Organic farming pioneer, writer and poet Scott Chaskey reflects on his exploration of poetry, land cultivation,and life in his collection of essays,
"Soil and Spirit."
He is the retired director of the Quail Hill farm in Amagansett New York.
He spoke in May of 2023 at The Church Sag Harbor.
Here are excerpts as aired on WPKN:
Chaskey was introduced by Kathryn Szoka of Canios Books.
The complete recording is posted here
Soil and Spirit was published by Milkweed Editions in May 2023
Grace Schulman was recorded at The Church Sag Harbor in April 2023.
Here are excerpts as broadcast May 31 2023
Ms Schulman was introduced by The Church founder April Gornik
Here is the complete recording
Grace Schulman’s published work includes the poetry collections
The Marble Bed published by Turtle Point Press in 2020.
Without a Claim published by Harcourt in 2013 (listen here)
The Broken String published in 2007
and The Paintings of Our Lives published in 2001
by Houghton Mifflin.
Ms. Schulman’s critical work Marianne Moore: The Poetry of Engagement was published by the University of Illinois Press in 1986.
We present Christine Sneed and Roberta Montgomery reading from Love In The Time of Times Up
and Susan Scarf Merrell talking about How Women Read Moby-Dick
Love In The Time of Times Up. was edited by Christine Sneed It
was published in October 2022 by Tortoise Books.
We present Emma Walton Hamilton reading from her poetry collection Door to Door.She was introduced by poet and teacher Julie Sheehan
Listen here The book was published in September 2022 by Andrews McMeel Publishing.
Emma Walton Hamilton's 2022 book Raising Bookworms: Getting Kids Reading for Pleasure and Empowerment won a Parent's Choice Gold Medal.
She has also published over thirty childrens books along with her mother, actress Julie Andrews.
Emma Walton Hamilton is also a theatrical director,
and is a co-founder of Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor.
Poets Moira Linehan and Bart Mallio were recorded at Canios Books in Sag Harbor in February of 2023.
Moira Linehan's work reflects her roots in Ireland and France.
Poet Bart Mallio reads from his Out on the Rim of the Now.
Moira Linehan's & Company was published in December 2020 by Dos Madres Press,
Her previous work includes Toward from Slant books in June 2020
Out on the Rim of the Now is Bart Mallio's first publication.
He has performed extensively as an electric bassist; currently works in cyber security, and is completing his next book, a collection of haiku and tanka.
The Sag Harbor community celebrated African American writers on February 10 2023 with a Read-In at the John Jermaine Library.
The readers included
Georgette Grier-Key
Rev. Kimberly Johnson
Stony Brook U. Professor Marvin Colson,
Chloe Hayward
Heidi Rain
Maria De Logoria
Barbara Moss
Harriet Simon
Deacon Kenneth Brown
Tom Oleszczuk
Stephen Mack
Kathryn Szoka
Maggie Bloomfield
Listen to the February 22 broadcast (29 min)
Listen to the complete February 10 reading.(1 hr 33 min)
Here are some upcoming literary events on eastern Long Island:
Thursday February 23 at 6:30 PM
On Zoom: A Conversation with author Hazel Selzer Kahan about her memoir A House in Lahore: Growing Up Jewish in Pakistan
Register on line at MattituckLaurelLibrary.org
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Thursday February 23 @ 7 PM
Poetry Reading: Anthony Policano & Gloria g. Murray plus open mic
1650 Sycamore Avenue
Suite 46
Bohemia, NY
more information and upcoming poetry sessions at
tammynuzzomorgan@gmail.com
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Friday Feb 24 at 6 p.m. Emma Walton Hamilton reads from her poetry collection, Door to Door
Sat. March 4 at 5 pm. We begin Women’s History Month with debut novelist June Gervais author of Jobs For Girls with Artistic Flair, an upbeat, feminist, coming-of-age story set in 1980s Long Island, in conversation with novelist Susan Scarf Merrell, author of Shirley.
Poetry Street LIVE with Deborah Hauser, Matthew Forrest and Jawaan Sween
followed by an open mic, hosted by Chip Williford, and Maggie Bloomfield
Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath and di Donato's
Christ in Concrete were both published in 1939.
Professor Gardaphe spoke at Canio's Books, Sag Harbor in September 2022.