DOCSLIB.ORG

The 2Nd Annual Massachusetts Poetry Festival – and Welcome to Historic Lowell, a Hot Spot of the “Creative Economy” in the Commonwealth

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
The 2Nd Annual Massachusetts Poetry Festival – and Welcome to Historic Lowell, a Hot Spot of the “Creative Economy” in the Commonwealth WELCOME TO THE 2009 MASSACHUSETTS POETRY FESTIVAL To all the friends of poetry: Welcome to the 2nd Annual Massachusetts Poetry Festival – and welcome to historic Lowell, a hot spot of the “creative economy” in the Commonwealth. You are part of the “great audience” for poetry that Whitman imagined so many years ago. In one year, the Festival has made an enormous developmental leap. Writers from Boston to the Berkshires ignited literary fires to start the Festival on the Thurs- day of this long weekend of poetry. In this program book you will see the packed schedule for Friday and Saturday in Lowell, as well the Sunday activities at the Children’s Museum and Harvard University. Our theme this year is “Poetry in Hard Times.” Let’s hope the power of poetry can take us beyond the “hard times” for four days. We are intent on having a good time together and carrying that spirit forward. Robert Pinsky While you are in Lowell, please explore the city when you move between events. You can sample food from around the world in downtown restaurants, visit Whistler’s birthplace, see extraordinary Anne Waldman commemorative sculptures for Jack Kerouac and Lucy Larcom, wit- ness labor history at our National Park, enjoy award-winning, pre- served 19th-century architecture, and more. On behalf of the organizers, thank you to everyone who con- tributed talent, time, and money to make this Festival possible. We need your help to continue, so please donate what you can at the various events or online later at www.masspoetry.org. To the more than 50 Poetry Partners, we offer a special thanks for helping us get to the roots of poetry around the state. And also a special thanks to the many volunteers who help plan and produce this complex Festival. Our goal is to lift the poets and poetry of Massachusetts to a higher level. We want this good work to be seen and recognized more widely. Massachusetts has a special place in the literary history of the Jessica Smith nation and world. Today, you are part of history as it happens. Thank you for making the 2009 Massachusetts Poetry Festival a memorable success. Sincerely, Paul Marion, on behalf of the MPF Executive Committee Afaa Michael Weaver Louise Glück Michael Casey 2 THE 2009 Poetry Partners MASSACHUSETTS POETRY FESTIVAL Bagel Bards THANKS THE Blacksmith House Poetry Series FOLLOWING Boostrap Press Boston Book Festival SPONSORS FOR THEIR Cape Cod Writers Center CONTRIBUTIONS AND Cave Canem Chelmsford Public Library SUPPORT Concord Poetry Center Courage & Renewal Northeast Cultural Organization of Lowell City of Lowell EchoDitto Emerson College Department of Writing Cultural Organization of Lowell Favorite Poem Project Fireside Reading Series EchoDitto Ford Hall Forum Frost Foundation Enterprise Bank Grolier Bookstore Grub Street, Inc. Feeley & Driscoll, P.C. Charitable Gift Fund Hellenic Culture Society Ibbetson St. Press Greater Cincinnati Foundation Island Poets, Martha’s Vineyard Greater Lowell Community Foundation Jeff Robinson Trio/Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam Lesley University MFA Program in Creative Writing Greater Merrimack Valley Convention and Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! Visitors Bureau Lowell Poetry Network Massachusetts Center for the Book Jim and Karen Ansara Moses Greeley Parker Lectures New England Poetry Club Loom Press PEN New England Pine Manor MFA Program Lowell Five PoemWorks Poetribe Mass Humanities Pollard Memorial Library Lowell National Historical Park Powow River Poets Robert Creeley Foundation Lowell Plan, Inc. Robert Frost Foundation Salem State College English Department