(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Short story writer Lydia Davis, winner of the Man Booker International Prize as well as a host of other awards, will read from her works of fiction in Griffin Hall, Room 3, at Williams College tonight (Wednesday, February 18, 2015) at 7pm. The reading is free and open to the public. Lyda…
(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) – Norman Rush, a National Book Award-winner and author of “Whites,” “Mating,” “Mortals,” and “Subtle Bodies,” reads from his work in the Weis Cinema at the Bertelsmann Campus Center at Bard College on Monday, January 26, 2015, at 6pm. Rush will be introduced by author Mona Simpson. The reading is free and open…
(LENOX, Mass.) – Free readings by writers and poets with ties to the Berkshire region, the Berkshire premiere of “Literary Death Match,” and a free public reading by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mark Strand are just some of the events that will be included under the umbrella of WordFest at The Mount, the three-year-old literary festival…
Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer Fisher Center for the Performing Arts Bard College April 7, 2013 Review and photos by Seth Rogovoy (ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) – Writer Neil Gaiman and pop-rock cabaret artist Amanda Palmer must be one of the most charming and talented creative couples on the contemporary arts scene, based upon their winning, entertaining,…
(NORTH ADAMS and PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The most famous novel ever written in the Berkshires – and perhaps anywhere in America and the world – comes to life this week courtesy of the Gare St. Lazare Players Ireland, when they bring their innovative adaptation of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick to the MCLA Church Street Center in…
(LENOX, Mass.) – On Wednesday, June 13, 2012, The Mount will host debut novelist Francesca Segal for a reading and discussion of her debut novel, The Innocents, a modern-day recasting of Edith Wharton’s 1921 Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Age of Innocence. The reading, discussion and book-signing will take place at 5pm. The event is…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Award-winning author Roland Merullo will speak about his convoluted path to becoming an acclaimed and prolific author at The Clark on Sunday, June 10, 2012, at 3 p.m. Merullo has published many essays and more than a dozen books of fiction and nonfiction, ranging from his Revere Beach trilogy, set in his…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Author Jana Laiz, of North Egremont, Mass., has been named the first writer in residence in a new program at Arrowhead, the historic home of Moby-Dick author Herman Melville, in Pittsfield. The residency will take place in the spring of 2012, and will include time for the writer to work in Herman Melville’s…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Cultural journalist and author Jeremy Goodwin will read new work at yBar on Tuesday, February 28, 2012, at 8 pm (291 North St.) in Pittsfield as part of the Tuesday Night Writers Room series, a project of the WordXWord Festival and hosted by Emily Pulfer-Terino and Gabriel Squailia. Goodwin plans to read…
