Using words to build bridges: Whately writers join national series of live-streamed presentations
George Howe Colt at his home in Whately. Gazette file photo
Whately nonfiction writers George Howe Colt and Anne Fadiman are participating in next week’s “Write America” discussion. via Wikipedia
Published: 3/16/2021 2:16:59 PM
Can books play a role in helping to bridge the deep cultural and political divisions in our nation? There’s no easy answer to the question, but a national series of livestreamed conversations between writers is attempting to find out.
“Write America,” which began in February, features a weekly discussion between two or three writers and sometimes artists from other fields. The series has been created by veteran journalist, novelist and playwright Roger Rosenblatt, who teaches English and writing at Stony Brook University in New York.
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Likely Stories : The Book of Delights, by Ross Gay
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Feb. 19, 2021
Manchester Community College, home of the Connecticut Poetry Circuit, is joining with the circuit to sponsor author and poet Ross Gay on Tuesday, March 2, from 7 to 8 p.m. Gay will read from his work live via WebEx.
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Gay is author of four books of poetry: Against Which, Bringing the Shovel Down, Be Holding, and Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude and was the winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. His collection of essays, The Book of Delights, was released by Algonquin Books in 2019. Gay also is a founding editor, with Karissa Chen and Patrick Rosal, of the online sports magazine Some Call it Ballin . He has received fellowships from Cave Canem, the Bread Loaf Writer s Conference and the Guggenheim Foundation. He teaches at Indiana University.