On Thursday, July 1st, at 7:00PM poets Kristin Bock and Lee Sharkey will read. $2– $5 sliding scale. Mocha Maya's Coffee House, 47 Bridge Street, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370, 413-625-6292. Wheelchair accessible. See www.collectedpoets.com or www.mochamayas.com for more information.

Kristin Bock is the author of Cloisters, winner of Tupelo Press’s First Book Award and the da Vinci Eye Award. She also holds an MFA from the University of Massachusetts where she currently teaches. Lee Sharkey’s poetry books include A Darker, Sweeter String, To A Vanished World, and farmwife. She is also the recipient of the 2010 Maine Arts Commission's Individual Artist Fellowship in Literary Arts.

The Collected Poets Series highlights the work of established and emerging poets. Each event showcases the remarkable local poets of Western Massachusetts and the finest regional, national, and international talent. The series is usually held every first Thursday of the month.

(Please contact cps@collectedpoets.com for more information).