Judith Kerman – Reading at Social Justice Center – August 21st.

Judith Kerman will read 

at the Social Justice Center

Thursday, August 21, 7:30PM

Regional Poet Judith Kerman will read from her work at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany, NY on Thursday, August 21, 2025 at 7:30PM, with an open mic for community writers.

Judith Kerman has published eleven books of poetry, most recently Definitions (Fomite Press) and three books of translations of Caribbean Latina poets. She established Mayapple Press in 1979. A retired college professor and administrator, she lives in Woodstock, NY.

A reading by a local or regional poet/writer has been held since July 2006 each third Thursday at the Social Justice Center. The event includes an open mic for audience members to read. Sign-up starts at 7:00PM, with the reading beginning at 7:30. The host of the readings is Albany poet and photographer Dan Wilcox. The suggested donation is $5.00, which helps support this and other poetry programs of the Poetry Motel Foundation, and the work of the Social Justice Center.

For more information about this event contact Dan Wilcox, 518-482-0262; e-mail: dwlcx46@gmail.com

The Social Justice Center, founded in 1981, is a non-profit organization working for progressive social change through education, community building and collective action.  The center advances the struggles against racism and for peace and justice.  For further information about the SJC call 518-434-4037.