Basilica Hudson and CLMP’s festival of literature and food returns with a new time, a new ticket price ($15 / $10 students & seniors) and a genre-spanning day of affordable food and literary activities.

* Browse a marketplace of America’s most intriguing small literary publishers (including Perugia Press!) and artisanal food makers.

* Celebrate the life and work of a Hudson Valley poetry legend, as we commemorate John Ashbery’s 90th birthday.

* Join a superstar collection of authors, food writers and chefs for mouthwatering demonstrations, interactive discussions, literary performances and novel conversations, starring:

Ann Lauterbach / Robert Polito / Joan Retallack / Dara Wier / Simone White / LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs / Eric Lorberer / Rozanne Gold / Rohan Kamicheril / Matt Lee / Susan Simon Lukas Volger / “Barb the Butcher” (Barbara Fisher) / Crybabies podcast with Sarah Thyre and Susan Orlean

* Sample delicious and affordable South Indian cuisine created by Rohan Kamicheril of the popular Tiffin food blog in READ & FEED’S brand-new Community Café