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‘There’s a majesty to grief’: Poet and UMass professor Peter Gizzi wins prestigious 2024 T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry
01-31-2025 9:48 AM

By CAROLYN BROWN

Peter Gizzi, professor of poetry at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, recently won the 2024 T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry, one of the world’s most prestigious poetry awards.

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State to begin search for first chief poet
02-09-2025 8:34 AM

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — Invoking Emily Dickinson, Phillis Wheatley, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sam Cornish and Robert Frost, Gov. Maura Healey recently signed an executive order creating a position of poet laureate in Massachusetts for the first time.


Wendell resident explores mysteries of life with new poetry book
12-05-2024 3:12 PM

By AMALIA WOMPA

WENDELL — A local actor, director and writer hopes to capture the mysteries of life with his new book of poetry.Court Dorsey, 74, was born in Rome, New York, before living most of his young life in the suburbs of Chicago. Now a Wendell resident,...


Great Falls Word Festival marks 15 years of storytelling
10-01-2024 10:05 AM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — Human Error Publishing will host its Great Falls Word Festival on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Shea Theater Arts Center, where local writers, poets and book publishers will celebrate 15 years of storytelling. Starting at noon, authors and...


The snowy landscape of memory loss: New book from Shelburne Falls poet inspired by father’s dementia diagnosis
09-13-2024 2:02 PM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

Award winning local poet Maria Williams will celebrate the publication of her new book, “White Doe,” with two readings next week. In “White Doe,” Williams cleverly uses exploring a snowy landscape as a metaphor for exploring memory loss. Williams says...


Poetry for the child in all of us: Buckland author’s new book wins first prize in children’s nonfiction at the International Book Awards
09-13-2024 2:00 PM

By TINKY WEISBLAT

I first met Laura Rodley of Buckland as a writing facilitator for seniors, whom she led to create a series of books titled “As You Write It.” Not surprisingly, Rodley herself is a writer and a poet.Her newest book, “Ribbons and Moths” (Kelsay Books,...


Conway poet writes ‘for people who love language’
07-19-2024 10:14 AM

By SAM FERLAND

With her second collection of poetry, Conway resident Libby Maxey is documenting various moments of belonging and isolation while reflecting on time spent during the COVID-19 pandemic that may have been forgotten if not turned into poetry.“I think the...


Poet’s Seat Poetry Contest youth winners
05-31-2024 2:17 PM

Youth Co-winners, 12-to-14-year-olds“Lessons from the world” by Summit Wicks-LimOnce upon a time the girl could not hear her own heart,So she stayed quietandsoftly spoken, speaking only to her heart which had no answer.On most days she would look at...


Poet’s Seat Poetry Contest: Winning poems
05-10-2024 3:13 PM

Adult 1st Place Winner“Untitled” by Joannah L. Whitney If there were a telescopeif I knew the night sky, if I werebeyond the nodding acquaintanceof “Yes, it is dark” and more the translatorof scattered pricks of lightknowing their patterns this time...


Joannah Whitney of Greenfield wins 33rd annual Poet’s Seat Poetry Contest
04-24-2024 5:14 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — After a few years submitting her work to the annual Poet’s Seat Poetry Contest, Greenfield poet and freelance writer Joannah Whitney placed first among the contest’s adult finalists Tuesday night at the Greenfield Public Library. The...


With new library comes new venue for annual Poet’s Seat Poetry Contest
04-16-2024 1:36 PM

By GRACE LEE

GREENFIELD — The annual Poet’s Seat Poetry Contest is seeing a change of venue in its 33rd year, transitioning from Stoneleigh-Burnham School to the new Greenfield Public Library.The contest will be held Tuesday, April 23, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. This...


Attention Franklin County poets: 33rd annual Poet’s Seat Poetry Contest is now seeking submissions; deadline Feb. 26
01-26-2024 12:40 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

The 33rd annual Poet’s Seat Poetry Contest is now seeking submissions through the end of February, as the Friends of the Greenfield Public Library prepares to bring the contest’s awards ceremony to the new library.The Friends of the Greenfield Public...

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