Mark Doty @ So. Brunswick - May 2
May 2: Mark DotySunday at 2 p.m.Open reading to follow featureFree, but a donation of a nonperishable food item to the South Brunswick Food Pantry is requested.S.Brunswick Library 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction, NJContact: 732-329-4000Contact: Hank Kalet, otherhalf@comcast.netSponsored by the South Brunswick Arts CommissionSchedule subject to change without notice.

Open Mic - Red Wheelbarrow Poets - 12/4
The Red Wheelbarrow Poets will hold Open Mic poetry readings hosted by GainVille in downtown Rutherford: Holiday Schedules will be Friday Nights, Dec. 04, 2009 and January 08, 2010 from 7 to 9 PM at GainVille Café, 17 Ames Avenue, Rutherford, NJ 07070$4 admission includes coffee/tea and a pastry. Friendly atmosphere, generous reading times.Mark Fogarty is the host. All are welcome. All ages attend these events.***********************************************************See NJ Poets & Poetry calendar below for additional poetry events. Listing is not an endorsement of event, at

New Issue of EXIT 13
New Issue of EXIT 13 Magazine Explores Poetry's Local AnglesBy EXIT 13 Magazine11/26/2009 All politics is local, according to Tip O'Neill. The same may be said for the poetry being written in New Jersey and elsewhere. Evidence of the local angle in contemporary poetry can be found in the new issue of EXIT 13 Magazine, an annual journal that is published in

Rafael Campo & Linda Pastan - Dec. 5
December 5, 2009Poetry Reading byRafael CampoLinda Pastan1PM - The Hamilton ClubBuilding, PatersonFreeWorkshops - 10 AM to 12 Noon$10 - Preregistration requiredhttp://old.pccc.edu/poetry/events.htmDistinguished Poets SeriesCelebration of our 30th Anniversary Honoring the Literary Legacy of Whitman, Williams and GinsbergHamilton Club Building,32 Church Street, Paterson, New JerseyThe Poetry Center at Passaic County Community CollegeOne College BoulevardPaterson, NJ 07505-1179http://www.pccc.edu/poetry call 973-684-6555************************

A SIEGE OF RAPTORS by Nancy Scott
A SIEGE OF RAPTORSpoems by Nancy ScottA Siege of Raptors is a lighthearted departure from Nancy’s earlier two collections. Here you will find raggle-taggle gypsies, brides, monkeys, mushrooms, and mosquitoes. Scott’s poems remind us that the elements of traditional folklore lie just below the surface of even the most contemporary of social issues.—Linda ArntzeniusIn A Siege of Raptors, Nancy lets the full range of her poetic imagination loose. With subject matter as diverse as the brutality of adolescent girls at summer camp, to a tongue-in-cheek history of the potato, and on to the invention or reinvention of fair