BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Gloucester Writers Center - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Gloucester Writers Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Halifax BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20160313T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20161106T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20170312T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20171105T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20180311T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20181104T050000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20171129T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20171129T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20171017T153623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171122T121224Z UID:7938-1511983800-1511989200@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Danuta Borchardt DESCRIPTION:Danuta Borchardt’s memoir\, Life behind an Author’s Works—Memoir of a Translator\, subtitled How I Came to Translate Witold Gombrowicz and the Many Faces of Thom covers about twenty years of her life. It deals with the art and craft of translating the novels of Witold Gombrowicz (1904-1969)\, an avant-garde Polish writer\, allegedly a nominee for the 1967 Nobel Prize for Literature. \nSince she is not a native speaker of English\, she interweaves her memoir with her life with her former husband\, Thom Lane\, a native speaker of American English. He becomes an excellent assistant in this work\, and an admirer of the Gombrowicz’s style and ideas. Borchardt spares few details of the couple’s life together (and apart\, as the story evolves)\, which include adventures\, excitement and heart-break. \nBorchardt’s interview with John Ronan on Writer’s Block\, about the memoir\, will be aired on Cape Ann TV on November 16 and November 23\, 2017. \n  \nDanuta Borchardt is a Polish-born\, retired psychiatrist\, now a writer of fiction and non-fiction\, and a translator of Polish literature. She won awards\, and a PEN nomination\, for her translations of the novels by Witold Gombrowicz (1904-1969). She also published a translation of poems by C. Norwid’s (1821-1883). She has recently completed a translation of a collection of sea stories by her father\, K. O. Borchardt\, (1905-1986). \nShe is currently participating in a joint translation of scholarly writings by the Polish educator Janusz Korczak (1878-1942)\, martyred by German Nazis when they invaded Poland in 1939. \nHer non-fiction\, a memoir entitled Life behind an Author’s Works—Memoir of a Translator\, is now available on Amazon.com. \nShe has lived in the US since 1959 and in Gloucester since 1965. \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/danuta-borchardt/ CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/danuta.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20171115T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20171115T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20171024T150824Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171111T213006Z UID:7964-1510774200-1510779600@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Gabe Barboza and Paul Cultrera DESCRIPTION:Gabriel Barboza was birth’d in Massachusetts – Nurtured by New Bedford /\nFall River people – Had first meeting with Walt Whitman at 16 – Digs the\ncosmos / circles / sexes / dreams – Currently learning to breathe. \nBorn in Salem\, Paul Cultrera found his way to Gloucester in 1974. While there two books of his writings (Ground Water and Journey) were published by Fathom Press. He once described his writing as “pulling the nails out of used words” and Vincent Ferrini called him “the Minimalist of the Maximum view”. Perhaps two ways of saying the same thing. At the erstwhile Cape Ann Food Co-op in 1980 he stumbled into what would become a “career” in the world of food cooperatives. Taking what he could “gather from coincidence” and what would fit into his much-maligned Fiat he began a westward migration in 1990. His first stop was Albuquerque for 8 years\, and then on to Sacramento where he spent the next 19 years transacting less in projective verse and more in financial projections while managing the Sacramento Natural Foods Cooperative. Realizing that there was more to a mind than what can be plotted on Excel spreadsheets and that there is more to life than good weather\, he gave his notice and headed back to Gloucester where he now lives again and awaits further instructions. \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/gabe-barboza-paul-cultrera/ CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/gabeandpaul.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20171108T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20171108T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20171014T013451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171017T152946Z UID:7917-1510169400-1510174800@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Jim Dunn and Laurette Folk DESCRIPTION:  \nJim Dunn is the author of SOFT LAUNCH (Bootstrap Productions)\, CONVENIENT HOLE (Pressed Wafer)\,\nand INSECTS IN SEX (Falling Angels Press). His work has appeared in various publications including Bright Pink Mosquito\, Gerry Mulligan\, Carve\, No Infinite\, Shampoo\, EOAGH\, Polis\, The Battersea Review\, and Jacket2 and elsewhere. He lives in\nBeverly\, MA. \nLaurette Folk received a semifinalist nomination and “Noted Writer” award from the Boston Fiction Festival and has been published in upstreet\, The Boston Globe Magazine\, Literary Mama\, Narrative Northeast\, Italian Americana\, Talking Writing\, among others. Ms. Folk is a graduate of the Vermont College MFA in Writing program and teaches at North Shore Community College. \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/jim-dunn-laurette-folk/ CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/JimDunnandLaurette.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20171106T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20171106T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20171019T114437Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171019T114437Z UID:7940-1509996600-1510002000@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Open Mic DESCRIPTION:Share this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/open-mic-25/ LOCATION:Gloucester Writers Center\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, 01930 CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/openmicgeneral.