Lowell Poetry Network Smith Poetry Center, Smith College Suffolk Poetry Center Massachusetts Poetry Outreach Project Tapestry of Voices The Greater Brockton Society for Poetry and the Arts Massachusetts Cultural Council Theodore Edson Parker Foundation Tsongas Industrial History Center Middlesex Community College University of Massachusetts Boston, MFA Program University of Massachusetts Lowell Moses Greeley Parker Lectures Wild Apples Norman and Amy Gorin Woodbury Poetry Room, Harvard Patrick J. Mogan Cultural Center Worcester County Poetry Association Zephyr Press Pollard Memorial Library 119 Gallery Sunflower Foundation Theodore Edson Parker Foundation The Phoenix University of Massachusetts Lowell Thanks also goes to LOWELL TELECOM- MUNICATIONS CORPORATION (LTC) for their technical assistance and support. MASSACHUSETTS POETRY FESTIVAL EXECUTIVE PLANNING COMMITTEE AND STAFF Robert Pinsky, Honorary Chair Michael Ansara, Planning and Fundraising Charles Coe, Planning and Fundraising Suzzanne Cromwell, Project Management Derek Fenner, Planning and Publications Ryan Gallagher, Planning and Publications Chloe Garcia-Roberts, Outreach and Publicity Julia Gavin, Volunteer Coordinator Jacqueline Malone, High School Program Coordinator Paul Marion, Planning and Fundraising LZ Nunn, Planning and Fundraising Nicco Mele, Website Development Madeleine Perry, Website Management Dave Robinson, Planning and Outreach Kathryn Wiese, Website Management Walter Wright, Planning and Outreach THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO MADE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE! designed by Malden High School’s Blue and Gold staff 3 VISITING THE CITY OF Thank you to LOWELL & FESTIVAL INFORMATION the following 4 2009 MAP OF DOWNTOWN Massachusetts LOWELL Poetry Festival 6 Sponsors and FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16TH Donors High School, Collegiate As of 8/25/2009 readings & workshops. Epic Level: $5,000 + Café readings & Events @ the 119 Gallery Mass Humanities Theodore Edson Parker Foundation 8 Oratory Level: $2,500 + FRIDAY HEADLINE EVENT Urban Village Arts Series James and Karen Ansara (UVAS) Mestre Calango, City of Lowell Michael Casey, Jessica Smith Cultural Organization of Lowell & Caleb Neelon Greater Merrimack Valley Convention & Visitors Bureau University of Massachusetts Lowell 9 Prose Level: $1,000 + SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17TH Eastern Bank Small Press Fair Enterprise Bank Feeley & Driscoll, P.C. Charitable Fund 10 Norman W. and Amy F. Gorin Greater Cincinnati Foundation Descriptions of Programming Greater Lowell Community Foundation from Middlesex Community College Sunflower Foundation 11:00 a.m - 4:00 p.m. Narrator Level: $200 + 11-14 Gerald C. & Kate Chertavian LATE AFTERNOON EVENTS: Anna Fincke Dennis R. and Carol A. Kanan Cave Canem Reading 15 Laureate Level: $100 + Kerouac, Panel Discussion Susan G. Case Louisa Kasdon and Film Stephen B. and Elizabeth A. Rosen Ellen Meyer and Paul E. Shorb III 16 Jonathan Lupfer and Susan Berseth X.J. Kennedy & The Light Bard Level: $50 + Brigade Lillian Sober Ain, PhD 17 Athenian Corner Restaurant Ronald Howell and Emily Hill Axelrod Reading of New Works by Dorothy D. Burlage, PhD MA Authors Jarita A. Davis Anita A. Diamant Susan Y. Friedman 17 Sandra E. and Lester P. Goldstein John M. & Consuelo A. Isaacson SATURDAY HEADLINE Adele Pressman EVENT featuring Robert Phillip R. Malone & Luciana L. Herman Pinsky, Louise Glück, Anne Waldman & Afaa Weaver Troubador Level: $25 + 18 - 19 Sara B. and Robert L. Dickman Poetry Slam Andrew S. Krotinger and Linda G. Curtis 20 This poem will appear in: Other Donors Let's Not Keep Fighting the Trojan War—New and Selected Poems, 1986-2008 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18TH B. Minde Kornfeld which Coffee House Press will publish this month, October, 2009. 