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Poetry Reading w/ Richard Hoffman & Jean Monahan
Check out our reading at the Gloucester Writers Center featuring distinguished poets Richard Hoffman and Jean Monahan.
Richard Hoffman, author of acclaimed poetry collections like "Noon until Night" (winner of the 2018 Massachusetts Book Award for Poetry) and "People Once Real," as well as memoirs "Half the House" and "Love & Fury," brings his powerful voice to the stage.
Jean Monahan, winner of the Bruce Rossley New Voice Award and author of "Believe It or Not" and "Mauled Illusionist," shares her compelling work.
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Young Tom and Charlie:Two American Poets at Home in Gloucester Book Signing w/ Ann Charters
Переглядів 3012 годин тому
Ann Charters unpacks a curious tale of two wildly different poets and their childhood summers spent in Gloucester. The book contains seven poems by T.S. Eliot and Charles Olson as well as two commentaries, a poem and an essay, by Amanda Cook and Samuel Charters. Like the city of Gloucester itself this book and the GWC which it supports, is full of insight to the local history of these two young...
Radical Hospitality w/ Carlos Ricard
Переглядів 914 днів тому
Join us for an impactful event, "Radical Hospitality: Transforming Shelter, Home, and Community - The Wellspring House Story," featuring the inspiring Carlos Ricard. Carlos begins his talk with a powerful statement: "I am a product of Radical Hospitality." Carlos is the author of The Resurrection Plant: Your Pain Is Your Path To Greatness and the founder of GTG (Ghetto To Greatness) Media, a co...
Poetry Reading w/ Diannely Antigua
Переглядів 2521 день тому
Join us for an inspiring poetry reading at the Gloucester Writers Center featuring the acclaimed Diannely Antigua. Diannely is a Dominican American poet and educator, born and raised in Massachusetts. She has authored two poetry collections: Ugly Music (YesYes Books, 2019), winner of the Pamet River Prize and a 2020 Whiting Award, and Good Monster (Copper Canyon Press, 2024). Her work has been ...
Poetry Reading w/ Ani Gjika
Переглядів 5021 день тому
Join us for a special poetry reading at the Gloucester Writers Center featuring the talented Ani Gjika. Ani is a celebrated author and educator, whose accolades include awards and fellowships from the NEA, English PEN, and the Robert Pinsky Global Fellowship. She is also the recipient of the 2019 Pauline Scheer Fellowship through GrubStreet’s Memoir Incubator program and the 2021 Restless Books...
Ferrini & Lynn: A Legacy Celebrating Vincent Ferrini w/ Henry Ferrini
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Henry Ferrini, a filmmaker by trade co-founded the Gloucester Writers Center in 2010. It’s mission remains: to honor and celebrate Cape Ann's rich literary legacy, and to empower individuals to engage in the writing and telling of stories in the spirit of civic engagement.
Radical Hospitality: w/ Kimberly French
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Kimberly French, a former contributing editor for the Unitarian Universalist World and a seasoned writer for publications such as Salon, Tikkun, and Utne Reader, shares her unique insights and experiences with the Wellspring Story.
Ferrini & Lynn: A Legacy Celebrating Vincent Ferrini w/ Carl Carlsen
Переглядів 26Місяць тому
Carlsen, a dedicated educator with 37 years of experience at NSCC. Having observed the area's transformation over the decades, Carlsen felt inspired to document the rich tapestry of tales from both long-time residents and newcomers. This book is a sequel to his 1985 work, "Brickyard Stories: A Neighborhood and its Traditions," which was published by NSCC and based on interviews with local resid...
Ferrini & Lynn: A Legacy Celebrating Vincent Ferrini w/ Eric Parkison
Переглядів 9Місяць тому
Eric Parkison is the Program Director at the Gloucester Writers Center. D. Eric Parkison holds an MA in English from the University of Rochester and an MFA in Poetry from Boston University. His chapbook, "No Arcadia," was published in the fall of 2020. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to poetry, he was awarded a 2022 Artist's Grant by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Parkison ...
