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In honor of National Poetry Month, Caffè Lena Poetry and Laureate Poetry Series present a special event. We have two Poets Laureate and an Open Mic.This Caffe Lena Poetry and Laureate Poetry Series Poetry Event features Saratoga Springs Poet Laureate Jay Rogoff and Schenectady Poet Laureate Adonis Richards.
Adonis Richards is a Union College program coordinator in the Office of Intercultural Affairs, a writer for Lake George Living Magazine, and the founder of Lucid Writers, an organization that uses poetry and creative writing to build community and emotional intelligence in schools and youth programs. Richards has also worked with Electric City Barn and other local arts initiatives. He currently serves on the board of the Hudson Valley Writers Guild. He is the author of three poetry collections, most recently Reflections of a Hopeless Creative. Richards will serve as Schenectady poet laureate for two years.
Jay Rogoff is Poet Laureate of Saratoga Springs, and his Laureate Poetry Series presents free poetry events in various area locations. His eight books include The Cutoff, The Long Fault, The Art of Gravity, and Loving in Truth: New and Selected Poems. Becoming Poetry: Poets and Their Methods, his book of essays, won the Lewis P. Simpson Award for outstanding literary criticism.
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47 Phila Street, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States, New York 12866
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