If any of you are planning to be in the Berkshires this month, our Poetry Editor, Irene Willis, will be reading and signing books, together with another Poetry Monday poet, Karen Chase, at the Stanmeyer Gallery/Shaker Dam Coffee House, 2 West Main Street, West Stockbridge. It’s on Thursday, August 14th, at 7:30 p.m. The reading is co-sponsored by upstreet (yes, the lower case is deliberate) magazine and Berkshire Magazine, is free and open to the public, and promises to be both celebratory and delightful. Readers of Poetry Monday will get a special discount for Irene Willis’ books, and she will love saying hello to you in person.