Ferrini & Lynn: A Legacy Celebrating Vincent Ferrini w/ Elizabeth Mckim
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Elizabeth Gordon McKim, a celebrated poet and close friend of Ferrini, shares personal anecdotes and reflections on their unique bond. McKim, author of five books of poetry including "The Red Thread" (Leapfrog Press), is a performance poet, spoken word artist, and adjunct professor at Lesley University for forty years. As the poet laureate of the European Graduate School and the Jazz Poet of Ly...
Ferrini & Lynn: A Legacy Celebrating Vincent Ferrini w/ Tony Toledo
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Tony Toledo has been telling stories to pay his rent since 1990. He is 56 years old but reads at a 77 year old level. He purchased his massive one tenth of an acre estate with his storytelling. There is just room enough for his wife’s basil, his books and their Corn Museum
Radical Hospitality: w/ Donna Haig Friedman
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Throughout her career, Donna Haig Friedman has managed and delivered human services, analyzed welfare and homelessness social policies, evaluated government and NGO social policy innovations, and implemented models of consumer involvement in social service and social policy planning.
Radical Hospitality: w/Stacy Randell Shaheen
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Stacy Randell was director of Wellspring's program Cape Ann Families, a comprehensive community education and family support program that helped hundreds of families in Gloucester and surrounding communities. She is currently the director of the Adult Learning Center at North Shore Community College.
Radical Hospitality w/ Sister Margaret Leonard
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Sister Margaret has been a catalyst in forging strategic alliances, partnerships, and collaborations at the local, city, and state levels that create a continuum of care and support for low-income families in the movement from crisis to stability.
Radical Hospitality: w/ Melissa Buchanan
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Melissa Buchanan lives in Gloucester and is the English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) coordinator at Wellspring Adult Learning Center.
ILLUMINATIONS
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ILLUMINATIONS
Radical Hospitality: w/ Nicole Richon-Schoel.
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Radical Hospitality: w/ Nicole Richon-Schoel.
Fish Tales Awry & Amok
Переглядів 83Місяць тому
Fish Tales Awry & Amok
Radical Hospitality w/ Chuck Collins
Переглядів 13Місяць тому
Radical Hospitality w/ Chuck Collins
Barbara Hogan reads.
Переглядів 462 місяці тому
Barbara Hogan reads.
Fish Tales -Real Stories Told Live. Odd Jobs May 3 @ 7:30 PM
Переглядів 1932 місяці тому
Fish Tales -Real Stories Told Live. Odd Jobs May 3 @ 7:30 PM
Fannie Howe reads her poem "the lamb" at the Gloucester Writers Center. May 9th 2024
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Fannie Howe reads her poem "the lamb" at the Gloucester Writers Center. May 9th 2024
MLK Day - January 15, 2024 Gloucester, MA
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MLK Day - January 15, 2024 Gloucester, MA
Fish Tales THINGS THAT GO BUMP
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Fish Tales THINGS THAT GO BUMP
Jennifer Bartlett & Eric Parkison Talk
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Jennifer Bartlett & Eric Parkison Talk
“Nostalgia” Peter Anastas Book Launch w/Ben Anastas
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“Nostalgia” Peter Anastas Book Launch w/Ben Anastas
Ron Silliman
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Ron Silliman
Poetry Reading , Erica Funkhouser + J.D. Debris
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Poetry Reading , Erica Funkhouser J.D. Debris
"Charles Olson & The Academy" A Talk by Ann Charters
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"Charles Olson & The Academy" A Talk by Ann Charters
Ani Gjika & Catherine Strisik Read at the GWC
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Ani Gjika & Catherine Strisik Read at the GWC

