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Mapping Emotions, and Location as Character
How strongly are your emotions tied to places you know? Does thinking about the airport lead to frustration or elation? Do you automatically smile when you turn a corner that brings you closer to a favorite view? How much of what you feel bleeds into what you write, and how does where your writing take…
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“Mill Brook” & Happy National Poetry Month
You didn’t think I’d let more than a few days of National Poetry Month pass without comment, did you? I celebrated the first week by diving headfirst into Mary Oliver’s latest volume, Blue Horses, which I adored, and also I’m gearing up for leading my session “Found Narratives” at the Mass Poetry Fest in May. …
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A bit of beauty to begin 2015
I rang in the New Year by spending some quality time in Middle Earth, and found myself still there today courtesy of this beautiful art project by Friedrich van Schoor and Tarek Mawad. Surely Imladris or Lothlorien looked like this? Projections in the Forest from 3hund on Vimeo.
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What makes a literary district?
In August of this year, the Mass Cultural Council approved the creation of a ‘cultural district’ in Boston dedicated to the literary arts. Cultural districts are a way of raising awareness about the various arts organizations and resources in an area, and are meant to have an economic impact as well, attracting businesses and creative…
