The Cafe Review

Call for Submissions: Special Tribute Issue on

American-Kashmiri poet Agha Shahid Ali

We are re-opening the call for submissions for our planned festschrift to the the late poet Agha Shahid Ali (1949-2001). Poets interested in contributing a poem or poems (up to five) written for Shahid, about him, or with him in mind are asked to send their work to The Café Review, c/o Yes Books, 589 Congress Street, Portland, Maine 04101, to the attention of Stacey Chase, associate editor. Please include a short biography of 50 words or less with your poems and a S.A.S.E. (We are waiving the $1 reading fee for these submissions only.) E-mail submissions will not be accepted. This special issue is slated for publication in early 2011. Deadline for submissions is November 30, 2010. Anyone with questions, or information to share, may contact Stacey at storychaser@thecafereview.com.

Watch the October version of the poet's cafe

Our very own Steve Luttrell has started a show called Poet’s Cafe. You can check out the October episode here.

This episode features Maine State Poet Laureate Betsy Sholl and musical guest Marie Moreshead.
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The Café Review is pleased to announce that Publishing Editor Steve Luttrell was recently named Poet Laureate of Portland, Maine, for a two-year term. The inaugural celebration and reading was held at Portland’s St. Lawrence Arts and Community Center on June 9.

Associate Editor of The Café Review, Michael Macklin, introduces Steve.

Publishing Editor Steve Luttrell reading at the event.

Publishing Editor Steve Luttrell reading at the event.