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20171101T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20171101T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20171017T145338Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171021T134807Z UID:7931-1509564600-1509570000@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Laura Harrington DESCRIPTION:Laura Harrington\, award winning playwright\, lyricist and librettist\, winner of the 2008 Kleban Award for “most promising librettist in American Musical Theatre\,” has written dozens of plays\, musicals\, operas and radio plays which have been produced in 28 states\, Canada and Europe\, in venues ranging from Off-Broadway to Houston Grand Opera to the Paris Cinemateque. Harrington has twice won both the Massachusetts Cultural Council Award in playwriting and the Clauder Competition for best new play in New England.  Additional awards include a Boston IRNE Award for Best New Play\, a Bunting Institute Fellowship at Harvard/ Radcliffe\, a Whiting Foundation Grant-in-Aid\, the Joseph Kesselring Award for Drama\, a New England Emmy\, and a Quebec Cinemateque Award. Laura teaches playwriting at MIT where she was awarded the 2009 Levitan Prize for Excellence in Teaching.  She has also been a frequent guest artist at Tufts\, Harvard\, Wellesley\, Skidmore\, and the University of Iowa.  She was the 2014 Jack Kerouac Writer in Residence at UMASS Lowell. \n  \nA Catalog of Birds\, her second novel\, published by Europa in 2017\, has been praised by The Washington Post\, CONSEQUENCE literary magazine and others. Alice Bliss\, (Penguin/ Viking) her first novel\, widely acclaimed in print and online and a Boston Globe bestseller\, won the 2012 Massachusetts Book Award in Fiction. Alice Bliss was published in Italy\, Denmark and the UK\, where it was a Richard and Judy Book Club Pick. In addition\, Playwrights Horizons in NYC has commissioned Alice Bliss\, the musical with composer Jenny Giering\, librettist Karen Hartman and lyricist Adam Gwon. A workshop of the musical will take place in 2018 in NYC\, with Mark Brokaw directing. \nLaura Harrington will talk about the inspiration for A Catalog of Birds\, the books and the artists that inspired her\, from America’s Other Audubon\, to Matt Adrian’s bird art\, to field journals.  Ken Burns’ documentary\, The Vietnam War\, which chronicles the damage that comes home from war\, could be the perfect companion. \n“ … one of the great pleasures of reading “A Catalog of Birds” is that it’s as impossible to categorize as it is to put down. The smooth path of Nell’s life is interrupted by tragedy. Her best friend\, Megan\, disappears mysteriously\, and her beloved brother\, Billy\, comes home from Vietnam severely injured. At once\, the novel becomes a searing war story and a page-turning thriller.” The Washington Post. \nThe novelist and essayist\, Karl Marlantes\, is the first Vietnam veteran quoted in the Burns’ documentary: “Coming home was as traumatic as being in Vietnam.” \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/laura-harrington/ LOCATION:Gloucester Writers Center\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, 01930 CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/harrington009.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20171025T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20171025T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20170724T193912Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170724T194308Z UID:7770-1508959800-1508965200@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Don Wellman and Michael Franco DESCRIPTION:Don Wellman’s most recent publication is Albiach / Celan: Reading Across Languages (Annex Press\, Spring 2017).   He will read from recent translations of the work of Roberto Echavarren and Néstor Perlongher\, both are crucial poets with respect to the development of experimental or neobarroco poetry from Latin America. He will also read from a new unpublished manuscript\, Essay Poems and Other Exercises. \nDonald Wellman is a poet and translator. As editor of O.ARS\, he produced a series of annual anthologies including Coherence (1981) and Translations: Experiments in Reading (1984). He has translated books of poetry by Antonio Gamoneda\, Emilio Prados\, Yvan Goll\, and Roberto Echavarren. Albiach / Celan: Reading Across Languages is from Annex Press (Spring 2017). His Expressivity in Modern Poetry is forthcoming from Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. His poetry has been described as trans-cultural and baroque. His collections include Roman Exercises (Talisman House\, 2015)\, The Cranberry Island Series (Dos Madres\, 2013)\, A North Atlantic Wall (Dos Madres\, 2010)\, Prolog Pages (Ahadada\, 2009)\, and Fields (Light and Dust\, 1995). \nMichael Franco is a poet\, playwright and artist. He has been contributing editor for lift magazine\, and a member of the poetry panel for Agni magazine. For ten years he directed the Word of Mouth Reading Series in Cambridge Ma. In the fall of 2016 he inaugurated a new series\, Xit the Bear in the Press Room at Oxford Street. \nHis previous publications include: The Library Of Dr Dee\, [dromenon press for Pressed Wafer 2006]\, How To Live [Zoland\, Cambridge Ma. 1998]. The Journals of the Man Who Kept Bees (complete second Circumference\, [lift 1996]\, Tales from the Portuguese\, dromenon press\, 1996]\, A Book of Measure\, (opening circumference) [dromenon press 1993]\, Parallel Lines [dromenon press 1988]\, Narration [dromenon press\, 1985]\, Conferences [ dromenon press1986] and Ancient Art and Ritual [1977]. \nForthcoming: From the Library of A Book of Measure:“The Marvels of David Leering” [Fall/Winter 2017\, Pressed Wafer\, Brooklyn]. \nHe lives and works in Somerville Mass. with his wife Isabel and son Thomas. \n  \n  \n  \n___________________________ABOUT A book of Measure :: \nFor close to 20 years I’ve been reading in manuscript and in small published batches Michael Franco’s ongoing field of activity: A Book of Measure. How wonderful to have Volume One in print for a larger reading public.  This long evocative and provocative poem in prose is a unique work\, a verbal collage in the manner of Jess in which perceived and imagined realities meld to create a whole that is more than the sum of its individual parts. Franco’s unique kaleidoscopic achievement is about Mind\, interlacing entrances and exits\, moving landscapes in both time and space\, and above all about the very act of reading and writing\, or in the words of Rilke\, “Everything is gestation\, then bringing forth.” \nChristopher Sawyer-Lauçanno \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/don-wellman-michael-franco/ CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/DonMichael.