Book Signing: Distilled Spirits: Coffee & Recovery with Robert Piazza
Saturday, May 16
10:00 AM -12:00 PM
Come celebrate the release of Robert Piazza’s award-winning debut collection of poetry, Distilled Spirits: Coffee & Recovery, a book of villanelles depicting addiction versus recovery. Meet the poet, up close and personal, at his official book launch, featuring an author talk and poetry reading, followed by a lively

Question & Answer on thematic material and the writing process. Books will be available for purchase with opportunities to have them signed by the author.

Robert Piazza, an American poet, is the award-winning author of Distilled Spirits: Coffee & Recovery (Cathexis Northwest Press, 2026). He completed his MFA in Creative Writing at Fairfield University, and currently serves as Poet Laureate of Litchfield, Connecticut. His full length manuscript “Another Revolution” was selected as a finalist for the Fairfield Book Prize in 2025. His poems have recently appeared in Welter Online at UBalt, The Helix at CCSU, and Long River Review at UCONN. You can find him on the web at Poets & Writers.

COST | FREE, or add Lunch for $18.

Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center
229 E Litchfield Rd
Litchfield, CT 06759
https://www.wisdomhouse.org/program-calendar/distilled-spirits