I first became aware of painter David Sholl’s work on the cover of his sister Betsy Sholl’s poetry collection, The Red Line. Recently I had the chance to see his works in his studio at Brickbottom Artists. As in the painting above, Sholl is a master of texture and light, freshening our vision as the […]
I came across this poem (though I don’t recall where or when) and just wanted to post it here. Ann Hutt Browning’s book of poems, Deep Landscape Turning, was published in August, 2009, by the Ibbetson Street Press. AN ORDINARY LIFE When she awoke in the morning She threw back her all cotton sheet, Cotton […]
The inaugural issue of SOLSTICE is up, and it is a treasure-trove. Work by Mike Steinberg, Tanya Whiton, Roland Merullo, Pablo Medina, Kathleen Aguero, Valerie Wilson Wesley, Kurt Brown, Dzvinia Orlowsky, Anne Marie Oomen and others, including yours truly. This is the journal to watch: eclectic and adventurous, fearless and joyful, this is a gathering […]
Janus Head, volume 11, Nos. 1&2 (double issue) is online. Janus Head is among the most catholic explorations of current thinking in the world. An altogether remarkable journal. And the print version is always exquisitely produced as well. I have two poems in this issue, in the company of poets whose work is almost more […]
WATCH THE VIDEO: Fairly Unbalanced: Writing Political Satire in the 21st CenturyJune 14, 2009 Jimmy Tingle, comedianElizabeth Searle, co-vice chair, PEN New EnglandPercival Everett, writerBaron Wormser, former Maine Poet LaureateLise Haines, writerTeddy Sherrill, former director of advertising, Harvard LampoonRichard Hoffman, writer and chair of PEN New England PEN New England and Cambridge Forum present a […]
Below are my remarks at Don’t Close the Books! Rally at Massachusetts Statehouse, prior to Massachusetts Book Awards November 4, 2009. The rally was to protest and attempt to reverse the decision by Governor Patrick to severely cut funding for libraries across the state. Several people asked me for a copy so I thought it […]
RICHARD HOFFMAN 
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