Poetry Series Resumes at Carriage House

The Carriage House Poetry Series is starting back after a summer break.

Tonight, the series will host free readings by two distinguished poets: Edwin Romond and Burt Kimmelman.

Romond is a poet, playwright, composer and educator who was born in Woodbridge, but now lives in Wind Gap, Penn. In addition to writing four books of poetry and two musical plays, he was also a public school teacher for 32 years in Wisconsin and New Jersey.

Romond's poems have appeared in literary journals, college textbooks, anthologies, and on National Public Radio. His prose memoir, “The Ticket,” is published in Tim Russert’s book, “Wisdom of Our Fathers.” Romond has been awarded poetry fellowships from the New Jersey and Pennsylvania State Arts Councils and a prize from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Kimmelman is an English professor and chairman of the Humanities Department at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark. A Brooklyn native now living in Maplewood, he has published five collections of poems and a sixth volume, “As If Free,” will be released this year. He is the editor of “The Facts on File Companion to 20th Century American Poetry” and for more than ten years served as senior editor of Poetry New York: A Journal of Poetry and Translation. Kimmelman was featured recently at Seton Hall University’s Poetry-in-the-Round and at the White House Poetry Revival in Limerick, Ireland.

Now in its 11th season, The Carriage House Poetry Series is held each month at the Patricia Kuran Cultural Arts Center in Fanwood. Upcoming performances include:

Tuesday, October 20, 8 p.m. - Tony Gruenewald & Juan Cusack Handler
Tuesday, November 17, 8 p.m. - Barbara Crooker and R.G. Evans
Tuesday, December 15, 8 p.m. - TBA

An open mic will follow tonight's performance, so attendees are encouraged to bring their own work to share. For more information, visit http://carriagehousepoetryseries.blogspot.com/.