News Release: Third Thursday Poetry Night, January 15: S.L. Maurice
Dan Wilcox
The Poetry Motel Foundation
> Press Release -- for immediate release <
S.L. Maurice will read
at the Social Justice Center
Thursday, January 15, 7:30PM
Poet S.L. Maurice will read from his work at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany, NY on Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 7:30PM, with an open mic for community poets.
Samuel Maurice is a Hudson Valley poet published through Deadman's Press Ink, his collection of poems is titled Vibrant Sounds, Colors in Motion. Other works make appearances in several literary magazines including Seventh Tangent and River & Celia in Underland. He carries a BA in English from Union College and SUNY at Albany.
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: dwl...@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.
####