The Café Review

05/14/2025

Open readings are back! Basement room at 7pm every second Wednesday of the month. Next ones will be June 11 and July 9. Come one come all!

04/08/2025

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03/13/2025

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02/03/2025

It is with a heavy heart that we announce a pause in our open readings. We had hoped to gather once more at Henry’s before it closed its doors, but unfortunately, that wasn’t possible.

However, don’t worry—our open readings will return! We’re currently in talks with a few potential new venues, and once the details are finalized, we’ll share the exciting news.

In the meantime, we remain committed to publishing The Café Review and supporting our local poetry community in their readings and creative endeavors. Stay tuned, and thank you for being part of our literary family!

It is with a heavy heart that we announce a pause in our open readings. We had hoped to gather once more at Henry’s before it closed its doors, but unfortunately, that wasn’t possible. However, don…

12/30/2024

Dear Readers and Contributors

We at The Café Review would like to Thank You
for your continuing support throughout this year
and look forward to your continued interest and support of our project.
This has been a very important year for us .
Many new and exciting changes have occurred!
We look forward to the new year with optimism
and gratitude.

Be Well and HAPPY New Year !

Steve Luttrell, publisher
The Café Review

10/26/2024

I would like Thank Everyone who made this book possible!

10/25/2024

My New Book

08/20/2024

Check out the below video of our editor Craig Sipe reading from his latest book of poetry, Here It Comes...and It's Gone at the Chautauqua Writers' Center this past July. Fred Zirm also reads from his two poetry chapbooks Object Lessons and Rescue Dogs.

https://youtu.be/kyRga6hQoig?si=DuOjKtTtq7Ay9K6F

Check out the below video of our editor Craig Sipe reading from his latest book of poetry, Here It Comes…and It’s Gone at the Chautauqua Writers’ Center this past July. Fred Zirm …

06/26/2024

Very excited to be reading this weekend with Bill Roorbach at the Gibbs Library in Washington! We'll talk prose and poetry and nature and who knows what else. 4 pm on Saturday, June 29!