Bits and Pieces

Last night's reading for the Newton Free Library Poetry Series was terrific! Wish I had a good picture to share. Poets Philiph Burnham Jr. and Ruby Poltorak also read their wonderful poems. For a rainy Tuesday night, we had a very nice crowd--I even sold a few books, which doesn't always happen these days. Special thanks to Doug Holder for organizing the event.

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I should be writing poems #9 and #10 but I decided to catch up on a few blogs instead. I may take a page out of Carolee's book and write a list poem ... or two!

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This weekend, Doug Holder is reading and co-organizing the annual Somerville News Writers Festival, Doug and Tim Gager always do a nice job putting this event together.

The Somerville News Writers Festival
Saturday, November 13, 7 p.m.
(book fair during the day)
The Center for Arts at the Armory
91 Highland Avenue
Somerville, MA 02143

Here's the lineup:

Hosting and reading Timothy Gager with music by Cooper De Ville

Featuring:
Steve Almond
Rusty Barnes
Martha Collins
Sam Cornish
Diana Der-Hovanessian
Ethan Gilsdorf
Jennifer Haigh
Michelle Hoover
Douglas Holder
Fred Marchant
Malachy McCourt
Dan Sklar

Should be a lot of fun. Hope to see you there!