Readings, Lectures & Courses

• Wednesday, January 15 @ 2:00 PM
  

  THE MARRIAGES OF JACOB a poem-novella based on biblical scripture.
  Charlotte Mandel will read from the lyrics and discuss her research into biblical archeology combines with her poetic imagination.
  Crane's Mill
  459 Passaic Avenue
  West Caldwell, NJ
  Directions: 973-276-6700
  
  Free and open to the public
  Refreshments

• Saturday, September 28 at 7:00 PM
  

  The ANT Bookstore and Café
  345 Clifton Avenue
  Clifton, NJ
  973-777-2704
  
  Free and open to the public

• Wednesday, June 19 at 2:00 PM
  Book launch party celebrating the publication of
  Alive and In Use:
  Poems in the Japanese Form of Haibun.
  Charlotte Mandel will read and discuss the poems and how the form relates to her life and work.

  Crane’s Mill
  459 Passaic Avenue
  West Caldwell, NJ 07006
  
  Free and open to the public       Refreshments
  Directions: 973-276-6700

• Sunday, April 29 at 2:00 PM
  Celebrating new book:   To Be the Daylight
  
  West Caldwell Public Library 
  30 Clinton Road 
  West Caldwell, NJ 07006
  
  Free and open to the public
  Refreshments
  Contact: 973-226-5441 
  

• Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 2:00 PM
  Celebrating the publication of   To Be the Daylight
  Charlotte Mandel will read and discuss the interweaving
  of her life and poetry.

  Crane’s Mill
  459 Passaic Avenue
  West Caldwell, NJ 07006
  
  Free and open to the public       Refreshments
  Directions: 973-276-6700

• Thursday, May 4, 2017, 7:00 PM
  Montclair Monthly Poetry Series
  Joan Cusack Handler, Jean Hollander, Charlotte Mandel.
  
  Montclair Public Library (Auditorium)
  50 South Fullerton Avenue
  Montclair, NJ
  
  Admission Free
  Library: 973-744-0500
  
  
• Sunday, April 10, 2016, 2:00 PM
  Through a Garden Gate. Charlotte Mandel will read her poems in tandem with projection on screen
  of images of the garden created and photographed by Vincent Covello.
  
  West Caldwell Public Library
  30 Clinton Road
  West Caldwell, NJ 07006
  
  Free and open to the public
  Refreshments
  Contact: 973-226-5441
  
  
• Sunday, August 15, 2015, 3:00 to 5:30 PM
  Through a Garden Gate, poems by Charlotte Mandel with color photographs by Vincent Covello, was celebrated at the site of the stunning gardens created and photographed by Vincent. Comments were enthusiastic: “the reading was wonderful and the book is a treasure.”
  
  
• Wednesday, March 11, 2015, 2:00 PM
  Celebrating publication of “Through a Garden Gate”
  Poems by Charlotte Mandel; photographs by Vincent Covello.
  Charlotte will be reading her poems in tandem with projections
  on screen of the stunning garden photographs.
  
  Crane's Mill
  459 Passaic Avenue
  West Caldwell, NJ 07006
  Directions: 973-276-6700
  
  
• Saturday, July 26, 2014, 7:00 PM
  Charlotte Mandel and Laura Freedgood
  
  Classic Quiche Cafe
  330 Queen Anne Road, Corner DeGraw Avenue
  Teaneck, NJ
  Contact: 201-692-0450
  
  
• Saturday, June 28, 2014, 5:00 PM
  Charlotte Mandel and Carole Stone
  Canio's Books
  290 Main Street
  Sag Harbor, NY
  631-725-4926
  

• Thursday, June 5, 2014, 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM
  Bryant Park Reading Room
  Word for Word Lunch Poems  featuring poets of WordTech Communications
  
  Charlotte Mandel
  Rachel Hadas
  Colette Inez

• Thursday, April 3, 2014, 6:00 P.M.
  

  
  Photograph by Barbara Davey

  “A Poet Speaks to Art”
  Charlotte Mandel
  Reading her poems in response to works of art, with images projected on screen.
  Interactive discussion.  In celebration of National Poetry Month.
  
  Montclair Art Museum
  

• Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 2:00 P.M.
  

  "Art in the Afternoon"
  Charlotte Mandel
  Reading her poems in response to works of art, with images projected on screen.
  Montclair Art Museum
  

• Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 6:30 P.M.
  

  Charlotte Mandel and Marion Goldstein
  Caldwell College Poetry Service-Learning Project
  Caldwell Public Library

• Thursday, October 24, 2013, 8:00 P.M.

  University Women of West Essex
  Charlotte Mandel: A Poet’s Journey
  West Caldwell Public Library

• Sunday, September 29, 2013, 2:00 P.M.
  

  Celebrating two poetry book publications:
  Life Work by Charlotte Mandel
  Pails Scrubbed Silver by Sandra Duguid

  Reading and book signing:
  West Caldwell Public Library
  

• Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 2:00 P.M.

  Celebrating the publication of
  Life Work
  Poems by Charlotte Mandel

  Reading and book signing by the author
  

• Wednesday, July 24, 2013, 6:00 p.m.
  

  Charlotte Mandel and Colette Inez
  The Cornelia Street Café
  Perfect Sense Reading Series
  

• Saturday, March 16, 2013 - 1:00 PM-4:00 PM
  

  A Reading in Celebration of Women’s History Month.
  " Women Poets Reading Poems That Reflect the Lives of Women"
  West Caldwell Public Library

• Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 7:00 PM
  Charlotte Mandel, Winner of the 2012 New Jersey Poets Prize, is featured reader.
  
  
• Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 6:00 p.m.
  THE MARRIAGES OF JACOB
  
  
• Saturday, December 12th, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
  Book signing for ROCK VEIN SKY
  
  
• Wednesday, July 8th, 2009, 6:00 pm
  BigCityLit Reading
  Read the issue at BigCityLit.com
  
  
• Friday, May 1, 2009
  - THE MUSE IN MONTCLAIR
  
  
• Tuesday, April 21, 2009
  - Charlotte Mandel and Laura Boss, featured poets
  
  75 North Martine Avenue, Fanwood, NJ 07023
  
• March 18, 2009
  - “Music in Words: Three Women Poets”
  - Charlotte Mandel; Colette Inez; Jeanne Marie Beaumont
  
  
• January 4, 2009
  - “Soul of a Poet”
  
  
• November 23, 2008
  - Celebrating Charlotte Mandel, Poet, and Maury Allen,
     Sportswriter.
  
  
• November 6, 2008
  - Watchung Booksellers, Watchung Plaza, Montclair, NJ
  

Courses:

• “Translating Silences: An Extended Poetry Workshop,” Barnard College Center for Research on Women, Spring 1997 to Winter 2009.

Recent Previous Engagements:

• Canio’s Books, Sag Harbor, NY, August 2008
• “Telling the Truth in Poetry”, Women Reading Aloud, April 2008