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  • @laurieure2174
    @laurieure2174 18 днів тому

    Excellent video - thank you for posting! Since I missed being there in person (thought I had bought tickets but didn't) this was a good replacement. I enjoyed all of the stories.

    • @FerriniProductions
      @FerriniProductions 18 днів тому

      Thanks Laurie. Our next show is at "the Cut" on August 16th Tickets go on sale this Friday.Cheers, Henry

  • @The_Copper_Element_Itself
    @The_Copper_Element_Itself 3 місяці тому

    "For my yoke is easy, my Burden is Light"

  • @maggisale1
    @maggisale1 3 місяці тому

    Rosemary helped me through a major transition in my life, way back in the late 70s when Lothlorien played a significant part in our return from Zambia to Scotland. I still live by those learned values to this day and at age 81, am still practicing Radical Hospitality on a daily basis. I "welcome in the Stranger to make a Friend"...and currently a young Mum and her two children are gracing my home with their presence and countless Refugees and Asylum Seekers have found refuge under my roof to our mutual benefit and enrichment. They are all welcome, "ben the hoose". A'ho! 🌿🙏🌿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💖🕊️🌈

  • @maggisale1
    @maggisale1 3 місяці тому

    Oh wow!! She is still going! 🌿🙏🌿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💖🕊️🌈

  • @davidwingate
    @davidwingate 4 місяці тому

    A wonderful talk all the way around. I especially appreciated her negative remarks about the Tom Clark bio of Olson . I remember after reading that book ,I thought to myself that it was the only literary bio that I had ever read that diminished my interest and enthusiasm for the subject... Funny that Poetry wars are so intense that Ann Charters, a renowned scholar ,needed "permission" to enjoy Eliot after years of principled aversion -and a testimony to her honesty, courage,and lack of pretension that she publicly chides herself for that, and expresses relief that she is now free of that burden ..

  • @user-lp2cv1ef4d
    @user-lp2cv1ef4d 5 місяців тому

    Meagan Frat, I feel your heart!

  • @triciaoneill8444
    @triciaoneill8444 6 місяців тому

    Thank you so much for posting this night of wonderful Tale Tellers. Brian King is so funny, great story teller ❤😅❤

  • @Demrie63
    @Demrie63 6 місяців тому

    It's so wonderful to see Linda. I took a poetry course from Linda at the University of Alaska Anchorage. She taught me to find an inner love for poetry.

  • @JKB-lm1oe
    @JKB-lm1oe Рік тому

    Awesome storytellers! Great tradition for Gloucester Writers Center.

  • @mtvralinavi4677
    @mtvralinavi4677 Рік тому

    poets are in the eternity

  • @lizsmith6815
    @lizsmith6815 Рік тому

    ❤❤Beautiful poem and story about our mother and our lives in Japan. Thank you for writing the poem and reciting it for me, makes me understand our family life better. I love you dearly, you always there for me in my childhood..thank Love you dearly. Your little sister Liz

  • @timtrainor9720
    @timtrainor9720 Рік тому

    I love these Poems and stories, Ty.

  • @alexisy7644
    @alexisy7644 Рік тому

    I love your stories! I'm JC from Endicott Mexico

  • @JayFeatherstone-bb9zh
    @JayFeatherstone-bb9zh Рік тому

    thanks Ross! Great to hear from you, an art lover as well as a poetic soul.

  • @RossNeisuler
    @RossNeisuler Рік тому

    This is so rich, Jay, as you weave memory, love, human connection such that Vermeer and your mother have a special understanding. Into this you bring so much heart and imagination, and philosophy!

  • @toneg4276
    @toneg4276 Рік тому

    sure would be lovely to have the whole lecture made available here, more Olson, more DiPrima always welcome, always wonderful

  • @yogalife365
    @yogalife365 Рік тому

    Seemed very interesting but just could not hear well just in the beginning. HANG ON and it will be audible.

  • @GloucesterWriters
    @GloucesterWriters Рік тому

    GWC Board Member Dorothy Nelson was in the audience and wrote. "Martha Collins read from her new book, Casualty Reports. This could be her eleventh book. Luminous, like some of Mary Bushinger's recent work, the pages contain various poetic forms representing "A lament for the casualties of corporate destruction, racism, war, and personal loss." Martha has always been boldly but not domineeringly political in her world outlook and perspectives. It was a stunning evening of her poetry. New poems, new revelations, punctuated with lyric sensibility and pointed diction, on my, there is so much to this new book. I can't wait to get deeper into it. She is a Pulitzer Prize winner in my estimation."

  • @tompaschetto5313
    @tompaschetto5313 Рік тому

    Thank you GWC and Krystal for this heartfelt talk. Well done. Thinking of Ken, my fellow Clam, and the good times we shared in music.

