A Gallery of Readers
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Each performance at A Gallery of Readers is recorded, and cds made available to the participants. Sample readings below can be downloaded in mp3 format:

Index to Readers by Last Name:

Bonnie Atkins [April 2010] [Nov. 2006] Brian Kitely [Sept. 2009]
Alice Barber [March 2008] [Jan. 2010] Diana Larkin [Dec. 2009]
Robin Barber [March 2009] [March 2008] [March 2010] Barbara Lucey [March 2009] [April 2008]
Linda Barnes Aaron [Jan. 2010] Carolyn McKeown [Jan. 2010]
John Broglio [June 2010] Karen Randall [June 2010]
Mary Beth Brooker [Oct. 2009] [Dec. 2008] Rebecca Rice [Feb. 2010]
Joan Cenedella [May 2010] [April 2008] Ginny Rohan [Nov. 2009]
Susan Cocalis [March 2010] [Nov. 2007] [Oct. 2006] Jennifer Rosner [March 2010]
John Corbett [May 2010] [Dec. 2008] Stephanie Schamess [Nov. 2009]
Patrick Donnelly [reads] Frank Schwartz [May 2009]
Carol Edelstein [Sept. 2009] Norma Sims Roche [Jan. 2010]
Stephanie Gibbs [Oct. 2009] Christie Svane [Dec. 2009]
Don Horton [Nov. 2007] [Oct. 2006] [March 2010] Teresa Whitaker [May 2009]
Jay Indik [April 2010] Jonathan Wright [Feb. 2010]

June 6, 2010 Karen Randall
1. John intro Karen
2. wysiwyg
3. Untitled (Sienna)
4. The Delft Title Elf
5. Beware the Wooly Adelgid
     
  John Broglio 6. Karen intro John
7. The Queen's Progress
8. He Sings for the Queen
9. Our Tibetan Little Person
 
May 2, 2010 Joan Cenedella 1. Carol intro Joan Cenedella
2. Happiness unpacked
3. A Walk in the Park
4. Murder in the Garden
5. Learning to Fake It
6. Flight of Fancy
     
  John Corbett 7. Robin intro John Corbett
8. John reads Barbara Lucey
9. The Twins
 
April 18, 2010 Bonnie Atkins 1. Jay intro Bonnie
2. Bonnie begins
3. The Knot
4. Just Enough
5. Valentines
6. My Great Grandmother
7. Borrowing Fathers
8. What was snow then
     
  Jay Indik 9. Bonnie Intro Jay
10. The Princess and the Prince
11. Rufus
12. The Old Canoe
13. A benediction
 
[from the archive] Patrick Donnelly 1. Introduction
2. White Shirt
3. Pool
4. Harm Reduction
5. The Sign at Window One
6. Conjurement
7. Projection
8. Hidden Spring
9. Japanese Context
10. Japanese Poems with Stephen D. Miller
11. Mysteries of the Corn God
12. Still in His Name
13. Broken Abecedarius
 
March 28, 10 Robin Barber 1. Jennifer introduces Robin
2. Doppelganger
3. Gordan McKay
4. Choral Director
     
  Jennifer Rosner If only wishing made it so
Rapunzel
 
March 7, 10 Don Horton
Don Horton Reads
     
  Susan Cocalis 1. Don introduces Susan
2. Introduction
3. Warren E. Buffet
4. Lioness with Scream
5. Godzilla
6. The Wizard of Oz
7. Simone de Beauvoir
8. Picasso
9. Ludwig Von Beethoven
10. Mona Lisa
11. Elizabeth One
12. Warren Buffett 2
13. Lioness 2
 
February 21, 10 Jonathan Wright 1. Rebecca introduces Jonathan
2. 30 Poems in 30 Days
3. Fourth
4. Fresh Wash
5. Dawn
6. Progreessive Bifocals
7. The Poem is a Dog
8. Clear Title
9. Twentieth
10. Twenty-fifth
11. Whole Pieces
12. Loisa Beach
13. Time it Was
14. Writing Together
15. Haiku
16. Eight
17. Eleventh
18. Fifth
19. Going Slowly
20. Twenty-ninth
21. Sugaree
     
  Rebecca Rice 22. Jonathan introduces Rebecca
23. In Praise of Blue Hydrangeas
24. April Morning
25. Remembering Lisa
 
Jan. 31, 2010 Alice Barber Linda introduces Alice
Chomp, chomp, bing
Arabesque
The Cookie Tree
Back and Forth
Christmas in July
     
  Linda Barnes Aaron Alice introduces Linda
True Love
Nonesuch House
 
Jan. 10, 2010 Carolyn McKeown Norma introduces Carolyn
Bras
Hugs
selections from the Dream Journal
Millie excerpt
     
  Norma Sims Roche Carolyn introduces Norma
Scenes from the death of a devout man
Flushed, my adventures on the upper West River
an introduction to Geology
 
     
Dec. 6, 2009 Diana Larkin Christie introduces Diana
Two Poems
Poised for Change
The Sky Fell Open
Jake
     