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20171024T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20171024T200000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20170901T153840Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171017T133717Z UID:7864-1508864400-1508875200@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Meet the Author Night: Anita Diamant DESCRIPTION:Rescheduled for October 24 \n  \n  \n  \nAnita Diamant\,\nNew York Times Bestselling Author \nOctober 24th from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm.\nThe Azorean Restaurant\, 133 Washington Street\, Gloucester\, Massachusetts\nLimited Number of Tickets Available Online ONLY.\n$50.00 per person\, includes a wide variety of delicious tapas (cash bar)\nProceeds benefit the Gloucester Writers Center \nPresentation Topic: Anita’s relationship to Cape Ann and how it figures into her books (Good Harbor\, Last Days of Dogtown and Boston Girl) and life.\nDon’t forget to bring one of your Anita Diamant books to be signed by the author! \nwww.anitadiamant.com\n\n\n\n\nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/meet-author-night-anita-diamant/ LOCATION:The Azorean\, 133 Washington Street\, Gloucester CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Anitadiamant.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20171021T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20171021T150000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20170516T152221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171014T022810Z UID:7678-1508590800-1508598000@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Charles Olson Lecture: Ann Charters DESCRIPTION:Ann Charters\, noted Beat Generation scholar\, photographer\, and Professor Emerita at University of Connecticut\, Storrs\, visits Gloucester to discuss her correspondence with poet Charles Olson. Beginning in 1968 with Charters’ request for Olson to reflect on his “earliest enthusiasm for Melville\,” and continuing until late 1969\, these letters traverse the final two years of Olson’s life. Centered on Charters’ book Olson/Melville: A Study of Affinity\, the correspondence ultimately maps two writers’ existence in an America that is simultaneously experiencing the wonder of the moon landing and the chaotic escalation of the Vietnam War. All the while\, their exchanges navigate the convolutions of Olson’s ideas about history\, space\, and time in relation to his pivotal book Call Me Ishmael and his Black Mountain College lectures. \nAnn Charters is the author of the first biography of Jack Kerouac\, published in 1973\, as well as a number of major studies of Beat literature and its personalities. She began taking photographs in 1958 on Andros Island in the Bahamas to document Samuel Charters’ field recordings for Folkways Records. These photographs of musicians are featured in Blues Faces: A Portrait of the Blues (David Godine Books\, 2000). Her photographs of Kerouac\, Ginsberg\, Kesey\, and others are included in Beats & Company: Portrait of a Literary Generation (Doubleday\, 1986). Her photo essay on Charles Olson in Gloucester was published in Olson/Melville: A Study in Affinity (Oyez\, 1968). Her photos also illustrated Samuel Charters’ The Poetry of the Blues (Oak Publications\, 1963) and Songs of Sorrow: Lucy McKim Garrison and Slave Songs of the United States (University Press of Mississippi\, 2015). Ann Charters’ photo essay featuring the Nobel Prize-winning poet Tomas Tranströmer is included in Samuel Charters’ translation of Tranströmer’s BALTICS\, published by Tavern Books in 2012. \nImage: Charles Olson and Ann Charters walking on the Boulevard in Gloucester\, Mass.\, 1967. Photo credit: Sam Charters. Author information from Small Press Distribution (SPD)\, spdbooks.org. \n\n\nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/charles-olson-lecture-ann-charters/ LOCATION:Cape Ann Museum\, 27 Pleasant Street\, Gloucester\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/olson_-_charters.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20171018T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20171018T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20170522T151647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171017T140040Z UID:7690-1508355000-1508360400@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Peter Anastas and Bob Buckeye. DESCRIPTION:  \nRobert Buckeye and Peter Anastas will read from new work in fiction and non-fiction\, followed by a dialogue focusing on the writers and texts that have informed and inspired their writing and brought them to where they are now. \nAnastas will read from his recently completed memoir From Gloucester Out.  Buckeye will read from Fade\, a novel that takes place in Bratislava. \nAnastas is a Gloucester native whose most recent publication is A Walker in the City\, a selection from his weekly columns in the Gloucester Times. \nBuckeye lives in Vermont and has had seven works of fiction published\, including works on Edvard Munch\, the Detroit Riot\, Trotsky’s daughter\, Zina\, and the infamous Countess Elizabeth Bathory as well as works set in places such as Puerto Rico\, Bratislava\, and Montreal. \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/peter-anastas-bob-buckeye/ LOCATION:Gloucester Writers Center\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, 01930 CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/anastasbuckeye-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20171013T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20171013T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20170924T131837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170928T152150Z UID:7897-1507923000-1507928400@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Joel Dinerstein DESCRIPTION:Joel Dinerstein is the author of several works on the history of cool\, including The Origins of Cool in Postwar America (University of Chicago\, May 2017)\, Coach: A Study of New York Cool (Rizzoli 2016)\, and American Cool (2014). He was the co-curator of American Cool (2014)\, an acclaimed photography and cultural history exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian based on his own research and theories. He is also the author of an award-winning cultural history of jazz and industrialization\, Swinging the Machine: Modernity\, Technology\, and African-American Culture (2003)\, as well as several articles on American identity and popular culture (e.g.\, film noir\, jazz\, literature\, technology\, sports\, rock-and-roll).  He has served as a consultant for popular music and jazz for Putumayo Records\, HBO’s Boardwalk Empire\, and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). He has received the Student Body Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and teaches courses at the intersection of modernism\, popular culture\, African-American Studies\, and contemporary literature.  