Two new books. Two distinctive voices. One Second Thursday book launch.

Join Grand River Poetry Collective and Grand River Poetry Press for a free evening of poetry with Lamont Arrington and GF Korreck at The Chapel at Fountain Street Church on Thursday, September 10, 2026.

Event details

Admission: Free
Location: The Chapel at Fountain Street Church

Schedule

• Doors open at 5:00 p.m.; stay to mingle through 8:00 p.m.
• Community open mic: 5:30–6:30 p.m.
• Featured readings with Lamont Arrington and GF Korreck: 6:30–7:30 p.m.

Open mic

Bring a poem if you would like to read. The open-mic list opens in-person when doors open at 5:00 p.m.; there is no advance signup.

Two new books

Lamont Arrington — The My Heart Blues: Love and Blues Poems

Lamont Arrington’s blues-inflected collection moves through love, heartbreak, disability, family, and survival. Get The My Heart Blues.

GF Korreck — The Pope’s Astronomer

GF Korreck’s plainspoken, wry, and tender poems consider memory, family, grief, faith, politics, animals, and flashes of mercy. Get The Pope’s Astronomer.

Read selections from both poets in The Feature.