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Migrations is a collection of short stories inspired by movement, the early migration of the West Coast, and the continuing exodus of families within the US as a nation. The collection is by prolific fiction writer Kathryn Holzman. More at picaflorpress.weebly.com.
Wordwrite Book Award Competition, sponsored by Knight and Grey Publishing and KarmaKindler.com, awarded my book , Banshees, second place in their Poetry Book Contest.
Check it out at:
https://knightandgreypublishing.com/wordwrite-book-awards/
https://karmakindler.com/the-wordwrite-book-awards.html
I am grateful for the honor.
Julie Rosier, writer extraordinaire and facilitator of writing groups for 10 years in Western Massachusetts, is starting her Red Thread Writing Circles on December 7. Two 10-week writing workshops, one will run on Wednesday evenings in Easthampton and on Thursday evenings in Northampton. Contact Julie at jrosier06@gmail.com for more details.
Jonathan Wright and Dan Levy will read at the Smith College Neilson Browsing Room on Sunday, November 20 at 4 pm. This is a part of the Gallery of Readers Series.
Crosswinds has been kind. My poem “The Existence of God” has placed in their finalists for their annual poetry award and publication.
Get out of your post-election funk with a great poetry reading. Perugia Press, celebrating 20 years of publishing, presents the Collected Poets Series featuring Carol Edelstein and Lisa Allen Ortiz at Mocha Maya’s on Thursday, November 10 at 7 pm in Mocha Maya’s Cafe, Shelburne Falls.
I was grateful to learn I am a finalist for the Wordwrite Poetry Book Award. I’ll find out the results in December. Wish me luck!
The Greenfield Annual Word Festival will run from Tuesday, October 18th to Sunday, October 23rd in Greenfield. I will be reading on Friday at 7 pm the Root Cellar, 10 Fiske Ave. with some wonderful poets including Lori Desrosiers, Anita Gallers, Debbie Tosun Kilday, Colin Haskings, Michael L. Kilday, to name a few. Join us for this word marathon.
Eileen P. Kennedy Author 