He was a jazz DJ for seven years on WWOZ-FM in New Orleans and also teaches courses on blues\, jazz\, and New Orleans musical culture. He has written several insider articles about New Orleans second-line culture as a member of the Prince of Wales club. He has a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Texas (Austin) and was educated exclusively at public schools. \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/joel-dinerstein/ CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/joeldinerstein.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20171004T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20171004T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20170911T124050Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170911T124337Z UID:7881-1507145400-1507150800@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Dorothy Nelson and Preston Hood: Writing Through DESCRIPTION:Writing Through\n\nPreston Hood and Dorothy Shubow Nelson will read \nfrom their recent poems in response to each other’s work\,  \nand share a few of Vincent Ferrini’s and Charles Olson’s poems as well. \nOpen mic and refreshments afterwards. \n  \nDorothy Shubow Nelson’s poems have appeared in Polis IV\, 2014; Human Architecture VII\, 2009; Consequence Vol. I\, 2009; Atelier\, Café Review\, North Shore North\, Rhythm Music Magazine\, Sojourner\, and various community newspapers. Her review of Vietnam Veteran\, Bruce Weigl’s collection\, The Abundance of Nothing\, was published in Consequence Magazine\, Vol. V\, 2013. Formerly a Senior Lecturer in English at UMass/Boston she has published The Dream of the Sea\, Early Poems\, 2008 and a chapbook\, Something Near. 2004. She is on the Advisory Board of the Gloucester Writers Center and facilitates a Veterans Writing Workshop in Gloucester Massachusetts. \n  \nPreston H. Hood III grew up in Swansea Massachusetts and lived most of his life in Maine. He is a former Navy SEAL who served in Vietnam (1970). He earned a Bachelor of Arts\, English\, Magna cum Maude\, University of Massachusetts Boston\, a Bachelor Science\, University of Southern Maine\, and a Master of Education\, University of Maine\, Orono. \nPreston published a CD\, Snake Medicine\, (2002) and is the author of two books of poetry: A Chill I Understand (2006)\, which was a (2007) Maine Literary Award Finalist\, Poetry and The Hallelujah of Listening (2011) winner of the (2012) Maine Literary Award in Poetry. After attending the William Joiner Institute for the Study of War and Social Consequences for nine years\, he co-edited with Jacqueline Murray Loring and Gary Rafferty the Summer Home Review I (2002)\, and Summer Home Review 2 (2005). Through the Cape Cod Writers Center\, he was interviewed with John McHugh\, Secretary of Heinrich Böll Association\, County Mayo\, Ireland for Books of the World Television Program (2006). \nWith Jacqueline M. Loring\, he co-presented an overview of the Sixties Beat Poetry for The Wrinkle in Time Summer of Love (1967) Conference at Osher Life Long Learning Institute at the University of Southern Maine. At the same conference\, he was participant in the panel discussion of Civil Rights issues\, and reasons why we were in Vietnam. In 2005\, he was awarded a Residency at Heinrich Böll Cottage through the Heinrich Böll Association on Achill Island to complete his manuscript of his first book\, A Chill I Understand (2006). \nPreston is widely published nationally and internationally in numerous journals and anthologies including The Café Review\, Hayden’s Ferry Review\, Michigan Quarterly Review Nimrod International Journal\, Rattle\, and Prairie Schooner. His poem\, Cullen Four Days Old\, Waking was selected by Maine Poet Laureate for Take Heart Anthology I (2012). \nCurrently\, Preston is a retired teacher and administrator\, stone mason and carpenter\, who has taught Therapeutic Creative Writing at Osher Life Long Learning Institute at the University of Southern Maine\, and at Holyoke Community College in Holyoke MA for Veterans and Families. He lives in Colrain MA on 2.8 acres on the East Branch of the North River\, is writing his memoir\, and walks\, hikes\, bikes\, and kayaks. \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/dorothy-nelson-preston-hood-writing/ LOCATION:Gloucester Writers Center\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, 01930 CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dorothyandpreston.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20171002T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20171002T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20171001T142811Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171001T142811Z UID:7903-1506972600-1506978000@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Open Mic DESCRIPTION:Each reader gets five minutes.  Bring your words.  Get heard! \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/open-mic-24/ CATEGORIES:Events,Readings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20170921T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20170921T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20170724T181731Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170915T182321Z UID:7765-1506022200-1506027600@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Kate Tarlow Morgan “Memoirs of Places & Phrases” DATE CHANGED DESCRIPTION:  \n “Memoirs of Places & Phrases” with Kate Tarlow Morgan \nKate Tarlow Morgan is a choreographer\, NEST (New England States Touring) Artist\, and grateful artist-in-residence at Gloucester Writers Center. She is editor-in-chief of Currents Journal for the Body-Mind Centering Association\, and editorial consultant for Lost & Found Poetics Document Initiative at C.U.N.Y-Center for Humanities. As sole archivist of The Rhythms FundamentalsÒ\, based on the study of human natural movement\, Kate teaches in local area schools and studios. Her book of essays and stories\, Circles & Boundaries\, was published in the same year that she co-edited Movement and Experience: A Body-Mind Centering Anthology\, 2011. \n  \nBorn and raised in New York City\, Kate worked as a documentary historian and urban archaeologist from 1979-1997\, during which she also worked as movement therapist in the Hasidic Satmar community in Brooklyn and with infants suffering from substance abuse in East Harlem. As a performer\, Kate has presented her work in site-based venues as well as theatrical spaces. She is grants recipient of Arts International\, Tides Research Grants\, and Council for Basic Education. \n  \nSignificantly\, in the last 6 years\, Kate has premiered several of her performance projects and events under the auspices of Gloucester Writers Center—including Bluesuit (2010); Fishglove (2011); The Proprioception Panel with Alcalay\, Franco\, Peters\, Slifer-Swift\, and Wagner (2012); Invisible Stories (2013) in collaboration with Sarah Slifer Swift; An Evening with Monsieur Teste (2014) with Barzaghi and Swift; and finally\, A Letter from a Friend (2016) with Kai Krienke and a puppet. \n  \nRecently\, Kate has been practicing silk-reeling with QiGong Master\, Thomas Garbarino; building a stairway to her attic holding all of the family papers; and working on a “memoir of phrases” inspired by Hettie Jones’ workshop at GWC this past July. \n \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/kate-tarlow-morgan-6/ LOCATION:Gloucester Writers Center\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, 01930 CATEGORIES:Events,Readings,Writer in Residence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/KTM-Spain-Mt..jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20170915T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20170915T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20170725T141213Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170914T135804Z UID:7776-1505503800-1505509200@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Fishtales: Birth DESCRIPTION:FISH TALES\nWith Maureen Aylward \nBirth\nIt’s all about creation.\nFriday\, September 15th   7:30\nCultural Center at Rocky Neck\n6 Wonson Street East Gloucester \n$10 Donation – no one turned away due to lack of funds \nIn partnership with the North Shore Postpartum Task Force \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/fishtales-birth/ LOCATION:Cultural Center at Rocky Neck\, 6 Wonson Street\, Gloucester\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Botticelli-Birth-of-Venus.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20170913T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20170913T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20170725T151411Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170803T153016Z UID:7789-1505331000-1505336400@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Ben Berman and Joshua Scott-Fishburn DESCRIPTION:Ben Berman’s first book\, Strange Borderlands\, won the 2014 Peace Corps Award for Best Book of Poetry and was a finalist for the Massachusetts Book Awards. His second collection\, Figuring in the Figure\, is recently out from Able Muse Press.  He has received awards from the New England Poetry Club and fellowships from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and Somerville Arts Council. He is the Poetry Editor at Solstice Literary Magazine and teaches in the Boston area\, where he lives with his wife and daughters. \n\n\nJoshua Scott-Fishburn is a graduate of the Seattle Pacific MFA program\, and has taught Creative Writing and Humanities for 9 years.  He is an annual participant in the New England Young Writer’s Conference in Breadloaf\, Vermont\, teaches a craft-based and workshop-oriented personal essay course every summer\, and enjoys writing each week with the Gloucester-based Ward 3 writer’s group.  In June he included a chapbook of poems\, Weather Report\, in the show “Resist: The Art of Protest\,” curated by Amanda Cook and Stevens Brosnihan.  His work has appeared in Le Temps Retrouvé\, the journal of Waring School.  Joshua is on the board of the Gloucester Writer’s Center.  He lives in Gloucester\, MA\, with three amazing young children and Rosemary Scott-Fishburn\, a fantastic visual artist and photographer. \n\n  \n  \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/ben-berman/ LOCATION:Gloucester Writers Center\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, 01930 CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/bermanscottfishburn.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20170911T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20170911T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20170725T145659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170725T150409Z UID:7787-1505158200-1505163600@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Open Mic DESCRIPTION:Share this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/open-mic-23/ LOCATION:Gloucester Writers Center\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, 01930 CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/openmicgeneral.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20170909T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20170909T140000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20170724T201946Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170724T210711Z UID:7773-1504962000-1504965600@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Michael Casey and Paul Marion DESCRIPTION:  \nThe publication of Michael Casey‘s latest book\, There It Is: New & Selected Poems\,\nhas been called “an event to celebrate” (Edward Field). The winner of the 1972 Yale\nYounger Poets Prize for his stunning collection of Vietnam War poems titled\nObscenities\, Casey is the author of several collections\, including Millrat and Check\nPoints. His poems have appeared in the New York Times\, The Nation\, Rolling Stone\,\nand many other journals. He lives in Andover\, Mass. \n  \nPaul Marion is the author of several collections of poetry\, including his lyrical\nAmericana address\, the recent Union River: Poems and Sketches\, as well as the editor\nof Jack Kerouac’s early writings\, Atop an Underwood. His history book Mill Power\n(2014) tells the story of how Lowell\, Mass.\, was named a national park to\ncommemorate the start of the American Industrial Revolution. His work has appeared\nin The Massachusetts Review\, Slate\, Yankee\, and other magazines and anthologies. He\nlives in Lowell\, Mass. \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/michael-casey-paul-marion/ LOCATION:Gloucester Writers Center\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, 01930 CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/MarionCasey.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20170907T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20170907T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20170725T145307Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170812T155517Z UID:7785-1504812600-1504818000@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Jonathan Bayliss Birthday Bash and Gilgamesh Play Reading DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the September 7\, 1926 birth of Jonathan Bayliss\, the playwright and novelist who died in 2009 here in the city of his fiction\, Cape Ann residents will read portions of his play The Acts of Gilgamesh. The play is loosely based on the ancient Gilgamesh epic\, takes place in Sumer (now southern Iraq)\, and sadly may bring to mind parallels to today’s world. \n  \nReaders include David Adams\, Peter Anastas\, Saira Austin\, Doug Guidry\, Paul McGeary\, Jay McLauchlan\, Susan Oleksiw\, Martin Ray\, Ann Rhinelander\, and Ken Riaf. \n  \nWine and birthday cake will follow the reading. All are welcome. \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/bayliss-birthday/ CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/gilgamesh.