February 5 Open Poetry Reading and Book Release
Next Monday, February 5, join us at Henry’s in the Old Port @7pm for our monthly open poetry reading. We will also be having a book release
Here It Comes…. And It’s Gone
Check it out! A new book coming from our very own editor Craig Sipe. Click Here to preorder your copy (Publication date February 6, 2024) or you
Open poetry readings Nov 6!
Starting next Monday, November 6, The Café Review is back doing once-a-month open poetry readings every first Monday of the month in the
Open poetry readings are back!
Starting next Monday, October 23, The Café Review is back doing once-a-month open poetry readings in the Portland, Maine Old Port at Henrys
“BOHEMIAN SUNDAY POETRY READINGS”
Our editor Steve Luttrell will be reading at the Brick Store Museum’s Program Center auditorium in Kennebunk this Sunday, September 24, 2023
34 Years of Café Review: A Poetry Reading
Join us on Thursday April 27 at the Portland Public Library! Thursday | April 27, 20236:00pm – 7:00pmLocation: Rines Auditorium, Portland
Poetry Reading on April 20
Join us this Thursday, April 20, for a poetry reading at the Gardiner Public Library with Meghan Sterling and our very own Steve Luttrell.
Irish Voices: An Evening of Irish Poetry, Art and Music
February 25 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm $25.00 Join us for an evening celebrating the arts and the Irish influence through poetry,
Issue Release Party in New York City
Join our very own Stave Luttrell in New York City for an issue release party November 6 at Tomkins Square library!
The Café Review is accepting online poetry submissions via Submittable
We are now accepting poetry submissions online via submittable! Check out out our submissions page for more info:
The Local Buzz Reading Series Season Finale with Café Review’s Craig Sipe on May 15 via Zoom
Dear Friends,The Local Buzz Reading Series on Zoom will return for its season finale on Saturday, May 15, 2021 from 3-4 PM EST. Please
Persephone’s virtual book launch event
Please join us for our Review Editor, Megan Grumblings Persephone's virtual book launch event, on Thursday, October 15, at 7 p.m. -- on
Steve Luttrell Tonight at the virtual Williams Poetry Reading on Zoom
You are invited to join us on Wednesday, August 5, at 7:00 pm at our virtual Williams Poetry Reading on Zoom. Our featured poet will be Steve
VIRTUAL EVENT. AN ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN POETRY IN TRANSLATION
Happening now, click here: https://harriman.columbia.edu/event/virtual-event-anthology-contemporary-russian-poetry-translation to check it out.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year from all of us at the Café Review!!
Next Friday July 5!
Join us Friday, July 5 for a free poetry reading in the garden behind the Longfellow House on Congress Street in Portland, Maine. Steve Luttrell
Café Review on 207 at 7pm tonight
Tonight at 7pm on Maine Local News Channel 6’s show 207, Steve will be talking about the Café Review and our 30 years of publication. Check
Winter Issue Release Party this Friday Night
Come join us this Friday, January 25 from 7-9pm at Jay York’s “Last Church on the Left” on 58 Wilmot Street, Portland, Maine.
Coming Soon!
Hot off the press and coming to a mailbox near you (as well as online)….
