The 2014 Commonwealth Reading Series continues at the Jones Library (Tuesday, October 28, 2014, 7 PM, 43 Amity Street, Amherst MA), in an event co-sponsored by the Emily Dickinson Museum. The series highlights MCC Artist Fellows/Finalists in literature. The 10/28 event in Amherst features Sari Boren, Steven Cramer, and Joseph Spece, and we are honored to have Sabina Murray, … [Read more...]
Page to Screen, Part II
Further adventures in movies Yesterday, we talked about adapting novels to film and past MCC awardees who have done so. Today, ArtSake returns to Hollyword (i.e. the special place movies of books get made). The following is a list of books by past state fellows in literature that have been made into movies. Andre Dubus (Fellow '76) wrote Finding a Girl in America (1980). … [Read more...]