This is one in a series of extremely brief interviews with participants in the Commonwealth Reading Series. Suzanne Matson, the next writer to brave the Q&A shrink ray, reads on Thursday, January 8 at Grub Street in Boston, at 7 PM. Accomplished as both a novelist and a poet, Suzanne has a uniquely thorough perspective on the writing craft - and, it turns out, on the … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2008
Nano-interview with Kim Adrian
This is one in a series of nano-interviews with participants in the Commonwealth Reading Series, featuring literary fellows and finalists from our Artist Fellowships Program. Kim Adrian, the next writer to generously take part, reads on Thursday, January 8 at Grub Street in Boston, at 7 PM. Kim is an essay, memoir, and short story writer (read a story of Kim's published … [Read more...]
Snow day: a roundup
As you may know, this blog is hand-cranked by the folks at the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. On Friday, the day of the first snow storm (and the day I meant to write this post), Governor Patrick instructed non-emergency state workers not to come in. So I was home Friday, and the post got a snow day. Anyway, we're back in the office, so... to the art! … [Read more...]
Nano-interview with Ben Berman
In January and February, we're putting on the Commonwealth Reading Series, featuring literary fellows and finalists from our Artist Fellowships Program. The readings will include both poets and prose writers and will be, to mix vernaculars, all milieus of awesome. To promote the readings, the participants were invited to take part in miniaturized versions of interviews. The … [Read more...]
Tapestry of Voices poets in Boston
If you find yourself free, poetry-hungry, and within reasonable reach of Boston tonight (Thursday, December 18), check out the Tapestry of Voices Poetry Reading Series at the Boston Omni Parker House. The free reading features Tracy Strauss (who, you may recall, guest-blogged for us on her experience at the Bread Loaf Writers Conference) joining Richard Hoffman (a multiple … [Read more...]