Ashley Bryan: Pioneering Illustrator Of African Tales
In the 1950s, when Ashley Bryan first came by boat to summer on Maine’s Great Cranberry Island, he recalled, “I had my boxes and things, someone reached for it and…Continue Reading →
Boston Book Festival: What To See At This Weekend’s Word Fest
Here’s our guide to what to see at this weekend’s Boston Book Festival. The annual event offers more than 125 talks and presentations at three locations—the main festival in Boston’s…Continue Reading →
80+ Maine Writers Call On Sen. Collins To Reject Kavanaugh
In a joint letter, more than 80 Maine affiliated writers—including Pulitzer Prize-winners Richard Russo and Michael Chabon, Ann Beattie, Jonathan Lethem and John Hodgman—are calling on Sen. Susan Collins, a…Continue Reading →
Exhibit Of Original Drawings For Winnie-The-Pooh Transports You To The Sweet, Sad Hundred Acre Wood
There are moments of delight and happiness in the tales of Winnie-the-Pooh—like the very first one, the comedy of the stuffed bear pretending (badly) to be a rain cloud so…Continue Reading →
Goodbye To Former Boston Poet Laureate Sam Cornish
Sorry to hear about the passing of Sam Cornish, who was Boston’s Poet Laureate from 2008 to 2015. He died on Aug. 20 at age 82. “As a black writer…Continue Reading →
Photos: 2018 Boston Poetry Marathon
Over the past year, the Gloucester poet Gerrit Lansing had been thinking a lot about death, poet Ruth Lepson recalled at the annual Boston Poetry Marathon on Sunday afternoon. “Do…Continue Reading →
The Man Who Took Care Of Winnie-The-Pooh’s House
Just north of Harvard Yard in Cambridge sits the Harvard Science Building. And just to its left, on its west side facing toward Cambridge Common, is the stump of a…Continue Reading →
Photos: Boston Compass Centennial Celebration at Garment District
Boston Compass celebrated eight years of publishing and the arrival of its hundredth issue with the “Compass Centennial” party featuring DJs, snacks, beer and a “fashion photo booth” at the…Continue Reading →
Boston Compass—The Monthly Guide To The City’s Music Underground—Reaches Its 100th Issue
I wrote about the Boston Compass reaching a milestone in the latest Dig Boston: “Directing you to underground shows and awesome happenings! in Boston,” Samuel Potrykus scrawled across the top of the…Continue Reading →
Providence Comics Consortium Invites You To Draw Mutants And Monsters At ‘Sketchbook Church’
The Providence Comics Consortium’s “Sketchbook Church,” writes artist Walker Mettling, is “not church in the religious way, church in the Sunday morning way. Maybe in the coffee and bagels way.” It’s…Continue Reading →