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 →
‘There Are Hurts That Don’t Go Away’—Amanda Cook’s Poetic Memoir Of Her Mother’s Dementia, Of Becoming A Mom Herself, Of Everyday Life
“There are hurts that don’t go away. They follow us like the dead or the lost, and we mourn them as such,” Amanda Cook writes in the entry for Saturday,…Continue Reading →