Leaf of Voices Part I: New & Known
Join our editor, Steve Luttrell, for “Leaf of Voices: Part 1: New & Known” at the Portland Public Library Saturday, January 19
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays from all of us at The Café Review! Looking for that last minute gift for that special someone? Buy them a subscription to the Café
Steve Luttrell at Odd Sundays
Come join Steve Luttrell and M. Travis Lane for a poetry reading on December 2 at 2pm at the Cork Wine Bar on 83 Regent Street in Fredericton for
Meet the Maine Family Living Their Version of Vanlife, Hitting the Road for a Year
Danny Louten, one of our awesome staff members, sold his house and most of his possessions to live in a van and travel all over the country with
Fall Issue Release Party — Thursday, October 25
Join us next Thursday, October 25, from 7-10pm, at Maine Craft Distilling on 123 Washington Avenue, for an evening filled with poetry and music
Poetry Reading with Steve Luttrell, Cameron Anstee and Natalie Hanna in Ottawa
O Canada! This Friday, September 28th at 7pm at Cafe Morala (734 Bank Stree, Ottawa, Ontario). Join our very own Steve Luttrell for a poetry
TEN WEEKS/TEN LEAPS A 10-Week Poetry Workshop
Need some inspiration for that next poem? Want to find some fresh ideas, movement and life in you r work? Check out the “Ten Weeks/Ten
Millay Arts & Poetry Festival
Join us this weekend at the Millay Arts & Festival in Rockland. Steve will be one of the featured poets reading. The program takes place in
Chuck Feil and Steve Luttrell to Exhibit at SugarWood – ‘Moods and Reflections on Water’
Chuck Feil, (photographer published in our 2009 Winter Issue of the Café Review) is having a show titled, ‘Moods and Reflections on
Poetry in the Longfellow Garden at the Maine Historical Society
Thank you to everyone who came out to hear staff members Steve Luttrell and Jefferson Navicky with fellows poets Annie Seikona and Gary Lawless
Poetry in the Garden — This Friday Night
Join staff members Steve Luttrell and Jefferson Navicky with fellows poets Annie Seikona and Gary Lawless this Friday, July 20 from 5:30-7 in the
Martín Espada and Lauren Marie Schmidt — Poetic Voices for Social Justice: A Stonecoast Reading
Come join The Café Review in Iceland at Rauða skáldahúsið: Golden Age with Poetry Brothel
So let’s say you happen to find yourself in Iceland on July 8th around 8pm, and lets’ say, for a moment, that you are looking for an
Eat, Drink, Be Merry and Support the Café Review on May 31
We, the staff and volunteers of the Café Review, would like to invite you to join us for some live music, delicious food and craft cocktails on
Seve Luttrell to read at UPEI on May 25
Our very own Steve Luttrell will be reading at UPEI on May 25. Come by and say hello. Below is the complete UPEI press release about his upcoming
An Old Man’s Ugly Plans: Sketchbook Paintings by Andrew Abbott
Artist Andrew Abbott has been featured in more then one previous issue of The Café Review and created our Fall 2016 Issue cover. If you are a
Steve Luttrell reading at Bowery Poetry
Steve Luttrell reading at the Bowery Poetry in New York yesterday. You can check out more about Bowery Poetry and other upcoming events on their
Steve at The Bowery
From the Bowery website: Sun, 29 April 2018 // 05:30 PM Bowery Poetry, 308 Bowery, NYC (map) “Please join us for the next reading of
Placitas poet Larry Goodell book signing
If you are in Albuquerque on April 28, placitas poet Larry Goodell (Fall 2016 The Cafe Review poet) will sign “Nothing to Laugh About” in
Megan Grumbling poem in The Portland Press Herald
If you have a chance, pick up a Portland Press Herald and check out reviews editor Megan Grumbling’s poem, “Vacation”. Here is
Art opening May 3 with Spring 2018 Artist Matt Blackwell!
One of our fabulous Spring 2018 Artists, Matt Blackwell will be having an art opening with Kathi Smith at the Greenhut Gallery in Portland,
The Paper Coast by Jefferson Navicky
Check out staff member, Jefferson Navicky’s “first book of stories, The Paper Coast, that was just published by Spuyten Duyvil. The
Triangle Quarterly at Bowery Poetry: Halberstadt, Luttrell and Marchant
Venue (map) Please join us for the next reading of Triangle Quarterly–a series dedicated to exploring diverse styles and genres of poetry,
Listen to an interview with Sebastian Matthews
Check out this interview with Sebastian Matthews (who was kind enough to share some of his artwork with us in our Fall 2014 Issue) by WUNC North
Stick Man by Steve Luttrell
Another audible poem for your enjoyment.
“Catapult” by Jefferson Navicky
From the article: “This week we have a prose poem, a small story that is, by turns, absurd, humorous, and a little bit menacing. You might
TBT: OFF RADAR: Cafe Review 28 straight years of the real thing
Here’s the full Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel article from June 1 of last year highlighting our Winter 2017
Ginsberg’s voice resonates at City Lights: Release party celebrates ‘Howl’ vinyl box set
Check out the full article here: Ginsberg’s voice resonates at City Lights: Release party celebrates ‘Howl’ vinyl box set This article from The
Tonight by Steve Luttrell (an audible poem)
Trying something new with a new poem…
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays from all of us at The Café Review!!
Charles Bernstein at International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong and Mainland China
Poet Charles Bernstein will be joining poets Maram Al-Masri (Syria), Gabeba Baderoon (South Africa), Javier Bello (Chile), John Burnside (UK),
The Café Review release party tonight in New York City!!
