Literary
Literary Gloucester; A Walking Tour
Sawyer Free Library - Temporary Location 21 Main Street, Gloucester, MA, United StatesSponsored by the 400th+ Literary Committee Gloucester has been home to great writers since at least the early nineteenth century when Judith Sargent Murray penned her feminist poems. T.S. Eliot, Nobel Prize winner, spent nearly every summer of his boyhood in Gloucester and themes of the sea often turn up in his poetry. Charles Olson… Continue reading Literary Gloucester; A Walking Tour
Author Talk: Gloucester Gale
Sawyer Free Library - Temporary Location 21 Main Street, Gloucester, MA, United StatesDan Fuller is the author of "Gloucester Gale", the true story of Captain Joseph Silveira and the swordfishing schooner "Dorcas" during the August Gale of 1924. In this vivid narrative about men battling against a raging force of nature during the bygone age of wooden ships and harpoons, Dan reconstructs the events of that hurricane… Continue reading Author Talk: Gloucester Gale
Literary Gloucester; A Walking Tour
Sawyer Free Library - Temporary Location 21 Main Street, Gloucester, MA, United StatesSponsored by the 400th+ Literary Committee Gloucester has been home to great writers since at least the early nineteenth century when Judith Sargent Murray penned her feminist poems. T.S. Eliot, Nobel Prize winner, spent nearly every summer of his boyhood in Gloucester and themes of the sea often turn up in his poetry. Charles Olson… Continue reading Literary Gloucester; A Walking Tour
Stories on Deck
Schooner Adventure 23 Harbor Loop, Gloucester, MA, United States
Gloucester Reads: Kiley Reid
Gloucester Stage Company 267 E Main St, Gloucester, MA, United StatesKiley Reid, the author of the award-winning Such a Fun Age, will be appearing virtually for selected readings from her book and a panel discussion. Ms. Reid will be appearing in connection with the Gloucester Reads All-Community Read. Doors open at 6 pm Kiley Reid speaks from 6:30 - 7:30 pm Community discussion and refreshments from… Continue reading Gloucester Reads: Kiley Reid
Literary Gloucester; A Walking Tour
Sawyer Free Library - Temporary Location 21 Main Street, Gloucester, MA, United StatesSponsored by the 400th+ Literary Committee Gloucester has been home to great writers since at least the early nineteenth century when Judith Sargent Murray penned her feminist poems. T.S. Eliot, Nobel Prize winner, spent nearly every summer of his boyhood in Gloucester and themes of the sea often turn up in his poetry. Charles Olson… Continue reading Literary Gloucester; A Walking Tour
Literary Gloucester; A Walking Tour
Sawyer Free Library - Temporary Location 21 Main Street, Gloucester, MA, United StatesSponsored by the 400th+ Literary Committee Gloucester has been home to great writers since at least the early nineteenth century when Judith Sargent Murray penned her feminist poems. T.S. Eliot, Nobel Prize winner, spent nearly every summer of his boyhood in Gloucester and themes of the sea often turn up in his poetry. Charles Olson… Continue reading Literary Gloucester; A Walking Tour
From Rocky Neck to Lane’s Cove
The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA, United StatesFrom Rocky Neck to Lane’s Cove: Gloucester Neighborhoods in the Writing of Anastas, Bayliss, Ferrini, Garland, and Olson Join us for readings about several of our city’s neighborhoods in the work of five twentieth-century Gloucester writers: the novelists Peter Anastas and Jonathan Bayliss, poets Vincent Ferrini and Charles Olson, and historian Joseph Garland. … Continue reading From Rocky Neck to Lane’s Cove
Walking Gloucester: In the Footsteps of Anastas, Bayliss, Ferrini, Garland, and Olson
On September 8-10, “Walking Gloucester: In the Footsteps of Anastas, Bayliss, Ferrini, Garland, and Olson” will explore Gloucester’s diverse neighborhoods through talks, walks, readings, and a custom boat tour of Gloucester Harbor. The weekend’s events will highlight the work of five friends who lived in the city and wrote about its varied landscapes: the novelists Peter… Continue reading Walking Gloucester: In the Footsteps of Anastas, Bayliss, Ferrini, Garland, and Olson
Walking Gloucester: In the Footsteps of Anastas, Bayliss, Ferrini, Garland, and Olson
On September 8-10, “Walking Gloucester: In the Footsteps of Anastas, Bayliss, Ferrini, Garland, and Olson” will explore Gloucester’s diverse neighborhoods through talks, walks, readings, and a custom boat tour of Gloucester Harbor. The weekend’s events will highlight the work of five friends who lived in the city and wrote about its varied landscapes: the novelists Peter… Continue reading Walking Gloucester: In the Footsteps of Anastas, Bayliss, Ferrini, Garland, and Olson
T.S. Eliot’s Gloucester: Water, Rock, Memory
North Shore Arts Association 11 Pirates Lane, Gloucester, MA, United StatesThe T.S. Eliot Foundation, in partnership with Gloucester 400+ has invited the public to a lecture by the scholar Julia Daniel entitled "Water, Rock, Memory: T.S. Eliot's Gloucester as imagery used in T.S. Eliot's Poems". 5:30-7:30: Lecture, North Shore Arts Association, 11 Pirates Lane To sign up, email tseliotfestival@gmail.com
Literary Gloucester; A Walking Tour
Sawyer Free Library - Temporary Location 21 Main Street, Gloucester, MA, United StatesSponsored by the 400th+ Literary Committee Gloucester has been home to great writers since at least the early nineteenth century when Judith Sargent Murray penned her feminist poems. T.S. Eliot, Nobel Prize winner, spent nearly every summer of his boyhood in Gloucester and themes of the sea often turn up in his poetry. Charles Olson… Continue reading Literary Gloucester; A Walking Tour
Oh, Starry Night
Maritime Gloucester 23 Harbor Loop, Gloucester, MA, United StatesRESERVE YOUR SPOT HERE!