22-23 Ed Sanders was a performer in 2008 at the festival 4 MAP OF LOWELL VISITING THE CITY OF LOWELL and FESTIVAL INFORMATION Upon your arrival to Lowell, please proceed to the Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center at 246 Market Street and visit the Massachusetts Poetry Festival Information Table. There you will find walking maps of the City and general information, as well as friendly volunteers to guide you and answer your questions. Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center by car: Take the Lowell Connector from either Route 495 (Exit 35C) or Route 3 (Exit 30A if traveling southbound, Exit 30B if traveling northbound) to Thorndike Street (Exit 5B). Follow “National Park Visitor Center” signs. Downtown Public Parking Facilities We recommend parking in one of the following Downtown parking facilities. Both are perfectly located to all Mass Poetry Festival venues. All day parking at the following facilities is $8 Leo Roy Parking Facility (next to the National Park Visitor Center) 100 Market Street, 01852 978-446-7174 Joseph Downes Parking Facility 75 John Street, 01852 978-970-4198 Commuter Rail Service from Boston Commuter rail service is available from Boston’s North Station to Lowell’s Gallagher Terminal. Lowell Regional Transportation Authority shuttles run between Gallagher Terminal and downtown Lowell every half hour, Monday through Friday, 6:00 am - 6:00 pm and Saturday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. ON STREET PARKING METERS ARE FREE AFTER 6 PM ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, AND ALL DAY ON SUNDAY. Events by Location & Time 5 Directions to the Brewery Exchange: Continue west down Father E Morissette Blvd (.4mi) Turn right on Cabot St. B L J F D N A H C G I K M Directions to the 119 Gallery: Continue southeast on Dutton St toward Fletcher St. G ALL Arts Gallery (.2 mi) Take ramp to Chelmsford St. (right turn). 119 Chelmsford St. Four Poets from Four Way Books 1-1:55pm Meet and Greet: ALL Arts Gallery Artists & Poets, sponsored by A The Small Press Fair the Lowell Poetry Network 2-2:55pm Please use the small press fair as a central location for the festival. Use it as a Nature, Art & Poetry from Wild Apples Journal 3-3:55pm meeting place. Come here to get schedules, buy books from featured presses and H authors. Will also have a schedule for author
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Alfred Nicol Interviewed by Christine Yurick
    Alfred, there is little information available about your background (family, childhood, etc.). Is there a reason for that or would you be willing to share some with me? I was born in 1956, the second of my parents’ four children, whose births followed a pattern: girl, boy, girl, boy. My parents were working-class French- Canadian people from large families. My mother was the next-to-youngest in a family of twelve children; my father had eight brothers and sisters. Nearly all of the socializing my parents did was with family members. When I was a young boy, my playmates were my cousins. Neither my mother nor my father had much education. She completed her eight years at the Catholic elementary school which I later attended, Sacred Heart School in Amesbury, Massachusetts; after that, she worked at a hat factory and took care of her elderly mother. My father did not even make it through elementary school. He was asked to leave class for misbehavior in the sixth grade and he never returned. He did attend a technical high school later on, where he studied mechanical drafting. He took a job in a sheet metal shop, where he was made foreman and worked until his retirement. His co-workers had great respect for him. When I was old enough to work summers at the shop, they would tell me, whatever I might accomplish, I would never be as intelligent as my father. I liked hearing that. Though my mother claimed to have never read a book all the way through—it hurt her eyes, she said—she was a regular contributor to “Confidential Chat,” a women’s forum printed in The Boston Globe.
