Next Up to The Mic: S.L. Maurice & Shannon Kauderer at Mojo’s Cafe

This week, Thom Francis welcomes local writers S.L. Maurice & Shannon Kauderer to the mic. They shared their work at the annual “Year in Review” event at Mojo’s Cafe & Gallery in downtown Troy on Saturday, December 6, 2025. +++++ Early last month, poets and writers got together for the “Year in Review,” the Hudson Valley Writers Guild’s Annual Meeting and Open Mic at Mojo’s Cafe in Troy. A full range of writers took the stage that afternoon to share their poetry and prose, and today we are going to hear from two of those writers. First up is S.L. Maurice, who been very active in the local community by leading writing workshops, hosting events, and serving on the HVWG board. At the “Year in Review,” Sam shared two poems as a preview of his featured reading at the Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Social Justice Center in Albany on January 15. Next up is science fiction writer and co-founder of the Albany Writers Group Shannon Kauderer. The Albany Writers Group runs two Sunday evening write-in sessions every week in East Greenbush and Clifton Park. Shannon read an except of a short story that was recently published in “Catskill Chaos.”