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I write out of curiosity and bewilderment. -William Trevor Of Interest: February 14, 2008
Greetings Everyone! We are continuing to wish Ed Ochester a speedy recovery now that he has safely returned home. Once again this community displayed deep affection and concern that was expressed by needed action and by being present at the right time. Continue to email your news, announcements, updated contact information, opportunities, recommended readings, inspirational quotes, favorite lines and sentences, sightings (natural and otherwise), strategies for surviving the post-Bennington literary life, and declarations of intentions or manifestos. When you send information, please let me know what variation of your name you would like used in print. Thanks. Please contact me at EMCFERRON@Bennington.edu. I look forward to hearing from you. With warm wishes, Elaine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ALUMNI NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS KIM (DRAIN) ADRIAN ’04 has an essay in the Winter 2007 issue of Tin House and another essay forthcoming in the Spring 2008 issue of Tin House. She will be reading at the PEN New England Discovery Evening on March 3, 2008 at 7:00 PM at the Amphitheater & Atrium of Lesley College's University Hall, 1815 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NAOMI AYALA’s (’06) poetry is featured in The Split This Rock Issue of Beltway Poetry Quarterly along with the poetry of E. ETHELBERT MILLER, former Bennington Writing Seminars core faculty member. The issue is available on line: http://www.beltwaypoetry.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E. LOUISE BEACH ’07 sends the following: “I spent a stimulating and productive two weeks in residence at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts this past January. In addition, two poems, ‘Brussels’ and ‘Sometimes the Mind,’ have recently been published in North Dakota Quarterly.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHARLES BOCK ’97 is featured on the Bennington College website with links to recent articles regarding his new novel, Beautiful Children: http://www.bennington.edu/news_prfp_080208bockbeautifulchildren.asp. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AMIE KEDDY’s ’04 chapbook, The Glow of Everyday Objects, published last year, has been nominated for a Massachusetts Book Award for 2008. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TARA ISON ’99 has been awarded a 2007-2008 City of Los Angeles Artists Grant and a 2008 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ANNA MILLS ’05 has essays published in Salmagundi and The Redwood Coast Review. She invites you to visit her blog of book reviews at: http://onnaturewriting.blogspot.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MARJORIE (Marge) MANWARING’s (’03) chapbook of poems, Magic Word, has been published by Pudding House Publications and can be ordered directly from the press (www.puddinghouse.com). The book is also available at Seattle bookstores, Elliott Bay Book Company, and Open Books: A Poem Emporium. She will be reading at Elliott Bay Book Company on Sunday, March 16, at 2:00 PM. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ALISON PERETO ’07 has been awarded a Literary Artist Fellowship from the Somerville, MA Arts Council. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SUE RODGERS ’03 was awarded a Kansas Arts Commission Master Artist Fellowship in Fiction for $5,000. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLAUDIA M. STANEK ’07 has poems forthcoming in The Briar Cliff Review and Red Wheelbarrow. She invites you to visit her blog: www.multiversepoet.blogspot.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FACULTY NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS SVEN BIRKERTS is featured on the Bennington College website: http://www.bennington.edu/news_prfp_080205birkertsdirector.asp. Sven will be reading with ASKOLD MELNYCZUK on Thursday, March 20th, 7:00 PM, at Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut Street, Newton, MA. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JANE HIRSHFIELD has pieces in several magazines, including an essay, "Justice: Four Windows" in the current Virginia Quarterly Review (http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2008/winter/hirshfield-justice), a poem in the current issue of Orion (http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/poem/523), and a villanelle in the current issue of The Georgia Review (http://www.uga.edu/garev/winter07/hirshfield.pdf). This spring she's teaching a workshop in Guatemala and reading a poem as part of a symphony orchestra piece at Carnegie Hall on February 28th, 2008. This summer she will be teaching a workshop at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center which is open to all, June 17-22, 2008. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MAJOR JACKSON has a number of upcoming readings: 2/14 Ursinus College, Philadelphia, PA
An interview with Major Jackson can be found at: http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/story/470051.html. His online video interview taken from WGBH-Boston PBS “Basic Black” can be viewed at: http://streams.wgbh.org/online/play.php?xml=basi/bb_major_jackson.xml&template=basic_black_video. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SHEILA KOHLER’s novel, Bluebird or the Invention of Happiness is now out in paperback with the Penguin group. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ASKOLD MELNYCZUK will be reading from his new book, The House of Widows, published by Graywolf Press at the following locations: March 11th, Tuesday, 7:00 PM
March 20th, Thursday, 7:00 PM
April 10th, Thursday, 7:00 PM
April 16th, Wednesday, 7:30 PM
April 17th, Thursday 7:00 PM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SIGHTINGS Nature Journal
COYOTES HUNTING DURING THE WOLF MOON This morning at about 11 o’clock, my husband Bruce and I were driving on Route 77 from Durham to North Guilford. On the side of the road, there was a snow-covered field, with three animals running around on it—almost frisking. He slowed and pulled over and said, “Are those dogs?” and I said, “No, coyotes, I think.” A closer look revealed that they were indeed coyotes, all of an identical coloring, the traditional grayish brown tipped with black and cream-colored stomach. I am not a good judge of distance, but they were at least several hundred feet away. Since they looked full-grown and of the same size, they had to be at least nine months old. Males and females look alike from a distance; it’s possible that they were a mother and two grown cubs. We saw what they were playing with. In one coyote’s mouth, was a large bird, most likely a wild turkey or pheasant. They seemed to have just caught it; as we watched, they set it on the ground and began eating it. This is not the first time I’ve seen coyotes, but it’s the first time I’ve seen a hunting group. I wished I’d had my binoculars in the car so I could see what it was they had caught, and Bruce wished he had his camera. I hated to stop watching them, but the road was narrow and winding and there was no safe place to get out of the car to observe. Another car was coming up behind us, and there was no safe place for it to pass, either. So Bruce reluctantly drove off. It’s odd how these kinds of sightings happen. Here we were, on our way to do an errand and not planning to observe nature at all. And suddenly we saw coyotes (who rarely come out in the daytime, anyway). If we had taken a hike in Guilford expressly looking for coyotes, we probably would never have seen them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OPPORTUNITIES THE BROCKTON PUBLIC LIBRARY SERIES 304 Main Street
We are proud to present a gathering of poets; some for their first reading and others who have many books and awards for their body of work. We are happy that the workshop has continued and flourished for two years. Join us. The event is free, the seats are comfortable and we provide refreshments. We are happy to present two features – CHRISTINE KORFHAGE ’01 and Christopher Kain. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please look at The Best American Poetry blog here for these guest bloggers: February 7th: Jim Cummins
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Elaine McFerron
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