Words out Loud Poetry Reading

Karren Lalonde Alenier and Henry Crawford read from their poetry. Event includes literary trivia quiz and brief open mic.

Karren Lalonde Alenier is author of eight poetry collections—including: how we hold on from Broadstone Books, 2021— and editor of three anthologies, including From the Belly, volumes I, II & III from The Word Works, 2026. Gertrude Stein Invents a Jump Early On, her jazz opera with composer Bill Banfield, premiered June 2005 in New York by Encompass New Opera Theatre. More at https://www.alenier.com/

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Henry Crawford is author of three poetry collections, American Software, Binary Planet and, in 2025, Screens. A first prize winner in the 2019 World Food Poetry Competition, he has been published in many magazines, including Boulevard, Copper Nickel, and Rattle., He is a two-time finalist for the Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest and was nominated for a Rhysling Award by the Science Fiction Poetry Association. A longtime co-host of the Café Muse Literary Salon Online, he Writes on Substack at https://everydaypoet.substack.com/.