Massachusetts Poetry Festival Executive Director January O'Neil was right when she said on this blog that poets and entrepreneurs have a lot in common. "We are self starters," she wrote, "and have a singular vision that we will see through to the end." This self-starting vision is behind a poetic enterprise in Pelham this month. A National Poetry Month reading curated by … [Read more...]
How Do You Choose Your Titles? Part Two
We've been exploring issues artists encounter in their work, and we recently asked a variety of artists: How do you choose your titles? In part two of the same discussion, a wider picture starts to emerge of how titles function in different artistic disciplines. Deborah Abel, choreographer Usually the title for my choreography offers the only words I will be using to … [Read more...]
Poetry Month: I Abandoned My Plans. I Had No Plans. by Michael Teig
We could've celebrated National Poetry Month with a series of decorative, commemorative plates. But in the end, it seemed a tad more intuitive to celebrate with actual poetry (though we have nothing against plates, Plate Fans!). Today's poem is by Michael Teig (Poetry Fellow '08), about a common phenomenon of Spring's warmer temperatures: the lazy man. I ABANDONED MY PLANS. … [Read more...]