    [Show full text]
  • Underserved Communities
    National Endowment for the Arts FY 2016 Spring Grant Announcement Artistic Discipline/Field Listings Project details are accurate as of April 26, 2016. For the most up to date project information, please use the NEA's online grant search system. Click the grant area or artistic field below to jump to that area of the document. 1. Art Works grants Arts Education Dance Design Folk & Traditional Arts Literature Local Arts Agencies Media Arts Museums Music Opera Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works Theater & Musical Theater Visual Arts 2. State & Regional Partnership Agreements 3. Research: Art Works 4. Our Town 5. Other Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of April 26, 2016. Arts Education Number of Grants: 115 Total Dollar Amount: $3,585,000 826 Boston, Inc. (aka 826 Boston) $10,000 Roxbury, MA To support Young Authors Book Program, an in-school literary arts program. High school students from underserved communities will receive one-on-one instruction from trained writers who will help them write, edit, and polish their work, which will be published in a professionally designed book and provided free to students. Visiting authors, illustrators, and graphic designers will support the student writers and book design and 826 Boston staff will collaborate with teachers to develop a standards-based curriculum that meets students' needs. Abada-Capoeira San Francisco $10,000 San Francisco, CA To support a capoeira residency and performance program for students in San Francisco area schools. Students will learn capoeira, a traditional Afro-Brazilian art form that combines ritual, self-defense, acrobatics, and music in a rhythmic dialogue of the body, mind, and spirit.
    [Show full text]
  • BC Fulton Hall of Fame
    Dear Fultonians, The Fultonian for Summer 2019 was mailed on July 12, 2019 and contained a completely unexpected honor for me as I learned that I had been inducted into the Hall of Fame as a representative of the Golden Age of Fulton Debate. It came at a perfect time for me to immediately show it to my brother Kevin, who had entered BC in 1967 and co-chaired the Fulton High School Debate Tournament in 1968. It also came at a perfect time in the history of Boston College, since the Boston College Magazine had just announced that the archive of issues from 100 years of The Heights has been made available on the internet. So I was able to browse my life at BC and recall my time as a Fultonian. I realize that your march through the decades made me one of the first honorees with an opportunity to thank you for the honor. Accordingly, I feel the obligation to recount my journey to this honor with the help of pictures and the thousands of words they merit. I was in the vortex of the Golden Age, because it didn’t begin with me and it didn’t end with me. My entrance to the Fulton certainly did not presage such an honor, based on my high school record as a member of the Behrens Debate Society of Canisius High School. I certainly couldn’t have been described as a “former all-state debater from Illinois” as Charlie Lawson, CBA ’70 was in 1967. The only debate tournament I won in high school occurred on Nov.
    [Show full text]
  • Books, Publishing, and Libraries
    Twelfth International Conference on Books, Publishing, and Libraries 8–9 NOVEMBER 2014 | SIMMONS COLLEGE | BOSTON, USA | BOOKSANDPUBLISHING.COM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BOOKS, PUBLISHING, AND LIBRARIES SIMMONS COLLEGE BOSTON, USA 8-9 NOVEMBER 2014 WWW.BOOKSANDPUBLISHING.COM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BOOKS, PUBLISHING, AND LIBRARIES www.BooksAndPublishing.com First published in 2014 in Champaign, Illinois, USA by Common Ground Publishing, LLC www.commongroundpublishing.com © 2014 Common Ground Publishing All rights reserved. Apart from fair dealing for the purposes of study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the applicable copyright legislation, no part of this work may be reproduced by any process without written permission from the publisher. For permissions and other inquiries, please contact [email protected]. TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome Letter................................................................................................................................................ 1 About Common Ground ................................................................................................................................... 2 The Books, Publishing, and Libraries Knowledge Community ........................................................................... 3 The International Advisory Board for the Books, Publishing, and Libraries Community .................................. 6 The International Journal of the Book and Book Series ....................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • “A Sturdy Core of Thinking, Fact Seeking Citizens”: the Open Forum Movement and Public Learning in Terre Haute and Hammond, Indiana, in the 1920S
    “A Sturdy Core of Thinking, Fact Seeking Citizens”: The Open Forum Movement and Public Learning in Terre Haute and Hammond, Indiana, in the 1920s Arthur S. Meyers” In Sinclair Lewis’s fictional Zenith, Ohio, in 1920, George Babbitt complained to his wife that their daughter and her beau were “trudging off to lectures by authors and Hindu philosophers and Swedish lieutenants.” Lewis was describing an actual phenomenon taking place in several hundred industrial cities, including at least four in Indiana. The Open Forum lecture movement was remarkable: a locally planned, non-partisan, non-sectarian initiative in public learning, reaching thousands of people around the country. Expanding beyond the Chautauqua lecture movement in topics and locale, it brought a wide range of people together to discuss the vital concerns and intellectual advances of the day and to consider the core beliefs and values in their lives.’ Although the Open Forum has faded from history, it was a model of social commitment, public learning, and freedom of speech that took root not only in metropolitan areas but also in small cities in the Midwest. The story of the movement in Terre Haute and Hammond in the 1920s provides fresh insight into Indiana’s history, revealing a previously unknown interest in the ideas of liberal reformers and support for public learning, and documenting the social activism of a minister and rabbi. It also suggests that other smaller urban communities of the Midwest were less provincial and more politically varied than most accounts of the era suggest. The Open Forum is best understood in both religious and political terms.
