Poem for a Nor’easter
Will my umbrella survive? Will I survive? How many trash cans will I see tumble by my window?Continue Reading →
Remembering Poet Gerrit Lansing: The Bridge To A Much Larger World
Last Saturday, Feb. 24, hundreds of people gathered at Gloucester’s Hammond Castle for a memorial to eminent Gloucester poet Gerrit Lansing, who died on Feb. 11, a couple weeks shy…Continue Reading →
In ‘Lost Together,’ Allison Cole Paints Her Journey To Connect With Her Autistic Son
The titles of the paintings in Providence artist Allison Cole’s exhibition “Lost Together” in the Reading Room at AS220’s Project Space gallery in Providence through Feb. 24 begin to tell…Continue Reading →
How Poet Anne Sexton And Painter Barbara Swan Reimagined Grimms’ Fairy Tales For the Feminist 1970s
“I was able to do something maybe wilder than I would have on my own,” the Boston artist Barbara Swan would say about her illustrations for Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston poet…Continue Reading →
You’ve Seen ‘Black Panther,’ Now Check Out Our Guide To More Comics With Diverse Visions
The debut of director Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther” movie last weekend and its vision of the utopian African nation of Wakanda has sparked black joy around the world. “When I…Continue Reading →
‘My Name Is Greg Gibson And I’m Speaking With The Man Who Killed My Son’
“My name is Greg Gibson and I’m speaking with the man who killed my son,” Gibson (above right) says in a striking StoryCorps radio interview first broadcast last December. It…Continue Reading →
I’m Heartbroken To Learn The Eminent Gloucester Poet Gerrit Lansing Has Died
I was saddened to learn yesterday that my friend, the eminent Gloucester poet Gerrit Lansing, has entered care for the end of his long and amazing life. (Update Jan. 12:…Continue Reading →
In ‘How Democracies Die,’ Harvard Professors Diagnose Just How Doomed We Are
“Is our democracy in danger?” Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt write at the beginning of their new book “How Democracies Die” (Crown). “It’s a question we never thought we’d be…Continue Reading →
How Jannie Ho Illustrated Her New Picture Book ‘Bear and Chicken’
Having illustrated more than 60 picture books—from “The Great Reindeer Rebellion” and “What Does Cow Say?” to “Road Work Ahead” and “Bunny and Bird Are Best Friends”—Jannie Ho describes her…Continue Reading →
Read My Publisher’s Inspiring Response To Trump’s Attempt To Stop ‘Fire And Fury’
“We will not allow any president to achieve by intimidation what our Constitution precludes him or her from achieving in court,” Macmillan Publishers CEO John Sargent wrote this week in…Continue Reading →