Caffe Lena Poetry Open Mic Featuring Jackie Craven & Lori Desrosiers

This monthly event, hosted by Carol Graser, takes place on the first Wednesday of every month. Sign up starts at 7 and readings start at 7:30. Each open mic poet reads two short poems (less than one page) or one longer poem. All styles of poetry are welcome. August features are Lori Desrosiers & Jackie Craven. Lori Desrosiers' debut full-length book of poems, The Philosopher's Daughter, was published by Salmon Poetry in 2013. A chapbook, Inner Sky, is from Glass Lyre Press. Sometimes I Hear the Clock Speak will be out from Salmon in 2016. She edits Naugatuck River Review, a journal of narrative poetry. She teaches Literature and Composition at Westfield State University and Holyoke Community College, and Poetry in the Interdisciplinary Studies program for the Lesley University M.F.A. graduate program. Jackie Craven writes poetry and fiction for literary journals, and covers architecture and travel topics for various publications. She also fixes up old houses and rents apartments to interesting people who feed her muse. She has work published or forthcoming in The Asheville Poetry Review, Chautauqua, The Fourth River, New Ohio Review, Nimrod International Journal, Pembroke Magazine, Quiddity, Salamander, Stone Canoe Journal, Water~Stone Review, and other journals.