Our editor Steve Luttrell is in New York!! If you are in the Big Apple, be sure to say hi to Steve at our issue release party tonight at KGB on
THRICE: POETRY WITH REBECCA MORGAN FRANK, MEGAN GRUMBLING, ROSA LANE
Please join us on October 25th at 7pm for a night of Poetry with poets from the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance including our very own
Steve at KGB Bar in New York
For all our New York readers and fans, Steve will be at the KGB Bar November 1 for an issue release party from 7-9 for our upcoming fall
Steve Luttrell at the Cervena Barva Press Studio
IN THE CERVENA BARVA PRESS STUDIO At The Arts for the Armory Basement, Room B8 191 Highland Avenue Somerville, MA CERVENA BARVA PRESS READING
Megan Grumbling reading at THRICE
Our wonderful Reviews Editor, Megan Grumbling, will be reading with Rebecca Morgan Frank and Rosa Lane on October 25 at Longfellow Books in
Join Steve Luttrell at The Millay Arts and Poetry Festival
Join our editor, Steve Luttrell for The Millay Arts and Poetry Festival September 7-9, 2017 in Rockland, Maine. The Millay Arts and Poetry
Drew McNaughton, Interim Events Coordinator at the Scottish Poetry Library
Steve’s Scottish adventures continue. Here he is with Drew McNaughton, Interim Events Coordinator at the Scottish Poetry Library.
Reading at Blackwell Books
Our very own Steve Luttrell with our fabulous guest editor Christine De Luca at the Blackwell Books reading tonight in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Issue Release Party Press Release
This Thursday, July 20 we will be having our local (US) issue release party celebrating our Scottish Issue at Gritty’s Brew Pub here in
Poetry in the Garden
Join three inspiring Maine poets, Stephen Petroff, Lee Sharkey and our own Steve Luttrell this Friday, July 14, for a reading of their work from
Already missing our good friend, Jack Collum
Alas our good friend Jack Collom is no longer with us. For those of you who are not familiar with him or his work, here is an excerpt from the
Heathcote Williams, radical poet, playwright and actor, dies aged 75
It is with heavy heart that we share the news of our friend Heathcote Williams passing. For those who are unfamiliar with him, here is an excerpt
Comfortable Fog
Check out “A Comfortable Fog” by our editor Steve Luttrell published in this week’s Sun Journal!
Café Review Issue release party in Scotland
Join editor Steve Luttrell and guest editor, Makar Christine de Luca on Friday, 28 July 2017, 18:00 – 20:00 at Blackwell’s Bookshop in
The Café Review written about in centralmaine.com
“How most people use small literary magazines nowadays, beyond the contributors racking up more scalps for their resumes, I’m not really
2017 Maine Literary Awards
More wonderful staff news! The 2017 Maine Literary Awards are announced and two of our very own have won! For those who don’t know what the
Wayne Atherton in Maintenant 11
Check out some great artwork by our wonderful Art Editor, Wayne Atherton in the latest issue of Maintenance 11. More about the issue and how to
Fastness: A Translation from the English of Edmund Spenser
Check out this new book by Trevor Joyce, a wonderful poet who we had the great privilege of publishing in our Fall 2016 issue. Fastness is being
Lee Sharkey is a Ballymaloe International Poetry Prize Finalist
Congratulations to our Friend and frequent support, Lee Sharkey for becoming a Ballymaloe International Poetry Prize Finalist! She submitted her
Café Review Spring Issue
Coming to a mailbox and newsstand soon, it’s the Spring Issue of the Café Review! Our latest issue will feature an interview with Margaret
Pitching Poetry
Check out this great write up in hyperallergic.com: https://hyperallergic.com/370588/pitching-poetry-charles-bernsteins-essays-and-interviews/
Unemployed, Living In A Caravan — And Now, Winner Of A $165,000 Literary Prize
Poets receive gifts from unexpected places (and sometimes think they’re spam:) #poetry #gratitude #greatstories
Gary Lawless has won the prestigious Constance H. Carlson Public Humanities Prize
Long-time TCR contributor and supporter Gary Lawless has won the prestigious Constance H. Carlson Public Humanities Prize from the Maine
Queen of Cups Issue Thirty-Six featuring Megan Grumbling
Check out the latest issue of the Queen of Cups featuring poems by our Reviews Editor, Megan Grumbling. You can check out more about this
Check out our new back issues section
As we revise our website, lots of new content is being added including some of our old issues. Check out the new “Back Issues”
Editor Steve Luttrell in the Galway Advertiser
A little late, but here is an article published in the Galway Advertiser from Café Review Editor, Steve Luttrell’s journey to Ireland this
Happy New Year!!