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20170906T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20170906T130000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20170715T202524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170813T161252Z UID:7743-1504699200-1504702800@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Reading of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights DESCRIPTION:Worldwide Reading of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 6 September 2017\nClick here for a list of readings around the world. \nDetails to follow. \n  \n  \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/reading-universal-declaration-human-rights/ LOCATION:Gloucester City Hall\, Dale Avenue\, Gloucester\, MA\, 01930\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Readings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20170823T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20170823T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20170724T181303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170815T144435Z UID:7763-1503516600-1503522000@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Charles Guiliano and Geoffrey Movius DESCRIPTION:Charles Giuliano returns to Cape Ann to read from his fourth and newest  book Gloucester Poems: The Nugents of Rockport. Giuliano has a long family history in Gloucester and he comes back to share his excavations and observations in this new volume. \nGeoffrey Movius first came to Cape Ann in the summer of 1944\, and has owned a home here since 1996. His work has appeared in magazines and anthologies in this country and in England. TRANSIT Selected Poems 1960-2010\, was published by Pressed Wafer in 2012. \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/charles-guiliano-geoffrey-movius/ LOCATION:Gloucester Writers Center\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, 01930 CATEGORIES:Events,Readings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20170816T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20170816T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20170411T155526Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170803T150524Z UID:7615-1502911800-1502917200@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Cathy Strisik\, Ani Gjika and Pui Ying Wong DESCRIPTION:Cathy Strisik is author of two poetry collections\, The Mistress (3: A Taos Press\, 2016)\, recently nominated for the New Mexico/Arizona Book award\, and Thousand-Cricket Song (2010\, 2nd edition\, 2016 Plain View Press)\, and manuscript-in-progress\, Pitchfork\, as well as co-founder and editor of the online journal\, Taos Journal of International Poetry & Art (www.taosjournalofpoetry.com). Strisik\, who grew up in Rockport\, has been active in the Taos\, N.M. poetry community for over 34 years. Some poems appear in Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion\, Drunken Boat\, Connotation Press: An Online Artifact\, & Naugatuck River Review. Strisik’s been nominated for a Pushcart Prize\, and has received honors & prizes from CutThroat\, Peregrine\, and Comstock Review. \nShe will read primarily from The Mistress\, the mistress being the personification of Parkinson’s Disease. \n  \nPui Ying Wong was born in Hong Kong. She is the author of two full-length books of poetry: An Emigrant’s Winter (Glass Lyre Press\, 2016) and Yellow Plum Season (New York Quarterly Books\, 2010)—along with two chapbooks. She has poems published and forthcoming in Prairie Schooner\, Ploughshares\, Atlanta Review\, The Southampton Review\, Plume Poetry Journal\, The New York Times\, Valparaiso Poetry Review\, among others. She is a book reviewer for Cervena Barva Press in Somerville\, MA. She lives in Cambridge\, MA with her husband\, the poet Tim Suermondt. \nShe will read from her book An Emigrant’s Winter\, which was published last September\, and a few newer poems. \n  \nAni Gjika is an Albanian-American poet\, literary translator\, and author of Bread on Running Waters (Fenway Press\, 2013). She is the recipient of a Robert Pinsky Global Fellowship and a 2016 NEA fellowship for her translation of Luljeta Lleshanaku’s poetry collection\, Negative Space\, forthcoming from New Directions in 2018. \nShe will be reading from “Bread on Running Waters” and\, as August is Women in Translation month\, Gjika will also read a few translations from “Negative Space.” \n  \n  \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/cathy-strisik-ani-gjika-pui-ying-wong/ LOCATION:Gloucester Writers Center\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, 01930 CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/strisik.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20170808T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20170808T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20170801T144541Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170801T144541Z UID:7806-1502220600-1502226000@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Lee Van Der Voo. Fish Market: Inside the Big Money Battle for the Ocean & Your Dinner Plate. DESCRIPTION:  \nAboard fishing vessels from Alaska to Maine\, inside restaurants of top chefs\, and from the halls of Congress\, in The Fish Market\, journalist Lee van der Voo tells the story of the people and places left behind in the era of ocean privatization―a trend that now controls more than half of American seafood. Following seafood money from U.S. docks to Wall Street\, she explains the methods that investors\, equity firms\, and seafood landlords have used to capture the upside of the sustainable seafood movement\, and why many people believe in them. She also goes behind the scenes of the Slow Fish movement―among holdouts against privatization of the sea― to show why they argue consumers don’t have to buy sustainability from Wall Street\, or choose between the environment and their fisherman. \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/lee-van-der-voo-fish-market-inside-big-money-battle-ocean-dinner-plate-2/ LOCATION:Gloucester Writers Center\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, 01930 CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/fishmarket.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20170807T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20170807T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20170516T154100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170516T154100Z UID:7684-1502134200-1502139600@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Open Mic DESCRIPTION:Each reader gets five minutes.  Sign up at the door.  Bring your words.  