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Postponed NEW DATE MARCH 19 at 3:00 – Censorship, Libraries, Media and the Stability of Democracy: A conversation with Martin Baron

Book banning is not a new phenomenon.  But as the culture wars grow ever more strident and aggressive, libraries, schools and even bookstores are under increasing pressure to strip their shelves of material tagged as subversive, obscene or otherwise offensive.  In a conversation with André Bernard, Marty Baron, renowned former editor of the Washington Post…

Censorship, Libraries, Media and the Stability of Democracy: A conversation with Martin Baron

Book banning is not a new phenomenon.  But as the culture wars grow ever more strident and aggressive, libraries, schools and even bookstores are under increasing pressure to strip their shelves of material tagged as subversive, obscene or otherwise offensive.  In a conversation with André Bernard, Marty Baron, renowned former editor of the Washington Post…

Online Poetry: The Refuge of Witnessing with Ellen Steinbaum

Ellen Steinbaum is the author of four poetry collections, and her work has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize. An award-winning journalist and former Boston Globe columnist, she writes a blog, “Reading and Writing and the Occasional Recipe,” which can be found at her website, ellensteinbaum.com.

Author Talk with Linda Greenhouse

Linda Greenhouse will discuss her latest 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. Greenhouse has reported on and written about the Supreme Court for The New York Times for more than four decades, earning numerous accolades, including…

Online Poetry: The Refuge of Witnessing with Justen Ahrens

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…

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Gender Equity and the Law in the US Military with Gene Fidell

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?…

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Online Poetry: The Refuge of Witnessing with Adam O. Davis

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…

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Interfacing: Poetry, Mental Illness & Mental Health with Owen Lewis, M.D., Richard Berlin, M.D., Patty Crane, R.N., Hannah Fries Moderator: Kate Daniels co-presented with The Austen Riggs Center

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…

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Online Poetry: The Refuge of Witnessing with Perry Nicholas

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…

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Stockbridge Library Association

Virtual Book Club

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.

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