    • @krystaldemaine7168
      @krystaldemaine7168 Рік тому

      Thank you, Tom, for checking this out! So great how my dad was a part of so many musical lives.

  • @mesechabe
    @mesechabe Рік тому

    photo of olson & ginsberg by leni sinclair

  • @Glendetta
    @Glendetta Рік тому

    Candid real creative wonderful !!!!

  • @jimfouratt
    @jimfouratt Рік тому

    THANK YOU ..FOR WRITING THE HISTORY, AND THANK THE GWC for honoring the tradition of Protest songs by having local musicians sing them. Protest songs are people's songs .. and people;e including celebrities, should sing them... OMG, WIllie again made me smile as he always did when I would see him sing in the '*0's

  • @abigailmunoz6560
    @abigailmunoz6560 Рік тому

    No words, just likessssssss. Get to the top fast = *promo sm*!!!

  • @gloucester400
    @gloucester400 Рік тому

    Wonderful film, thoughtfully and "artfully" made.

  • @Dgstar62
    @Dgstar62 Рік тому

    If I had a choice between the confusion of identifying the truth of myself who I am my language culture my food traditional ritual's old family stories ECT.. I would take that over reparations . From 9 years of age I aimed to be my best and seek my life dreams I tried all these things under the darkest of little to know opportunities, being like all the kids that look just like me fatherless and broken hearted into poverty and it was normal. I'm 60 now and I'm still fatherless broken hearted 1 son dead from fentanyl another son in prison sense 17 now 41 under the black law another dysfunctional son 30 and on drugs and my daughter who's 3 baby daddy and their fatherless to still I will never know my truth a story to leave my children or grandchildren we r slaves

  • @GloucesterWriters
    @GloucesterWriters 2 роки тому

    enjoy the show

  • @GloucesterWriters
    @GloucesterWriters 2 роки тому

    enjoy the show

  • @shevetlevi2821
    @shevetlevi2821 2 роки тому

    Looking forward to watching this tonight.

  • @jgiglio101
    @jgiglio101 2 роки тому

    before reading "Braces Cove" Jay added some wonderful context to the beauty and uniqueness of that place for himself and his late wife.. Magical!!!

  • @shevetlevi2821
    @shevetlevi2821 2 роки тому

    I'm a visitor from another state but I really enjoy listening to FishTales. Storytelling needs to be revived!

  • @mtvralinavi4677
    @mtvralinavi4677 2 роки тому

    this is one long marvel. thank you for enriching our lives with these materials...

  • @tobybromfield3664
    @tobybromfield3664 2 роки тому

    Hi there, I have an URGENT poetic question regarding a Master's essay I am writing. I am looking at the English translation by Andrew Lang of the French poem Les Roses de Saadi (Marceline Desbordes-Valmore). The original is has an alexandrine metre - as is typical of classical French prosody - and 3 tercets. However, I am struggling to define the metre of the English translation. Could you help me? Here it is: "This morning I vowed I would bring thee my Roses, They were thrust in the band that my bodice encloses, But the breast-knots were broken, the Roses went free. The breast-knots were broken; the Roses together Floated forth on the wings of the wind and the weather, And they drifted afar down the streams of the sea. And the sea was as red as when sunset uncloses, But my raiment is sweet from the scent of the Roses, Thou shalt know, Love, how fragrant a memory can be." It seems to be a mixture of 12 and 13 syllables, but I'm not sure how to define it exactly. I recognise a strong four beat, but I am not a prosody expert at all. Any help would be appreciated, thank you!

  • @rfernand40
    @rfernand40 2 роки тому

    Very good, very good

  • @aprilridge6371
    @aprilridge6371 2 роки тому

    Your stories are poems in themselves. Thanks for sharing this with me.

  • @aprilridge6371
    @aprilridge6371 2 роки тому

    I had been wondering the significance of the 6/6 poems. Very interesting reason Jim!

  • @shevetlevi2821
    @shevetlevi2821 2 роки тому

    Storytelling needs to be kept alive. I wish we had a community theater.

