First Tuesdays Presents Gene Grabner

When: December 5, 2017
Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372.
Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30)
Cost: $5 minimum purchase at the food counter.
More Information: Richard Jeffrey Newman

Gene Grabiner’s chapbook, There Must Be More Than Trigonometry, was published in 2017 by Foothills Publishing. His poems have appeared in various journals including: Sandhill Review, Comstock Review, Snake Nation Review, Slant, Connecticut River Review, Passager, Jewish Currents, Blue Collar Review, and J Journal. He won third place in the 2014 Connecticut Poetry Society competition, was a semi-finalist in the 2013 Passager competition, and was a runner-up in the 2012 William Stafford Award Competition. He was also a semi-finalist in the 2002 “Discover”/The Nation poetry competition at the 92d Street Y. Gene Grabiner is a SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, and lives in Buffalo, New York. He travels for readings.

This event was funded in part by Poets & Writers, Inc. through public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.