Mass Cultural Council Events

This is one in a series of "less is more"-style interviews with participants in the Commonwealth Reading Series. The fourth Commonwealth Reading Series event takes place on Tuesday, February 17, 8 PM, at Amherst Books. The reading is co-sponsored with the Juniper Initiative and the literary journal jubilat - whose managing editor, Jessica Fjeld, generously agreed to hit … [Read more...]

This is one in a series of flash interviews with participants in the Commonwealth Reading Series. So far, we've had three superb events in the Commonwealth Reading Series and 12 nano-interviews. And with two more readings to go, poet Caroline Klocksiem makes it lucky 13. Caroline, who reads at Amherst Books on Tuesday, February 17, 8 PM, is a poet, literary journal … [Read more...]

This is one in a series of hyper-efficient interviews with participants in the Commonwealth Reading Series. AGNI is co-sponsor of an upcoming reading on Tuesday, February 10, at 7 PM at Porter Square Books in Cambridge. William Pierce (left) is the journal's senior editor. Editing, it seems to me, is a generous occupation. As both an editor and a writer himself, Bill is … [Read more...]

This is one in a series of tantalizingly brief interviews with participants in the Commonwealth Reading Series. Rebecca Kaiser Gibson reads at Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 7 PM. A highly accomplished poet, Rebecca comes strenuously trained to capture big ideas in brief, carefully chosen words! MCC: What are you working on these … [Read more...]

This is one in a series of drive-through interviews with participants in the Commonwealth Reading Series. Lisa Nold, who writes terrifically inventive short stories and other forms, reads at Porter Square Books tomorrow - Thursday, February 5, at 7 PM. Lisa joins the fray with an impressively harrowing worst day job (the worst yet, I think!), and brings the poets vs. … [Read more...]