“Finding Father”—Join four poets in a journey beyond Hallmark holiday tributes to fatherhood for an engaging presentation of poems celebrating and suffering the fathers in our lives, at Longfellow Books, One Monument Way, Portland, on Thursday, June 18, at 7 pm. Local poets Michael Macklin, Betsy Sholl, Martin Steingesser and Judy Tierney will read and present poems about fathers from their own writings and those of other poets. Admission is free.
“This will be a more nourishing bowl of soup than the usual holiday fare for Father’s Day,” says Martin Steingesser, coordinator and participating poet in the program. Each poet will read one or two poems of their own and one poem by another poet about fathers or some aspect of fatherhood.
6/16/09
News from Blooming Grove
Joan at her piano.
Joan Siegel has also been active reading and promoting her book in her area of the Hudson Valley / Blooming Grove, NY. Here is a list of events and reviews out or to come. We believe her book, "Hyacinth for the Soul," to be noteworthy, as Joan is an accomplished writer and has gotten good endorsements from some notable people. Mary Makofske's review is archived on this blog (03/15-03/22) as well as on "The Renaissance Reader" web site PDF (link below) which also has a sample poem from the book.
Some endorsements from the cover:
These passionate, caring poems range seamlessly from personal lyric to public outcry, from a pair of well-turned pantoums of childhood memories to a poem that rewrites the liturgy of a responsive reading from the Passover service. Siegel knows how to go for the small specific details that illuminate even the darkest subjects.
—Maxine Kumin
Reading this extraordinary collection, I’m reminded of John Crowe Ransom’s statement that death “is the great subject of poetry, the most serious subject.” Within its persistent shadow, Siegel writes of love, both domestic and romantic, of the burden of human suffering, and of the regenerative powers of nature and the human spirit. And she does so with the impeccable ear of a musician and the craftsmanship of a master jeweler. This is an important book. —William Trowbridge
All the endorsements can be found in the earlier post in the archive for 03/08-03/15.
This new title, and all of our recent books, can be found at spdbooks by doing an advanced search and filling in only the publisher name, Deerbrook Editions, which should bring up all the titles.
"Hyacinth for the Soul" Reviews:
1) Mary Makofske review, see earlier post (3/15-3/22).
2) James Cotter review to be published in Home Planet News (#63 Fall 2009)
3) Nina Shengold review to be published in The Chronogram (July 2009)
4) Amy Berkowitz, Times Herald Record (May 17, 2009) . . . more of an interview, you can access it on-line at recordonline.
5)Lee Gould, June 29, 2009,The Chronogram
READINGS:
4/2/09 Mt. Saint Mary's College (Newburgh, NY)
4/3/09 SUNY/Orange (Middletown, NY)
4/18/09 Baby Grand Books (Warwisk, NY)
6/9/09 Moffat Library (Washingtonville, NY)
Date pending...Fall 2009...Thrall Library (Middletown, NY)
Date pending...Woodstock Poetry Society (Philip Levine, Director)...awaiting a reading date
Date Pending...(August 21) Joey's Cafe (Washingtonville, NY)
6/15/09
Reading at River Arts
Sunday May 24, Dawn Potter and Martin Steingesser read at River Arts in Damariscotta, Maine. River Arts is doing good things for the arts and can be found by clicking on the title of this post.
Martin is Portland, Maine's first Poet Laureate, 2007 - 2009. Author of "Brothers of Morning" published by Deerbrook Editions in 2002, is usually active teaching writing workshops in Maine schools, Martin is also performing his new work "The Thinking Heart," an ensemble performance work in two voices, with cello, based on the writings of a Dutch woman, Etty Hillesum, who died in the Holocaust.
"The Thinking Heart" CD is being released by Old Port Records. Listen to a short feature, with excerpts from "The Thinking Heart" here.
Dawn Potter, author of "Boy Land & Other Poems" published by Deerbrook Editions in 2004, recently received a writing fellowship, and has a Milton memoir "Tracing Paradise: Two Years in Harmony with John Milton" out from the University of Massachusetts Press. Dawn is also active as associate director of the "Frost Place Conference on Poetry and Teaching" in Franconia, New Hampshire, as a free lance book editor, and teacher of creative writing. Scroll down to post 4/7/09 for more, or go through the archive above. Dawn was interviewed by Sewanee Review. This is the link from the Sewanne site map but it doesn't seem to be working now, and tags cannot contain tags (to the interview) on the blog. Sorry. We will investigate.
UP COMING APPEARANCES for Dawn Potter
Book signing, MWPA's Books & Blooms, Boothbay, ME, July 11 MWPA
Poetry workshop, MWPA fall retreat, Haystack, Deer Isle, ME, Sept. 11-13
"Poets Writing Memoir," reading with Elizabeth Garber, Belfast Free Library, Belfast, ME, Sept. 29
Reading with Jeanne Marie Beaumont, Community Bookstore, 143 7th Ave, Park Slope, Brooklyn, October 13
Visiting writer, Stonecoast MFA program, January
Martin is Portland, Maine's first Poet Laureate, 2007 - 2009. Author of "Brothers of Morning" published by Deerbrook Editions in 2002, is usually active teaching writing workshops in Maine schools, Martin is also performing his new work "The Thinking Heart," an ensemble performance work in two voices, with cello, based on the writings of a Dutch woman, Etty Hillesum, who died in the Holocaust.
"The Thinking Heart" CD is being released by Old Port Records. Listen to a short feature, with excerpts from "The Thinking Heart" here.
Dawn Potter, author of "Boy Land & Other Poems" published by Deerbrook Editions in 2004, recently received a writing fellowship, and has a Milton memoir "Tracing Paradise: Two Years in Harmony with John Milton" out from the University of Massachusetts Press. Dawn is also active as associate director of the "Frost Place Conference on Poetry and Teaching" in Franconia, New Hampshire, as a free lance book editor, and teacher of creative writing. Scroll down to post 4/7/09 for more, or go through the archive above. Dawn was interviewed by Sewanee Review. This is the link from the Sewanne site map but it doesn't seem to be working now, and tags cannot contain tags (to the interview) on the blog. Sorry. We will investigate.
UP COMING APPEARANCES for Dawn Potter
Book signing, MWPA's Books & Blooms, Boothbay, ME, July 11 MWPA
Poetry workshop, MWPA fall retreat, Haystack, Deer Isle, ME, Sept. 11-13
"Poets Writing Memoir," reading with Elizabeth Garber, Belfast Free Library, Belfast, ME, Sept. 29
Reading with Jeanne Marie Beaumont, Community Bookstore, 143 7th Ave, Park Slope, Brooklyn, October 13
Visiting writer, Stonecoast MFA program, January
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