    • @GloucesterWriters
      @GloucesterWriters 2 роки тому

      Shevet, if you or someone you know has a story to tell that fits in with our 4 shows in 2022 send us an email at info@gloucesterwriters.org. Our themes this year are "the Guest", "Alchemy", "Song", or "Ancestors". Drop a line.

  • @findbridge1790
    @findbridge1790 2 роки тому

    thank god all these jerks are dead good f-ing riddance!!!

  • @findbridge1790
    @findbridge1790 2 роки тому

    Maud was a major a-hole, total jerk, personality disorder imo.

  • @carloparcelli9212
    @carloparcelli9212 2 роки тому

    This is a great gift.

  • @edwardwhite9266
    @edwardwhite9266 3 роки тому

    easy to get the other ones to get a ride home and I love it and you too and I hope it so I will be there in a bit I love you too I love you too I can always come back to you and miss the other for a great night

  • @michaellindquist6011
    @michaellindquist6011 3 роки тому

    Thanks, Emily

  • @brendaholiday2634
    @brendaholiday2634 3 роки тому

    I love Vincent and I love this film.

    • @GloucesterWriters
      @GloucesterWriters 3 роки тому

      Brenda hi, thanks for your comment. what is your connection with Vincent? ...my best Henry

    • @brendaholiday2634
      @brendaholiday2634 3 роки тому

      @@GloucesterWriters Hi Henry, Vincent was my quite wonderful boyfriend for about 5 months in 1990. He was 77 ~ I was 31. I wish I had stayed with Vincent. He was SO NICE , SO intellectual, SO WONDROUS, SO MAGICAL! And we got along fabulously, always having adventures too! I broke it off believing I couldn't introduce such an older man to my family and thinking I'd like to find someone more my age. Also, Brenda is my youtube pseudonym. I'm not sure if you remember Joanie Sullivan. I only met you once or twice or so. I still have several of Vincent's letters that I must get into his archives in Lynn. I watched the entire film again couple of nights ago and loved every minute. (I watched it first time it was on PBS with the (haha) for mature audiences warning!) It's a once-in-a-lifetime you ever meet someone like Vincent, much less be so close to him and be so loved. I think of him dearly. <3

  • @willieloco13
    @willieloco13 3 роки тому

    & Brian is so freakin great !!!

  • @yvelinealexis6331
    @yvelinealexis6331 3 роки тому

    Amazing work Dr. Margo Shea. Looking forward to the read. Your arguments or shares in this interview are so clear and engaging; thank you for making it plain for us outside-outsiders :)

    • @margoshea6824
      @margoshea6824 3 роки тому

      aww, thank you, Yveline! Means the world.

  • @omajamusic3456
    @omajamusic3456 3 роки тому

    Leontine Hartzell's introduction and 5 minute story starts at 15:40. Enjoy!!

  • @smnatti867
    @smnatti867 3 роки тому

    Wonderful poem. It does what I always love in a poem, with one line suddenly snapping everything into place.

  • @robertomighty
    @robertomighty 3 роки тому

    Rock on (or Jazz on) Charles. And a shoutout to Henry Ferrini, too. Well done!

    • @GloucesterWriters
      @GloucesterWriters 3 роки тому

      Roberto, hope you and yours are safe during these apocalyptic times. Long, long time. I'll have to google you and see what you're up to. all best, Henry

  • @convergenceensemblebos
    @convergenceensemblebos 3 роки тому

    Beautifully done. Music, black and white photography, the poem I remember from other times=not a poem that one would forget. ...................

  • @marczegans
    @marczegans 3 роки тому

    Poignant and telling, beautifully read. You look fantastic black and white, and I love the bass intro and outro. So glad I had a chance to see this.

  • @xitthebear8436
    @xitthebear8436 3 роки тому

    a gorgeous scamper across the Primary Elements of Projective Verse & proprioception in Charles Olson & Co. as manifest in the work of Ken Irby ..... it was breath takingto hear Stein articulate this that night & it is wonderful to find it here

    • @GloucesterWriters
      @GloucesterWriters 3 роки тому

      Michael...Many jewels in the vault.. I was thrilled to come across it. Thanks for your comment...cheers, H