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Lowell-rooted poet Joe Donahue is one of the subjects of an essay titled “Apocalypticism: A Way Forward for Poetry” in the Chicago Review. Read the essay by Peter O’Leary here. Donahue has spent years mastering long serial poems that combine elements of mysticism, esotericism, protest, and the alienation of the…
Read More »American Kennel Club lists most popular dog breeds in the nation. This one looks like our guy at home. Read about it on boston.com.
Read More »In today’s Globe Robert Weisman profiles James Roosevelt, Jr. the would-be CEO of a proposed new non-profit healthcare insurer to be formed by the merger of Tufts Health Care and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Roosevelt with deep political roots – grandson of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, longtime general counsel of the…
Read More »Death Comes Home in the Morning . Rosemary said the Shuttle had exploded. Donna turned on the office radio. News came in the same tone as the spoken news From Dallas when President Kennedy was shot. The pub TV played without commercials. The flying machine shattered. It wasn’t the biggest loss…
Read More »The Hubble Space Telescope has produced another wonder, a view of what may be the oldest galaxy in the universe yet to be seen by humans. Read the NYTimes article here, and get the paper if you want more. It is a smudge of light only a tiny fraction of the size of…
Read More »Historic New England – formerly known as the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPNEA) – is the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive regional heritage organization in the nation. It was founded in 1910 by William Sumner Appleton* to preserve and present the cultural and architectural heritage of…
Read More »In case New England Patriots fans need the reminder, MassMoments tells us that on this day – January 27, 2000 – Bill Belichick was named the 14th head coach in the franchise history. …in 2000, Bill Belichick was named head coach of the New England Patriots. Belichick…
Read More »Picking up on Tony Sampas’s documentary photographs of Cote’s Market on Salem Street, here’s an excerpt from a poem by Marie Louise St. Onge that was published in the book “French Class: French Canadian-American Writings on Identity, Culture, and Place” (Loom Press, 1999).—PM . from One Vegetable and Silence for…
Read More »One of our regular contributors, Eileen Loucraft, is married to the nephew of Chick Loucraft who passed away this week. Thanks to Eileen for sharing the following memories of Mr. Loucraft: Charles “Chick” Loucraft 1934-2011 How does one talk about someone that is so loved? I don’t think anyone has…
Read More »We’ve previously written about “Honor in the Valley of Tears”, the feature-length documentary about Lowell-native David McNerney and the 1967 battle in Vietnam in which he was awarded the Medal of Honor. The movie is powerful, inspirational, emotional and a pleasure to watch. It’s also available for purchase through Amazon.com,…
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