Owen Lewis, author of three collections of poetry, most recently Field Light (Distinguished Favorite, 2020 NYCBigBookAward), and two chapbooks including best man (recipient of the 2016 Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize, New England Poetry Club.) Prizes include Finalist, 2017 Pablo Neruda Award, and first prize, the 2016 International Hippocrates Prize for Poetry. His poetry has…
Join us on the front lawn of The Stockbridge Library, Museum & Archives to view sculptors craft solid blocks of ice into magnificent sculptures! This event is free and open to the public! The Stockbridge Ice Festival will also feature an outdoor Museum exhibit featuring historical ice harvesting tools! In addition to sculptures and the exhibit,…
NEW DATE! Please join us and co-sponsor the Yale Club of the Berkshires, for a presentation titled Myanmar: Despair and Hope with Ma Thida. On February 1, 2021, after a decade as a multiparty democracy, Myanmar returned to military rule when the Army seized control in a coup d’état and detained elected civilian leaders, including…
In 2013, Justen Ahren published his first collection of poems, A Strange Catechism. Jorie Graham called the book “deeply beautiful, honest, imaginative, fierce, unflinching.” Two of the book’s poems were nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His most recent collection, A Machine for Remembering, deals with migrants and refugees. This book grew out of Justen’s experiences…
Gene Fidell will speak about current issues facing the military justice system, starting with the mandatory vaccination program and legislative action shrinking commanders’ power to make prosecution decisions. Has the military justice system become too complicated? Is its sweep too broad? Is command influence still a concern? What about military justice in the National Guard?…
Adam O. Davis was born in Arizona and grew up in France, New Jersey, Scotland, and Utah. His debut poetry collection, Index of Haunted Houses, winner of the Kathryn A. Morton Prize from Sarabande Books, was published in 2020. His poems have appeared in many journals, including The Believer, Boston Review, Gulf Coast, The Paris…
Freud reputedly said, “Wherever I go I find a poet’s been there before.” Poets are known for the clarity of their understanding of what it means to be human. They, too, often live at the boundaries of “normalcy.” In this symposium four Berkshire poets will share reflections on this interface, both as poets and individuals…
Perry S. Nicholas recently retired as English Professor at SUNY ERIE. He has published one textbook of poetry prompts, three full-length and six chapbooks of original poetry, along with two CDs of poetry. His poems have appeared in Common Ground Review, Literary House Review, Caesura, Word Worth, Silver Birch Press, Snapdragon, Verse-Virtual, Slant, Feile-Festa, Louisiana…
Join us on Zoom for a discussion of Linda Greenhouse's new book Justice on the Brink: The Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Rise of Amy Coney Barrett, and Twelve Months That Transformed the Supreme Court.
Myra Malkin is the author of No Lifeguard on Duty (Mainstreet Rag Publishing Company, 2010) and Sunset Grand Couturier (Broadstone Books, 2022). In 2016, in a contest judged by Edward Hirsch, her poem “Wallis-Wallace” won the 12th Mudfish Poetry Prize. After growing up in New York City, she studied acting at the Royal Academy of…
Join us for Cookbook Club at the Library or on Zoom. This month's cookbook selection is Ottolenghi Simple: A Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi. Copies are available for loan at the Library. Prepare a recipe to share and bring it to the library or share your experience with us via Zoom.
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