    [Show full text]
  • VIII Biennial Dominican Studies Association Conference
    The VIII Biennial Dominican Studies Association Conference Hosted at Eugenio María de Hostos Community College of The City University of New York 450 Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York 10451 (C-Building) Thursday - Saturday, November 15-17, 2018 Dominicans on the Map: Heritage, Citizenship, Memory and Social Justice Opening Remarks by Daisy Cocco De Filippis President, Naugatuck Valley Community College Welcome by David Gómez President, Eugenio María de Hostos Community College Keynote Speaker - María Harper-Marinick Chancellor, Arizona Maricopa County Community Colleges (one of the largest community college systems in the nation) Remarks by Silvio Torres-Saillant Professor and Director of the Latino-Latin American Studies Program at Syracuse University Dedicated to the distinguished poet Rhina P. Espaillat Artist: Héctor Ureña - Title: "Undercover” Dominican Studies Association Sponsors & Co-sponsors Eugenio María de Hostos Community College/CUNY Naugatuck Valley Community College in Connecticut Syracuse University/Latino-Latin American Studies Program Borough of Manhattan Community College, Center for Ethnic Studies/CUNY Broadway Housing Communities Inc. The City University of New York (CUNY) The CUNY Dominican Studies Institute at The City College of New York Harvard University The City College of New York/Latino Studies Program/CUNY Association of Dominican-American Supervisors and Administrators (ADASA) Inka Cola High Point University of North Carolina Asociación de Escritores Dominicanos en Estados Unidos (ASEDEU) Hunter College/CUNY
    [Show full text]
  • World Famous Book Festivals List PDF
    World Famous Book Festivals List PDF All companies and individuals are encouraged to read and understand each service, their policies, and then decide if they are a right fit for you. January ALA Philadelphia Midwinter Meeting and Exhibits, USA – https://2020.alamidwinter.org/ American Library Association Annual Conference, USA – https://www.combinedbook.com/2020-american-library-association-annual- conference.html Cairo International Book Fair, Egypt – http://www.cairobookfair.org.eg/opening/ Festival International De La Bande Dessinee, France – https://www.bdangouleme.com/ International Kolkata Book Fair, India – http://kolkatabookfair.net/ Jaipur Literature Festival, India – https://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/ New Delhi World Book Fair, India – http://nbtindia.gov.in/nbtbook February African American Children’s Book Fair, USA – http://theafricanamericanchildrensbookproject.org/ Amelia Island Book Festival, USA – https://www.ameliaislandbookfestival.org/ Brussels Book Fair, Belgium – https://flb.be/ California International Antiquarian Book Fair, USA – https://cabookfair.com/ Casablanca Book Fair, Morocco – https://www.salonlivrecasa.ma/fr/ Feria Internacional Del Libro De La Habana, Cuba – https://www.facebook.com/filcuba/ Havana International Book Fair, Cuba – https://www.internationalpublishers.org/component/rseventspro/event/196- havana-international-book-fair-havana-cuba Imagine Children’s Festival, United Kingdom – https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/festivals-series/imagine- childrens-festival Lahore International Book
    [Show full text]
  • BOSTON BOOK FESTIVAL FUNDRAISER an Evening with Walter Isaacson May 20, 2012 at the MIT Media Lab
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Joyce Linehan 617-282-2510 x 1, [email protected] BOSTON BOOK FESTIVAL FUNDRAISER An Evening With Walter Isaacson May 20, 2012 at the MIT Media Lab (BOSTON) The Boston Book Festival holds a very special fundraising event on Sunday, May 20 at 5:30 p.m. at the spectacular MIT Media Lab (75 Amherst St., Cambridge, Mass.). An Evening With Walter Isaacson will feature a cocktail reception, a presentation, and dinner with the Steve Jobs biographer. Tickets are $400 per person for the entire evening, or $75 per person for just the cocktail reception and presentation, and can be purchased at http://bit.ly/IBV8HQ . Sponsorship packages including tables are also available. For more information, visit www.bostonbookfest.org . Walter Isaacson is the