Thank you to all who came and supported me for the book launch of Banshees. It was an amazing event. I’m fortunate in even having my local bookstore, Amherst Books, carrying my book.
Straw Dog is having a wonderful reading of new publications, Spring Treats, at the Smith Poetry Center on Saturday, June 13 from 4-6 pm. I will be reading with some amazing authors. Come and join us.
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Invisible Fountain Reading
Thanks to all who came last night to the Florence Poets Reading. Ten poets from the Pioneer Valley read an amazing variety of poems. And the Invisible Fountain is a cutting edge gallery in Easthampton Eastworks. Check it out for its unusual and affordable art.
T 1. Florence Poets Society (I’ll be reading there as one of 12 poets)
Saturday April 18
7 pm
Invisible Fountain
Eastworks, 2nd floor
Easthampton
Poets reading include Tommy Twilite, Lori Desrosiers, Anita Gallers, Bruce Bynam, Sasha Berman, Brooks Robards, Rich Puchalsky, Robert Lipton, Howie Faerstein, Marian Kent, Linda Wlodyka, Eileen P. Kennedy, and Michael A.M.
2. Write Minds
Marianne Gambaro
Jena Schwartz
Rebecca Hart Olander
Marian Kent
Tuesday, April 14 7pm
Thirsty Mind
South Hadley
3. My new book, BANSHEES, is being carried by Amazon and can be viewed at https://www.createspace.com/5412273.
T 1. Florence Poets Society (I’ll be reading there as one of 12 poets)
Saturday April 18
7 pm
Invisible Fountain
Eastworks, 2nd floor
Easthampton
Poets reading include Tommy Twilite, Lori Desrosiers, Anita Gallers, Bruce Bynam, Sasha Berman, Brooks Robards, Rich Puchalsky, Robert Lipton, Howie Faerstein, Marian Kent, Linda Wlodyka, Eileen P. Kennedy, and Michael A.M.
2. Write Minds
Marianne Gambaro
Jena Schwartz
Rebecca Hart Olander
Marian Kent
Tuesday, April 14 7pm
Thirsty Mind
South Hadley
3. My new book, BANSHEES, is being carried by Amazon and can be viewed at https://www.createspace.com/5412273.
I’m delighted to announce my new collection of poetry, Banshees, has just been released by Flutter Press. Check it out at http://flutterpress2009.blogspot.com or https://www.creatspace.com/5412273.
Yes, MacDonalds just raised their employees minimum wage to one dollar more than the new minimum. Let’s all have a cup of coffee!
I went to a reading on the “Poetry of Aging” at the Amherst Senior Center on Thursday. John Berkowitz and Pat Schneider were the featured reading poets, although both shared many poems of other poets.
Pat Schneider is a Pioneer Valley fixture as a founder of Amherst Writers and Artists and author of 10 books of prose and poetry. She read, “Truth Enough,” a poem about aging that won First Prize in the Kudzu Poetry Contest and several other writers from the well-known Mary Oliver to local June Gillam. John Berkowitz read “Old Ones” about people and trees from his book of poetry, Saving and Savoring the World, as well as several other local poets. Schneider and Berkowitz were a delightful combination. Berkowitz does readings on aging at various places in the valley and Schneider also comes out occasionally to read. Look for both of them under “Readings” in local papers.
Mass Poetry is having its annual festival in Salem from April 30- May 3. It features Richard Blanco, Rita Dove, Stephen Burt, Denise Duhamel, Nick Flynn, Regie Gibson, Jorie Graham, Edward Hirsch, Richard Hoffman, Adrian Matejka, March Piercy, Rachel Wiley and Holly Wren Spaulding. I have never attended this event, but am thinking of going. Some of the workshops that particularly interest me are Karen Sharp’s on Social Justice, Tragedy and Poetry as Witness.” Holly Wren Spaulding’s “Wild/Nature: Writing in the Natural world.” And one stand alone, “What Can a Poet Do? Raising Voices Within Our Communities.” Rita Dove and Richard Blanco are speaking together on Saturday night. Have you ever attended this festival? Was it worthwhile? Have you ever been in Salem? The witches of Salem put me in mind of “She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry.” I hear it’s a beautiful port town on the coast.
I went to a wonderful gallery opening called Liberty Blues on Thursday. The artist, Pioneer Valley local, Terry Rooney, juxtaposes Lady Liberty with many of the disasters of the last few decades, from 9/11 to the Iraq War. Her style is thoughtful and provocative and leads one through the Bush and Obama years. The exhibit runs through April 18 at the Arno Maris Gallery in the Ely Campus Center, 2nd floor. I highly recommend it.
Eileen P. Kennedy Author 