Poetry reading and music at Baby Grand Books

Warwick — The fourth free poetry reading in a fall series at Baby Grand Books will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18. J. R. Solonche and Michael Sciarretta will read, with folk/blues guitarist Eric Karlin playing before the reading and during intermission. Refreshments will be provided. J. R. Solonche teaches at Orange County Community College. He is co-author (with his wife Joan Siegel) of Peach Girl: Poems for a Chinese Daughter (Grayson Books). His poems have appeared in The New Criterion, The American Scholar, The Journal of the American Medical Association, Poetry Northwest, Yankee Magazine, and other journals. His work has been included in the anthologies Visiting Frost, Blood Mixed Voices, Blood to Remember, and The Anthology of Magazine Verse and Yearbook of Amercian Poetry. Michael Sciarretta’s poetry has appeared in several magazines. He is a social worker, husband and father living in Warwick. The remaining date for the reading series is Dec. 2: Performance poetry of Shotsie Gorman and Janet Hamill, with music by Jay LoRubbio and Greg Feller. Baby Grand Books is located at 7 West St., Warwick. Call 845-986-6165 for information.