The Gloucester Writers Center is a place for working writers in a working town
We received a grant from the Community Preservation Act to fix our roof, put in some windows, fix the chimney and do some other necessities! This is the way we looked 5 years ago. We took down the wall to make one intimate space. Thank you to Greg Morell who spearheaded the renovation with co-director […]
Winter Quarter 1982, Stanford University: Denise Levertov (1923-1997), a world-famous visiting professor of English, and Barbara Hyams (1951-), a newly minted Ph.D. in German Studies, meet for coffee. They bond over reading Rainer Maria Rilke’s (1875-1926) poetry in the original German and become close friends for the remainder of Levertov’s life. To Levertov Rilke is […]
Each face holds a story. Using the exhibit Portraits of a Working Waterfront and the Fisheries and Maritime collection, participants will write about the working waterfront, imagining stories and experiences from the faces before us. This workshop will be led by Amanda Cook and is offered in collaboration with Gloucester Writers Center. Offered at 2:00 […]
