Tag: Collected Poets Series
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Collected Poets Series, Feb. Edition.
The next installment of the Collected Poets Series is this Thursday, at 7:30 pm. This month we’re so pleased to present Diane Lockward and Mary Clare Powell. Diane Lockward is the author of What Feeds Us (Wind Publications, 2006), which was awarded the Quentin R. Howard Poetry Prize. She is also the author of Eve’s…
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Collected Poets Series, Jan. Edition.
Our first event of 2009, and it promises to be an exciting night — c-section or no, you can bet I’m not missing this! On Thursday, Jan. 8, at 7:30 p.m., the Collected Poets Series presents Art & Poetry in Motion: Jeffrey Levine, prizewinning poet and editor, whose latest collection is Rumor of Cortez, and…
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Collected Poets Series, Dec. Edition
This Thursday, Dec. 4, at 7:30 pm, the December 2008 edition of the Collected Poets Series features 3 poets: Dzvinia Orlowsky, prizewinning poet, translator, and author of four poetry collections including her most recent, Convertible Night, Flurry of Stones; Jeff Friedman, poet, translator and author of four books of poems, most recently, Black Threads; and…
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CPS & the Brat Lit Fest
Not only did I have the great fortune to see and hear Carol Frost and Michael Waters at the Collected Poets Series reading this past Thursday, but then I was able repeat the experience as they both took part in the Brattleboro Literary Festival this weekend. In addition to the comedy duo of Alan Cheuse…
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The Collected Poets Series, Oct. Edition.
Thursday night we begin a new season of the Collected Poets Series with the phenomenal Carol Frost and Michael Waters. For more information, directions, and a glimpse of the upcoming schedule, visit the new website! I’ve lent all my Carol Frost books out, but here’s a timely poem from Michael Waters’ collection, Parthenopi: New and…
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Proof of Our Active Active Lives:
Last weekend was incredibly full: fun and hijinks with Galway Kinnell and Cinnamon the Horse within days of each other! Can you see how frighteningly fearless Vincent is and why I lay awake at night? The pictures below are of the Collected Poets Series reading with Galway. Directly below, his grandchildren perform with him. Then,…
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Galway Kinnell & Mark Helprin.
Bookslut has a wonderful commentary up on one of my favorite books of all-time: A Winter’s Tale, by Mark Helprin. Besides being a magical story gorgeously told, this book seriously altered the trajectory of my life. The article on Bookslut by Barbara J. King is far more articulate than I’ll ever be. * Galway’s reading…