president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan educational and policy studies institute based in Washington, DC. He has been the chairman and CEO of CNN and the editor of TIME magazine. He is the author of Steve Jobs (2011), Einstein: His Life and Universe (2007), Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (2003), and Kissinger: A Biography (1992), and coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made (1986). Isaacson was born on May 20, 1952, in New Orleans. He is a graduate of Harvard College and of Pembroke College of Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He began his career at The Sunday Times of London and then the New Orleans Times- Picayune/States-Item . He joined TIME in 1978 and served as a political correspondent, national editor, and editor of new media before becoming the magazine’s 14 th editor in 1996.
    [Show full text]
  • Ford Hall Forum Collection (MS113), 1908-2013: a Finding Aid
    Ford Hall Forum Collection 1908-2013 (MS113) Finding Aid Moakley Archive and Institute www.suffolk.edu/moakley [email protected] Ford Hall Forum Collection (MS113), 1908-2013: A Finding Aid Descriptive Summary Repository: Moakley Archive and Institute, Suffolk University, Boston MA Collection Number: MS 113 Creator: Ford Hall Forum Title: Ford Hall Forum Collection Date(s): 1908-2013, 1930-2000 Quantity: 85 boxes, 41 cubic ft., 39 lin. ft. Preferred Citation: Ford Hall Forum Collection (MS 113), 1908-2013, Moakley Archive and Institute, Suffolk University, Boston, MA. Abstract: The Ford Hall Forum Collection documents the history of the nation’s longest running free public lecture series. The Forum has hosted some the most notable figures in the arts, science, politics, and the humanities since its founding in 1908. The collection, which spans from 1908 to 2013, includes of 85 boxes of materials related to the Forum's administration, lectures, fund raising, partnerships, and its radio program, the New American Gazette. Administrative Information Acquisition Information: Ownership transferred to Suffolk University in 2014. Use Restrictions: Use of materials may be restricted based on their condition, content or copyright status, or if they contain personal information. Consult Archive staff for more information. Related Collections: See also the Ford Hall Forum Oral History (SOH-041) and Arthur S. Meyers Collection (MS114) held by Suffolk University. Additional collection materials related to the organization --primarily audio and video
    [Show full text]
  • Voices of MLAC by John J
    Voices of MLAC By John J. Carroll, Esq. Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow, P.C. Access to Justice Fellow Project 2017-2018 PREFACE In his Access to Justice Fellowship with the Equal Justice Coalition, John Carroll interviewed leadership, staff, and other stakeholders in the Massachusetts legal services community. From these interviews, and using other historical resources, John authored the collection of narratives in this document, tracing the origins of civil legal aid in Massachusetts and detailing the vital services provided by the 14 programs funded by the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation (a co-founding member of the EJC). These narratives will be translated into a variety of formats (articles, blog posts, fact sheets) for the EJC, MLAC, and civil legal aid programs to use in outreach, legislative advocacy, and other educational efforts. * Client names in this document have been changed to protect individual privacy. DEDICATION This project is dedicated to the men and women who work in, and have worked in the legal services programs described here. This year marks the 35th anniversary of MLAC’s existence. Over 30 current employees have been at their respective programs all that time. A special dedication to Lonnie Powers, who has been the Executive Director of MLAC since its inception. Acknowledgements This work would not have been possible without the inexhaustible energy of Catherine Rizos, Director of Communications at MLAC. Her skills in formatting, editing and project management were indispensable in bringing this work alive. Special thanks to Emily Spiewak and Sean Smerczynski at Meehan Boyle, who continually assisted in the drafting and editing process.
