Your Own Small Craft
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In her blog, Your Own Small Craft, Martha Carlson-Bradley reviews books discussed by the Book Club for Poets, a discussion group for practicing writers.
Book Club for Poets
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Book-Club-for-Poets/209231575760071?sk=info Sponsored by the New Hampshire Writers' Project, the Book Club for Poets is a chance for poets to get together for informal discussions of classic and contemporary poetry, discussions that approach the work from a writer's perspective. The group, led by Martha Carlson-Bradley, meets four times a year at the library of New England College in Henniker, New Hampshire. Selections range from classics to books by contemporary poets, and the group aims for an eclectic mix of poetry. In the discussions, participants ask, "What is the poet doing in this work, and how does he or she do it?"
Foster Hunt: Silver Dog Photography
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The cover of Season We Can't Resist
WordTech Editions
http://wordtechweb.com/
The publishers of Season We Can't Resist, the editors of WordTech Editions describe the imprint as one intended "to further the connection between people and the world in which they live through the art of poetry. [The editors] have special interest in manuscripts that explore human experience in light of social, political, historical, or natural contexts."
Adastra Press
Gary Metras of Adastra Press specializes in hand-created letterpress chapbooks of poetry. The Contemporary Poetry Review has commented, "With no web presence and almost no publicity, Adastra Press of Easthampton, Massachusetts, has quietly built a solid reputation for itself as a publisher of short-run, handcrafted limited editions. Gary Metras continues the ancient and virtually lost practice of hand setting type and hand sewing the gatherings. Independent-minded, they represent the best in small press poetry publishing … Simply gorgeous work."
New Hampshire State Council on the Arts
http://www.nh.gov/nharts/
The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts was established in 1965 as the official New Hampshire state arts agency. The NHSCA offers arts programs in schools, special events, grants and fellowships for individual artists, grants for community arts projects, and essential ongoing support for the arts throughout the state.
The Frost Place
http://www.frostplace.org/
The Frost Place, in Franconia, New Hampshire, is a nonprofit educational center for poetry and the arts based at Robert Frost’s old home. In addition to its Poet in Residence program, the Frost Place offers its annual Conference on Poetry and Teaching, its Festival and Conference on Poetry, and Advanced Seminar. Frost Day is celebrated at the homestead in July. Poetry readings, free and open to the public, are held in the Henry Holt Barn.
American Antiquarian Society
http://www.americanantiquarian.org/
The AAS is "an independent research library … [whose] collections document the life of America's people from the colonial era through the Civil War and Reconstruction." Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, the AAS offers fellowships both to scholars and to writers and artists. Holdings at the library include "books, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, broadsides, manuscripts, music, graphic arts, and local histories."
New Hampshire Writers' Project
http://www.nhwritersproject.org/
Martha edits NH Writer, the quarterly newsletter of the New Hampshire Writers' Project, and she has been an instructor or a discussion leader in several NHWP programs, as well as having served as a board trustee and staff member. The Writers' Project offers workshops, special events, publications, and sound advice to writers of all genres, at all stages of their writing lives.
New England Poetry Club
http://www.nepoetryclub.org/
Founded by Amy Lowell, Robert Frost, and Conrad Aiken, the NEPC offers members a
E. Thor Carlson
http://e-thor-carlson-fine-art.com/Artist-Biography.html
E. Thor Carlson, Martha Carlson-Bradley's uncle, is an acclaimed visual artist. His works include paintings, drawings, pastels, sculptures, and tapestries. He lives in Newport, New Hampshire, where he teaches the "Wednesday Group" at the Library Arts Center.
See a series of portrait paintings and drawings by E. Thor Carlson.
Steve Schuch, Night Heron Music
http://www.nightheron.com
An accomplished musician, Steve Schuch of Night Heron Music offers "performances, workshops, educational programs, poetry, and books that bring magic into your life."