Poetry Roundtable at JavaVino

Sponsored by the Racine Public Library, The Poetry Roundtables are a monthly event held at Java Vino wine and coffee shop ( 424 Main St. downtown Racine) and sponsored by the RPL. This is a program free to the public in which, each month, the works of a different contemporary poet will be read and discussed in a setting conducive to individuals with varied levels of poetry experience . Photocopies of the poetry will be provided at the event, but it is recommended participants review some of the work in advance.

This month’s Poetry Roundtable (Thursday, April 17th) will focus on the career of American poet Frederick Seidel. Seidel is not for the faint of heart. He has had a long, strange career, is independently wealthy and notoriously ultra-private (except in his poetry, that is). Very little is even known to the public about Frederick Seidel aside from what’s found in his writing. He is a founding editor of The Paris Review, has had work appear in The Best American Poetry and is as equally abhorred by critics as celebrated.