    [Show full text]
  • Above & Beyond
    A publication of Mass Humanities Fall 2013 Mass Humanities Newsletter Goes Green Above & Beyond The print edition of our newsletter will be phased out after this issue. Join Talk of a crisis in the humanities as the most salient criteria for evaluating our work. Mass Humanities in saving paper and spins a woeful web about our chosen The American Academy of Arts & Sciences recently register now for the digital edition at: field, and the headlines have us issued a much-discussed report entitled The Heart masshumanities.org/news_signup caught between plunging budgets and of the Matter that outlines a plan for the humanities sagging numbers of students major- to take a central role in improving the nation. The ing in the humanities. Some numbers, report sets long-term goals for achieving economic though, are going up, including our age—Mass well-being and strengthening civil society and its core In This Issue Humanities marks its 40th anniversary in 2014—and to celebrate, we reviewed our four- decade history. It is remarkable the extent to Letter from the Director page 2 which the grants we made and programs we ran What we found in our history have indisputably enhanced and improved civic Welcome to Our New life in the Commonwealth. illuminates the strengths of the Board Members page 4 humanities, showing that no Since our inception in 1974, Mass Humanities has matter the challenges, we can Heritage and History emphasized the public value of the humanities. in Western Mass. Two decades into our mission, the editorial in the meet and exceed expectations.
    [Show full text]
  • Open up to Indie Authors Paperback
    The Alliance of Independent Authors is a global non-profit association for self publishing writers. Website: allianceindependentauthors.org Blog: selfpublishingadvice.org Opening Up To Indie Authors Debbie Young & Dan Holloway Series editor: Orna Ross An Alliance of Independent Authors’ Guide www.allianceindependentauthors.org Opening Up To Indie Authors. Font Publications London UK. ISBN EBOOK: 978-1-909888-14-2 ISBN PRINT: 987-1-909888-13-5 ISBN AUDIOBOOK: 978-1-909888-15-9 Copyright © 2014 Dan Holloway, Debbie Young, Orna Ross, The Alliance of Independent Authors. All rights reserved. Category: Writing, Publishing Printed by IngramSpark Ltd Contents Introduction: Launch Speech at The London Book Fair 2014 by Orna Ross Director of The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) viii PART ONE Twenty-first Century Publishing 1 I. Self-Publishing Today 3 2. How to Find Great Self-published Books 13 3. About The #PublishingOpenUp Campaign 23 PART TWO Equal Opportunities For All Books 29 4. Book Retailers 31 5. Reviews, Reviewers & Book Blogs 53 6. Libraries 64 7. Festivals & Events 75 8. Awards & Prizes 90 9. Associations & Societies 100 VI | OPENING UP TO INDIE AUTHORS PART THREE Towards An Open Future 109 10. Opening Up 111 Appendix One: ALLi Code for Author Collaborations 114 Appendix Two: Note re Terms of Reference 117 About The Authors 119 More ALLi Guidebooks 122 Review Request 123 Introduction: Launch Speech at The London Book Fair 2014 by Orna Ross Director of The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) You’ve written a book, hired a crack editor, encased it in a jacket that is a work of art and formatted the interior with lustrous font and arresting headings.
    [Show full text]