Get heard! \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/open-mic-22/ CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/openmicgeneral.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20170726T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20170726T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20170516T151858Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170516T152121Z UID:7675-1501097400-1501102800@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Stephanie Cassatly DESCRIPTION:When Stephanie Cassatly was 18 years old\, her mother was shot and killed in a convenience store robbery in New Orleans\, changing every preconceived notion she had about the world and what it meant to feel safe.  Twenty years later\, she found her mother’s killer and forgave him\, just before he died in the notorious Angola State Penitentiary.  It was then that she realized that she had been as much of a prisoner as he was. \nWith a searing honesty that will make readers’ hearts both ache and sing\, Notice of Release chronicles her traumatic and at times dangerous childhood as an expatriate in South America\, her shift from grieving college student to high powered ad-executive\, and how she reconciled her deep connection to her own children\, with her fear of being taken away prematurely from them.  In this memoir\, she proves that shedding the weight of the past can unlock a brave and beautiful future\, and comes to see that finding and forgiving her mother’s killer is as much a journey of finding herself. \n  \nStephanie Cassatly earned her undergraduate degree in Business from Emory University and her MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her work has been published in literary journals and anthologies and has won awards and notable mentions. She speaks on the topic of forgiveness\, is a contributor to The Forgiveness Project and teaches writing at Palm Beach Atlantic University. She resides with her husband in Florida and has two grown daughters. \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/stephanie-cassatly/ CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_8622_FINAL.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20170719T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20170719T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20170411T150349Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170522T150626Z UID:7605-1500492600-1500498000@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Rick Berlin DESCRIPTION:The Paragraphs is a memoir of a life in music\, made up of vignettes penned as exercises in songwriting by Boston music icon Rick Berlin. \nCreated from fragments used to write songs\, this memoir recalls a life of music\, a relationship with the animal world\, and a two-day meth-fueled road trip. Berlin\, a queer Boston music legend formerly the front-man of Orchestra Luna\, Berlin Airlift\, Rick Berlin: The Movie\, and The Shelley Winters Project\, and currently of The Nickel & Dime Band\, is known for his zany lyrics and unflinching wit. Exploring boyhood\, family relationships\, and the dynamic social workings of Boston through the decades\, Rick Berlin’s work is “uncategorizable…part punk\, part musical theater\, part sentimental sap\, part wordplay master. Gold” (Amanda Palmer). \n“Rick Berlin’s writing is as raw\, luminous\, open-hearted\, profane\, musical\, magical as the man himself. Put on your seat belts.” —Beth Harrington (documentary filmmaker\, The Winding Stream\, member of The Modern Lovers) \n“I love reading Berlin’s words. All the pretty young boys and girls got nothing on Rick. He can light up the darkest places.” —Carmelita (Bay State Rock\, WAAF) \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/rick-berlin/ CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/rickberlin2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20170712T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20170712T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20170423T010832Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170703T125637Z UID:7627-1499887800-1499893200@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Olivia Kate Cerrone: The Hunger Saint DESCRIPTION:THE HUNGER SAINT is a story of hope and survival set in post-WWII Italy. Hailed by Kirkus as “a well- crafted and affecting literary tale\,” this historical novella follows the journey of Ntoni\, a twelve-year-old boy forced to labor in Sicily’s sulfur mines to support his family after his father’s untimely death. Faced with life-threatening working conditions\, Ntoni must choose between escaping the mines and abandoning his family. As a series of unforeseen events soon complicate his plans\, Ntoni realizes that all is not what it seems and to trust anyone might prove to be as fatal as being trapped inside of a cave-in. The Hunger Saint draws from years of historical research and was informed by the oral histories of former miners still living in Sicily today. \nThe book has received some some great press so far\, which I am happy to share with you. The reviews so far have been very favorable\, especially this one from Kirkus Reviews\, which described the book as “a well-crafted and affecting literary tale.” I’ve included more reviews in this email. The Brooklyn Rail also interviewed me about the book along with the San Francisco Book Review. \n  \nPraise for The Hunger Saint: \n“Cerrone tells her story in a deliberative prose…perfectly evoking both the setting and time period of this piece of historical fiction. The tale brings to mind American literary realism of the early 20th century—Upton Sinclair\, Jack London—as well as the books of midcentury Sicilian writers like Leonardo Sciascia. Cerrone uses Ntoni’s experiences to shed light on the little-remembered soccorso morto practice\, which held thousands of children in virtual slavery…A well-crafted and affecting literary tale.” \nKirkus Reviews \n“…a powerful survey that brings to life and personalizes the plight of child laborers and their experiences\, highly recommended for any who enjoy historical novels in general and\, particularly\, those who look for cultural insights and social messages in fiction readings.” \nThe Midwest Review \n“Powerful writing…This is a story that is very moving\, and…certainly memorable.” \nSan Francisco Book Review \n“The Hunger Saint is an exquisitely written\, vivid\, and engaging novella…Cerrone’s story prizes resilience and the human spirit.” \nThe American \n“…a good read for anyone interested in Sicilian history…the plight of the working class. The carusi and the sulfur mines are a part of history that I was unaware of\, and if that’s the case for you\, then I would deeply recommend this novella.” \nSeattle Book Review \n5-Star Review \n“A gritty novella that pulses with rhythm\, texture\, and a story that locks the reader