September's poets include Tina Kelley and Michael T. Young and after, the public is invited to share your own work.
Tina Kelley’s fifth poetry collection, Field Guide to North American Words, came out this spring from Jacar Press, joining Rise Wildly, Abloom & Awry, from CavanKerry Press, and Precise and The Gospel of Galore, winner of a Washington State Book Award. A former New York Times reporter, she is the co-author of two nonfiction books, and she and her husband have two children and live in Maplewood, NJ.
Michael T. Young’s fourth collection, Mountain Climbing a River, was published by Broadstone Media in 2026. His third full-length collection, The Infinite Doctrine of Water, was longlisted for the Julie Suk Award. He received a Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the Jean Pedrick Chapbook Award. He received honorable mention for the New Jersey Poets Prize in 2022. His poetry has been featured on Verse Daily and The Writer’s Almanac. It has also appeared in numerous journals including The Journal of New Jersey Poets, One Art, Talking River Review, and Vox Populi.
Northeast Branch Branch Library
The Northeast Branch first opened in February of 1993. In November 2009, the Warren County Freeholders purchased the Best Fruit Farm Building as the future home of the branch. After a year of renovations, in May 2011, staff and a group of 153 volunteers moved the branch to our new location.