Geoffrey Babbitt will read with Kathryn Cowles for Writers & Books’s Visiting Authors Series at Ampersand Books in Rochester, NY. Starting at 7:00pm. Each poet has a newly released book. Babbitt’s A Grain of Sand in Lambeth was released on December 2, 2025, and Cowles’s The Strange Wondrous Works of Eleanor Eleanor was released on January 20, 2026. The reading will be followed by a brief discussion, a Q&A with the audience, and a reception. For more, please go to Ampersand’s website.

KICK-OFF READERS

Featuring Geoffrey Babbitt, Ralph Black, Kathryn Cowles, Doug Curry, Anastasia Nikolis, and Jessica Pavia.