to its pages\, The Hunger Saint is the riveting tale of young Ntoni\, who is forced to labor in Sicily’s sulfur mines to support his family. Few books treat the subject of manual labor with such fluid realism and descriptive beauty. The Hunger Saint marks the debut of a distinctive and talented new voice in North American fiction.” \n–Tony Ardizzone\, author of The Whale Chaser \n“Olivia Kate Cerrone’s The Hunger Saint is a masterful novella . . . In understated but beautiful language\, Cerrone first draws our attention by event then keeps it through unswerving allegiance to felt-life detail and sure-handed revelation. It’s a book not to be missed.” \n–Rusty Barnes\, author of Breaking it Down and Reckoning \n“The grind and terror of Sicilian mining [is] brought to such electric life by Olivia Kate Cerrone . . . all rendered in minutia that scrapes the skin and catches in the throat.” \n–John Domini\, author of Movieola! and A Tomb on the Periphery \n“. . . Cerrone’s exacting knowledge of the post-war Sicilian sulfur mines is matched only by the elegance of her prose and the depth of her compassion. Ntoni’s journey touched my heart.” \n–Lindsay Hatton\, author of Monterey Bay \n“A remarkable rendering of one young man’s life doing the barbarous\, slave-like work in the sulfur mines of Sicily . . . Cerrone’s work is nothing short of a triumph of Sicilian history\, a testament to a little-known feature of early twentieth-century Sicilian society and a sobering look at the cruel sacrifices of so many. . .” \n–Michelle Messina Reale\, author of Birds of Sicily \n“The Hunger Saint is a wonderful tale of escape and redemption. . . Cerrone’s haunting vision is both timely and necessary.” \n–Frederick Reiken\, author of Day for Night and The Lost Legends of New Jersey \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/olivia-kate-cerrone-hunger-saint/ LOCATION:Gloucester Writers Center\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, 01930 CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/hungersaint.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20170710T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20170710T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20170516T153930Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170611T024306Z UID:7682-1499715000-1499720400@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Open Mic SCHEDULE CHANGE DESCRIPTION:Each reader gets five minutes.  Sign up at the door.  Bring your words.  Get heard! \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/open-mic-21/ CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/openmicgeneral.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20170701T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20170701T200000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20170624T162643Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170629T152516Z UID:7723-1498928400-1498939200@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:DIG IN! DESCRIPTION:As part of the RESIST exhibition at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck\nCape Ann Farmers Market presents:\nDig In: A Conversation about the Politics of Food\nSaturday July 1st 5:00 – 8:00\nCooking Demos Interactive Activities\nPostcard Writing Vendors\n and\nA Panel Discussion about Food Activism\nco-sponsored by the Gloucester Writers Center\n6:00 pm\n Featuring\nWill Allen – Organic farmer and author\nNiaz Dorry – Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance\nCarolyn Mugar – Farm Aid\n For more information cal l 978.290.2717\nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/dig-in/ LOCATION:Cultural Center at Rocky Neck\, 6 Wonson Street\, Gloucester\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/CAFM_1stPg-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20170628T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20170628T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20170516T145255Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170516T150805Z UID:7670-1498678200-1498683600@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Richard Deming and Nancy Kuhl DESCRIPTION:Richard Deming will read from his latest collection of poems\, Day for Night; the work takes its title from the cinematic term for shooting night scenes during the day. Deming’s complex lyricism explores the ways that art\, film\, music\, and literature creates possibilities for human encounter and interaction even as it considers the impossibilities of ever truly knowing others or ourselves.  Deming is an art critic as well as a poet; he studies and writes about the philosophy of literature and visual culture. \nNancy Kuhl will from a recent chapbook about bird watching—and listening—called The Birds of the Year and from her recent full-length collection of poems\, Pine to Sound. In this work\, the mythic figure of Echo appears and recurs literally and sonically—punished for her incessant talking with the loss of all speech save her ability to repeat the last words she hears\, Echo here represents something of the powerful ways dialogue is always shot through with repetitions and echoes that both assert and occlude the emotional content of our speech.  \nRichard Deming’s collection of poems\, Let’s Not Call It Consequence (Shearsman\, 2008)\, received the 2009 Norma Farber First  Book Award from the Poetry Society of America. His new book of poems\,  Day for Night\, appeared last year.  Winner of the Berlin Prize in 2012\, he teaches at Yale University where he is the Director of Creative Writing. \nNancy Kuhl is the author of Pine to Sound\, Suspend\, and The Wife of the Left Hand and chapbooks including Little Winter Theater\, The Nocturnal Factory\, and In the Arbor.  She is Curator of Poetry of the Yale Collection of American Literature at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. http://www.phylumpress.com/kuhl/ \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/richard-deming-nancy-kuhl/ CATEGORIES:Events,Readings,Writer in Residence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/marsland1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20170623T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20170623T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T012537 CREATED:20170522T151335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170522T151335Z UID:7688-1498246200-1498251600@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Fish Tales: I Protest. DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with RESIST: The Art of Protest. \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/fish-tales-protest/ LOCATION:Cultural Center at Rocky Neck\, 6 Wonson Street\, Gloucester\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Readings END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR