Artists have come to the Berkshires in the footsteps of James Weldon Johnson, an internationally known poet, writer and politician with influence from the Harlem Renaissance to the U.S. Congress.
Read articleBlossoms and books and baby animals — #berkshireweekend
I walked along the river last night, and it felt like the first nudge of spring — and I can see why writers like Arianna Collins and Lara Tupper think of spring as a good time for Haiku.
Read articleLeading a way through a quantum library in a labyrinth
What if a library could hold every book that can ever be written? Milne Library will explore Jorge Luis Borges’ story ‘The Library of Babel’ as part of their 150th anniversary celebration …
Read articleLara Tupper brings poetry to the hills
Lara Tupper, an awardwinning writer and novelist, world-traveling jazz and folk singer and founder of Swift Ink stories, will lead free poetry and writing workshops across the Berkshires.
Read articleDream worlds and dinosaurs see the sun — #berkshireweekend
Stories and art are coming together this week. I’ve been walking through the Norman Rockwell Museum this past week, looking through their illustration collection and imagining possibilities.
Read articleQuick moments and signs of brightness — #berkshireweekend
Someone moved behind me with a rustle and slid into the water. A high voice called softly up the scale, and I caught a glint in the corner of my eye … a suggestion of fur and a splash.
Read articleSpring brings writers to Edith Wharton’s gardens
At the beginning of spring, writers come to the Mount, sitting in Edith Wharton’s living room on a rare sunny afternoon, and reflect on the 10th annual residency.
Read articleChases, escapes, true love, miracles … — #berkshireweekend
Libraries have always been magic for me. You walk into a room full of stories, Sunlit, quiet, warmed with a background hum of voices.
Read articleWilliamstown library opens celebration of 150 years
In 1894 the first book in the handwritten shelf list is Walt Whitman, poems like Leaves of Grass. In 1874, you might have been more likely to find Edmund Morris’ Ten Acres Enough.’ … When the Williamstown public library first opened to the town, it began with a collection of 100 agricultural books in a corner of H. Cole’s General Store.
Read articleDaf Moby project immerses in Melville — one page a day
Last fall, on Rosh Hashanah, Williams College professors Jeffrey Israel and Edan Dekel began reading Moby-Dick together … and they have found the experience transformative.
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