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In Joseph Conrad’s novella, Heart of Darkness, the unnamed narrator introduces a second speaker, Marlow, who actually tells the intricate story of Mr. Kurtz. Marlow himself claimed that “the meaning of an episode was not inside like a kernel but outside, enveloping the tale which brought it out only as…
Read More »The Best of Tom Sexton’s Lowell Poems Tom Sexton (photo by Kevin Harkins); cover photo (detail) by Jack Delano; book design by Dennis Ludvino CUMMISKEY ALLEY: NEW AND SELECTED LOWELL POEMS is Tom Sexton’s second book with Loom Press. The book is available now for pre-order at www.loompress.com The author…
Read More »Women’s Equality Day By Mary Olberding Women’s Equality Day celebrates the day the 19th Amendment was signed into law on August 26, 1920, giving women the right to vote and ending a 70-year long quest. Extending suffrage was a necessary step toward fulfilling the promise of Democracy with a more…
Read More »This week on her Apples, Art, and Spirit Blog, Linda Hoffman describes the transformation of the farm from potential to reality as many crops near harvest-time. Her descriptions of heirloom tomatoes and juicy melons motivate you to grab your car keys and head for the farm which has a retail…
Read More »July 19, 1969 By Steve O’Connor Saturday night. Jack Lee stopped at the corner of Westford and Coral and leaned against the street sign. “Out of shape,” he muttered. He should never have taken the desk job at the Post Office. Up until five years ago, and for the…
Read More »Another installment of Lowell Lists. Today, the State Senators and State Representatives who have represented Lowell in the General Court from 1970 to the present. State Senator – 1st Middlesex B. Joseph Tully – 1970 Philip L. Shea – 1980 Paul J. Sheehy – 1984 Nancy Achin Sullivan – 1990…
Read More »Another installment in our Lowell Lists series. Here is the roster of elected officials who have held the Middlesex County offices of Sheriff, District Attorney, Clerk of Courts, Register of Probate, and Register of Deeds from 1970 to the present. The date that precedes each name is the year that…
Read More »If 2020 is the year for armchair travel, Maeve O’Sullivan’s Elsewhere provides readers with an epic trip. Now in its fourth edition, it features haiku, haibun (a mix of prose and haiku), and long-form poetry. The writing captures a solo, around-the-world journey that took place in the fall of 2016…
Read More »Chath pierSath is a contributor to this blog who lives and works on a family farm in Bolton, Mass. His new book On Earth Beneath Sky, a collection of poems and prose sketches, will be published by Loom Press. The book is available now for pre-ordering at www.loompress.com — The…
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