Happy New Year from all of us at The Café Review! May your 2017 be a wonderful and amazing year!
David Meltzer 1937-2016
It is with great sadness that we learned this morning of the passing of the great poet and our friend David Meltzer. David Meltzer was born in
Shadow of the Slow Decline
Check out three poems from George Wallace’s latest book of poetry, “Shadow of the Slow Decline” coming out Spring 2017.
To Have Been There Then
Margaret Randall, one of the poets featured in our Fall 2016 issue, has a brand new book out called “TO SAVE THE WORLD and TO HAVE BEEN
Episode 51: Andrew Abbott: Psychedelic Artist
Check out this cool interview with Sean Kneese, the cover artist of our latest issue. He even mentions us the Café Review. 🙂
M Horovitz interview
Check out this wonderful interview with this great English poet! https://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=47697
On the road with The Café Review
Taken at The Parkside Lounge in The East Village , NYC by Judith Sokoloff on Sept. 25th. 2016 after a reading by Steve Luttrell
Great Weather for Media Presents: Francine Witte, Steve Luttrell
Sunday at 4 PM – 6 PM The Parkside Lounge 317 E Houston St, New York, New York 10002 “Great Weather for Media presents feature poets
Call for submissions
Attention poetry enthusiasts: If you ever thought of sending in your work, we are now reading for the 2017 season, our 28th year of continually
Poetry in the Garden
Original post by Maine Historical Society, Portland, Maine Join us for a free poetry reading in the Longfellow Garden August 4th at 5:30! Readers
Megan Grumbling @ PechaKusha
Tonight!!! Reviews Editor Megan Grumbling does her first PechaKusha, at Engine: Propelling the Creative Community in Biddeford about her new
Imminent Tribulations, new book by Kevin Sweeney
If you’re in Portland, Maine on Thursday, July 14, 2016 come to Longfellow Books and here our Editor Kevin Sweeney read from his new book,
Portland Greendrinks July 12
If you’re in the Portland, Maine area tomorrow, come join our Reviews Editor Megan Grumbling for some beer, nature and on-the-spot typed
Irish issue in Kennebec Journal
Check out an awesome write up by the Kennebec Journal about our latest Irish issue!! “Everywhere you go, it seems, there are people with a
OVER THE EDGE in Galway Ireland
Check out this great little write up about our very own Steve Luttrell’s reading from our latest Irish issue that’s happening in
Old Ballerina Club
Late in January of 2016 a collection of poems by poet Sharon Olinka, a past and frequent contributor to The Cafe Review with her own poems and
TCR Reviews Editor Megan Grumbling’s poetry collection, Booker’s Point
This April sees the launch of TCR Reviews Editor Megan Grumbling’s poetry collection, Booker’s Point, Winner of the 2015 Vassar
Poet’s Cafe – Episode 10
Portland’s Poet Laureate Steve Luttrell hosts this half-hour monthly program highlighting local writers and singer/songwriters, peppered
Poet’s Cafe – Episode 9
Portland’s Poet Laureate Steve Luttrell hosts this half-hour monthly program highlighting local writers and singer/songwriters, peppered
Poet’s Cafe – Episode 8
Portland’s Poet Laureate Steve Luttrell hosts this half-hour monthly program highlighting local writers and singer/songwriters, peppered
Poet’s Cafe – November 2010
Portland’s Poet Laureate Steve Luttrell hosts this half-hour monthly program highlighting local writers and singer/songwriters, peppered
Poets’ Cafe – October 2010
Portland’s Poet Laureate Steve Luttrell hosts this half-hour monthly program highlighting local writers and singer/songwriters, peppered
Poet’s Cafe
Special Guests: Gibson Fay-LeBlanc and Sam Anderson
Poet’s Cafe
This month’s guests are: Adrian Blevins, poet-in-residence at Colby College And, Kate Schrock, singer -songwriter.
The Poet’s Cafe September 2010
Steve Luttrell hosts this poetry and music venue with readings and interviews with local poets and Laureates.
Watch online an Issue of the Poets Cafe right now!
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
Steve Luttrell is named Poet Laureate of Portland, Maine
The Café Review is pleased to announce that Publishing Editor Steve Luttrell was recently named Poet Laureate of Portland, Maine, for a two-year
The Cafe Review in Poets and Writers
The Cafe Review was recently featured in the May/June issue of Poets and Writers with a wonderful article by Joshua Bodwell. Sadly, the actual