, 11, 2016 in Hobart, N.Y. cherylclarkepoet.com Marilyn McCabe’s new book of poems, Glass Factory, was published by The Word Works in Spring 2016. Her poem “On Hearing the Call to Prayer Over the Marcellus Shale on Easter Morning” was awarded A Room of Her Own Foundation’s Orlando Prize, fall 2012, and appeared in the Los Angeles Review. Her book of poetry Perpetual Motion was published by The Word Works in 2012 as the winner of the Hilary Tham Capitol Collection contest. A grant from the New York State Council on the Arts resulted in videopoem "At Freeman's Farm," which was published on The Continental Review and Motion Poems. She blogs about writing and reading at marilynonaroll.wordpress.com.