Poetry Open Mic Featuring Annie Christain and Perry Nicholas
Caffe Lena Saratoga Springs, NY
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Doors open and sign-up begins at 7. Readings begin at 7:30. Please plan to share one long poem or two short poems, altogether lasting no more than three to five minutes. All ages and styles welcome.
Annie Christain is an assistant professor of composition and ESOL at SUNY Cobleskill with poems appearing in Seneca Review, Oxford Poetry, The Chariton Review, and The Lifted Brow, among others. She received the grand prize of the 2013 Hart Crane Memorial Poetry Contest, the 2013 Greg Grummer Poetry Award, the 2015 Oakland School of the Arts Enizagam Poetry Award, and the 2015 Neil Shepard Prize in Poetry. Additional honors include being selected for the Shanghai Swatch Art Peace Hotel Artist Residency and the Arctic Circle Autumn Art and Science Expedition Residency. Her book Tall As You Are Tall Between Them will be released Spring 2016 from C&R Press.
Perry S. Nicholas is an Associate English professor at Erie Community College North in Buffalo, N.Y. where he was awarded the 2008 SUNY Chancellors Award for Scholarship and Creative Activities and the 2011 Presidents Award for Classroom Instruction. He received the SGAs Outstanding Teacher Award on two occasions. He has published one textbook on writing prompts, six books of original poetry, and one CD of poetry.
Location
Caffe Lena (View)
47 Phila Street
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
United States
