The 2011 Commonwealth Reading Series of events with MCC writers and poets concludes with a reading at Newtonville Books in Newton on Tuesday, April 5, 7 PM. One of the participants in the 4/5 Newtonville Books reading is Leslie Williams (Poetry Fellow '10), whose poetry collection Success of the Seed Plants was published by Bellday Books in 2010. We asked Leslie about … [Read more...]
Mass Cultural Council Events
Sharon Howell: Poet in Everytime
The 2011 Commonwealth Reading Series of events with MCC writers and poets continues this week with a reading at Porter Square Books in Cambridge on Thursday, March 31, 7 PM. We asked one of the participating literary artists, Sharon Howell (Poetry Fellow '10) about her work and life, about being a poet in every time. ArtSake: You received your MCC award for poems from the … [Read more...]
Jendi Reiter, on Winning
The 2011 Commonwealth Reading Series of events with MCC writers and poets continues this week with a reading at Forbes Library in Northampton on Wednesday, March 23, 7 PM. One of the featured writers at the Forbes is Jendi Reiter (Poetry Fellow '10), who recently won the Anderbo Poetry Prize. Once a practicing lawyer in New York City, she now writes - and champions - poetry … [Read more...]
Adam Schwartz and True Fiction
The 2011 Commonwealth Reading Series of events with MCC writers and poets, which began this week, continues TONIGHT, Friday, March 18, 7 PM with a reading at Grub Street, Inc. – Boston's creative writing center. Among tonight's readers is Adam Schwartz (Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Fellow '10), author of the "stunningly good" (says Don Lee) new novel A Stranger on the Planet. … [Read more...]
Jamie Cat Callan: Writing Joie de Vivre
The 2011 Commonwealth Reading Series of events with MCC writers and poets begins this week with a reading at Porter Square Books in Cambridge (Tuesday, March 15, 7 PM). That's just the beginning. The series continues this Friday, March 18, 7 PM at Grub Street, Inc. – Boston's hub of literary community and just general coolness. One of the writers reading at Grub is the … [Read more...]