Write Action hosts an open reading every month on the third Friday. This month, Jan 16 is the third Friday.
Readers will have about 7 minutes to read their poems, short stories, excerpts or a favorite piece by another author.
WHERE AND WHEN The Blue Dot Studio in the Hooker Dunham Building.We start the readings at 7:30.
Write Action a non-profit organization that supports writers and writing in Vermont. We hope to see some of you there.
Rolf
Edward Arlington Robinson, and me
I will be reading some poems by Edward Arlington Robinson, and few by myself.
I have been reading the Robinson poems aloud to myself, trying to get them the way I want them. That is to say, trying to figuring out how to read them aloud in some way so as to do the best reading that I can of them. It is a pleasurable process, trying to figure out which pauses and what emphasis helps a poem the most.
We hope to see some of you there.
The negligent attention to events
Ihave never cared for, nor appreciated the serious negligence, indeed, careless attention given to posting events on this site that could possibly appeal to people who very well might be interested in attending.
If you’re going to post an event, give- us- some- goddamn- NOTICE!
If you’re going to represent Write Action, of which I am a longtime member, then do it right.
Mea Culpa
I was indeed late in posting the reminder about the Open Reading, and there was no reason this week why I couldn’t have posted it earlier in the week.
The Open Reading is always on the Third Friday, and always at 7:30.
The reading was a good one
Last night, we heard from Andy Burrows, who read some Yeats and then a poem of his own, Jay, who recited two of his poems, Matt who read three of his poems, including one on the power of Autumn, an unexpected visitor from Texas who read some unexpected cowboy poems, Bruce. who read an extract from his fantasy story, and myself, who read a sonnet by Arlington Robinson, and a poem by Don Marquis.
In short, it was a wide ranging hour or more of poetry and fiction, and to my mind it was a better time spent than watching television. One thing that was unusual about this particular reading was that usually there are more women than men.
But that’s the thing about open reading, you never know who is going to arrive, or what they are going to bring. There are usually some people who have been there many times, and some people who have never been, seasoned readers, and people reading in public for the first time.
Blue Dot Notice, Gender and Tsetse Flies
I reacted Rolf, because the remiss posting was not your first time. Two days notice would help and you know how to refresh it to the queue with a reminder comment if you want to.
It is a fine monthly event worthy of scoped attention. The fact that it’s pub’ed as third Fridays each month has nothing to do with notice for the event. Thirty days is a long time when most people have the attention span of tsetse flies.
I cannot be a regular, but each time I was there for reading night women have always comprised the largest part of the audience and readers.