Rose Reads, Writing about Art and an UPDATE
The 12th episode of Rose Reads brings us writings on Art and an update on the show,
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On the 12th episode of Rose Reads, Rose Solari goes in-depth on writers writing about writing and art. She reads from her own novel which contains a good deal of beautiful prose about visual art, A Secret Woman, and the extraordinary short work of Richard Peabody as found in The Richard Peabody Reader.
SPOILER ALERT: Rose Reads is changing hands for the month of July! Elizabeth Hazen, Joanna Biggar, Linda Watanabe McFerrin, and Mark Pritchard will alternate hosting the show over the next four weeks. AND, Rose Reads will be migrating to the Alan Squire Publishing Facebook page HERE for the duration of the switch. The time slot will remain the same: Wednesday 4pm ET
Rose Solari Joins in a Dickinson Tradition at this Year’s Tell it Slant Festival
While the Emily Dickinson poetry marathon is not a marathon in the traditional sense, it does test the endurance, fortitude, and preparedness of all its participants. Over a seven day period, 14 hours in all, participants will read every one of the enigmatic 19th-century poet’s 1,789 poems in the order prescribed by R.W. Franklin’s The Poems of Emily Dickinson.
A Stirring Tribute: Carmen Nickerson reads Solari’s “Meditation for my Country” During 9/11 Concert
Accomplished singer-songwriter Carmen Nickerson and pianist Kostia Efimov provide an intimate, acoustic set as part of the No Studios unplugged series.
At approximately 42 minutes into the set, Nickerson pauses to acknowledge the date – September 11th – and pulls out a sheet of paper. The poem she reads is Rose Solar’s “Meditation for my Country.”
Grace Cavalieri Releases New Podcast with Jeffrey Lamar Coleman
Grace Cavalieri’s new podcast is off to a strong start. This week’s guest is professor Jeffrey Lamar Coleman, editor of “Words of Protest, Words of Freedom: Poetry of the American Civil Rights Movement and Era.”