  Christie Svane Diana introduces Christie
Song of the Streets
The Embarcadero
Cook Street and Geary Boulevard
Moving Back into the House
Easter at Enrico's
Balancing Love and Truth
When the Writing Stops
Meeting at the Bridge
 
Nov. 13, 2009 Virginia Rohan Steffi introduces Ginny
A Mahogany Blossom
Basha
Vermonters
A Wedding
Holding a Newborn
August
     
  Stephanie Schamess Ginny introduces Steffi
Lamentations for Lost Children
Earthquake in China
Their Names
For Gil
Grandmothers
Seven Naked Babies
 
Oct. 18, 2009 Mary Beth Brooker 1. Stephanie introdes Mary Beth
2. Bonny Doon
 
  Stephanie Gibbs 3. Mary Beth introduces Stephanie
4. Bonnie & Clyde
5. The Journey
 
Sept. 20, 2009 Brian Kitely,
excerpts from his novel,
The River Gods
1. Introduction
2. Bill Beloit
3. Gideon Child
4. Mike Nichols
5. Ben Bradley
6. George Cheney
     
  Carol Edelstein 7. Why buy a book?
8. Failure (poem by Kay Ryan)
9. We see the comet (poem by Brett Averitt)
10. Fiction
11. Pigeon
12. Sudden
13. Class Reunion
14. Charm to be read in the year 3494
15. The rainy day version of how we met
16. Laundromat, November
17. One morning
18. Lemon ice
 
March 22, 2009 Barbara Lucey 1. Robin introduces Barbara
2. Three Stories
3. Boo Nana
4. Elmwood Boys
5. Jimmy at School
6. post Comment
     
  Robin Barber 7. Barbara introduces Robin
8. Gordon in the messhall
9. Sherman & Cindy
10. Sherman's Job
11. Sherman's Complaint
12. Sherman's Valentine
13. Mrs. Doran's Clock
 
May 3, 2009 Frank Schwartz 1. Teresa introduces Frank
2. Toothache Live
3. Eyebrows
4. Verbing a Name
5. Salty Dog Rag
6. Name & Date
7. Rusty Red Pickup
     
  Teresa Whitaker 8. Frank introduces Teresa
9. Those Peepers
10. The Blue Dress
11. All in a day's work
12. First Born
13. Bright Shining Voice
14. The Tooth Ache Song--studio recording
 
Dec. 7, 2008
Mary Beth Brooker 1. John introduces Mary Beth Brooker
2. Body at Rest
     
  John M. Corbett 3. MB introduces John M. Corbett
4. Dewey's Farm
 
April 2008 Barbara Lucey 1. Joan introduces Barbara
2. There Once Was a Doll
3. Pneumonia
4. Les Enfants Terrible
5. Food Bank Poem
6. The Daily Planet
     
  Joan Cenedella 7. Barbara introduces Joan
8. Sunset on Sanibel
9. I've Made My Bed
10. My First Holy Communion
11. The Totem Pole
 
March 2008 Alice Barber 1. Carol introduces Alice
2. Moo
3. Watershed
4. Easter Party
5. Valentine Cat (. . .)
6. Black and Blue
     
  Robin Barber 7. Carol introduces Robin
8. Our Last Unnecessary Thing
9. My Old House
10. Mellissa, the Hitchhiker
11. On the Street
12. The Donkey and the Salt
 
November 2007 Don Horton 1. Susan introduces Don
2. Don introductory remarks
3. Cheney and the Killing Joke
4. Andromeda
5. New Born
6. Mockingbird
7. Footservants 2
8. Debate Club
9. The Foggy Oxbow
10. A Second
     
  Susan Cocalis 11. Don introduces Susan
12. Susan Multimedia
13. The Mosquito
14. West Highland Terrier
15. The Nightengale
16. William Shakespeare
17. Bonaparte & Josephine
18. Sir Lancelot
19. Sigmund Freud
20. Queen Victoria
21. Jacqui
22. Alma Mahler
23. Marie Antoinette
24. The Merkin of Venice
 
November 2006 Bonnie Atkins 1. White Leather
2. Pathways of Return
3. Light
4. Back and Forth
5. November Poem
6. Morning Song
 
October 2006 Don Horton 1. Andromeda's Revenge
2. Base Libraries
3. Personal History of Haircuts
4. Skippy and Fenway Park
5. Soul Broker
6. 3 Poems
     
  Susan Cocalis 7. Don introduces Susan
8. Don's Accident
9. BLOOD!

sample two: Carol Edelstein, Disappearing Letters, Sept. 2007
Robin Barber, Graymalkin, March 2006

sample three: Marc Berman and Markie Babbott, October 2008

sample four: Robin Barber, Thanksgiving, March 2007





 

weekly writing workshops with
Carol Edelstein and Robin Barber
in Northampton, MA

Monday morning with Robin | Wednesday evening with Robin| Thursday evening with Carol

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