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One of our regular contributors, Chath pierSath, is back in Bolton, Mass., after several months in Cambodia. We have light snow today, but with the mild weather this past week Chath was out pruning on the farm where he works. He sent this poem about the seasonal work on the…
Read More »Christine P. O’Connor is a writer and attorney in Lowell. She has an essay in the literary anthology Atlantic Currents: Connecting Cork and Lowell, which is forthcoming in April. This is her first appearance on the Howe blog. The essay surfaced on her Facebook page a few days ago, after…
Read More »We have a new poem from Tom Sexton in Alaska, an avid reader of the blog and regular contributor. Tom’s Lowell poems will be published by Loom Press later this year in a collection titled Cummiskey Alley. Tom grew up in the city and now counts among his honors his selection…
Read More »Thanks to poet Joseph Donahue (Lowell/Duke University) and Tony Sampas, archivist at the UMass Lowell Libraries, we have another writer to introduce to our blog readers: William Reed Huntington (1838-1909). Born into a prominent Lowell family, William was the son of Hannah Hinckley and Elisha Huntington, a doctor who served…
Read More »Malcolm Sharps in Hungary I have a connection to Lowell via your local writer Steve O’Connor. It was my first time in France, my first time grape picking, but another Englishman was doing his third year and he knew how to find the work. That was Steve’s problem. He didn’t know…
Read More »We asked poet and writer Marie Louise St. Onge to share her story and thoughts about where she’s going with her writing. She sent us a summary of her experience to date and added her view of the challenge in front of every artist in the nation, even the world.—PM…
Read More »Chinese New Year was celebrated this past Saturday. And, when we think about it, what’s more American now than Chinese food? It’s everywhere, and most of us have enjoyed it. Frank Wagner brings us back to the table in this poem with his praise of a warming meal. Let us…
Read More »Linda Hoffman is an artist and orchardist who operates Old Frog Pond Farm in Harvard, Mass. This is her second appearance on our blog. She has written a memoir about her experiences on the farm. She made the photographs accompanying this essay. Click on the photos to see the image…
Read More »Women’s March, 2017, web photo courtesy of Wikipedia Aren’t We Marching Anymore? Do other folks think that the Democratic National Committee or some national organization should be organizing demonstrations in Washington DC and all cities during this Impeachment period that could be over very soon if the GOP has its…
Read More »David Daniel’s latest book is Inflections and Innuendos: Flash Fiction Riffs (2017), which is available to order here. He is a frequent contributor to our blog. The Sommelier of Faces By David Daniel You know someone like this. Someone with a thing for pairing faces. Like . . . check…
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