The Gloucester Writers Center is a place for working writers in a working town
Jed Birmingham has written occasional articles on William Burroughs, book collecting, and the Beat Generation for Beat Scene magazine. He is the contributing editor of RealityStudio.org, the premier Web site dedicated to William Burroughs, and was co-editor (with Kyle Schlesinger) ofMimeo Mimeo, a magazine about the Mimeograph Revolution. His essay on the Olympia Press edition […]
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Jim Seavey, a Cape Ann native, has been writing poetry since the mid sixties, publishing occasionally, including in 'Living Proof' by North Shore Writers Worshop. He will read from 'Work Days' written during the time he lived in Lanesville and worked in downtown Gloucester, each poem being the revelation of the landscape as envisioned by […]
The crucial questions of racism, labor rights, and wealth-and their complex and undeniable connections are taken up by LOOM. Kevin Gallagher’s poems are excavations and reclamations of difficult American history, elucidating prismatically the voices and sites of collusion in and resistance to the construction of our nation’s greatest institutions and our nation’s most awful crimes. […]
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Sara Larsen is a poet living in Oakland. Her new book Merry Hell has just been released from Atelos. Her previous book, All Revolutions Will Be Fabulous, was released by Printing Press in 2014. Sara has performed her work widely, including at The Berkeley Art Museum, Grace Cathedral, LitQuake, and at Multifarious Array in NYC. Over the course […]
FIRE AT SEA with Q&A led by Dan Connell SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11 AT 6:30 PM CAPE ANN CINEMA 21 MAIN STREET, GLOUCESTER Join us for a screening of Italy’s Oscar entry for Best Foreign Film, Fire at Sea, followed by a Q&A led by Forum chair Dan Connell, who has interviewed shipwreck survivors and has […]
Local authors Charlotte Gordon, Dorothy Nelson, Gordon Baird, Regina Cole, Peter Anastas, Rae Francouer, Phoebe Potts, Amanda Cook, JoeAnn Hart and other writers and individuals from the arts community will read from literature that focuses on the importance of freedom of speech and expression in a functioning democracy. As time permits, the floor will open […]
GWC Fish Tales: MLK Day Celebration Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation 10 Church Street, Gloucester, MA Monday, January 16th, 2017 1:30-5:30 PM Stories about Injustice and Hope: 3:30-4:40 Join the Gloucester community as it comes together to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. GWC Fish Tales will present five storytellers who will offer their personal stories […]