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What is Bloomsday? Fom Today in Dublin: Bloomsday is a commemoration observed annually on 16 June in Dublin to celebrate the life of Irish writer James Joyce and relive the events in his novel Ulysses, all of which took place on the same day in Dublin in 1904. The name…
Read More »A selection of the letters exchanged by Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg between 1944 and 1963 has been published by Viking Penguin. Bill Morgan, long associated with Ginsberg, and David Stanford, who worked on Kerouac projects at Viking (he was my editor at Viking for “Atop an Underwood,” too), co-edited…
Read More »Poet Tom Sexton has a new book due next March: “I Think Again of Those Ancient Chinese Poets.” The publisher is University of Alaska Press. Watch for Tom to be in the area next spring for a reading or two.
Read More »David Brooks in today’s NYTimes argues the case on behalf of the value of history, literature, and the traditional liberal arts education. In a time when technology oftens appears to be de-linked from humanity, his case has merit. Read Brooks’ column here, and consider subscribing to the NYT if you…
Read More »Posted by PaulM This poem by Tom Sexton will be incorporated into a work of public art on the Concord River Greenway, along with selections of writing by Henry Thoreau, Jack Kerouac, and Paul Tsongas in other artworks along the river path.—PM . Great Blue Heron Far from the marsh…
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