LITERATURE
Fanny Howe and Jim Dunn in Conversation
A Discussion of Harry Crosby
September 10, 2024
By Jim Dunn and Fanny Howe
In preparation for the celebration of the publication of “Harry Crosby’s Selected Poems” by Madhat Press, edited by Ben Mazer, this discussion took place June 19, 2020. on Fanny’s porch; safely distanced and masked while watching the neighbor children and random bunny rabbits dart across the backyard of her apartment building in the Pandemic Friday dusk.
Jim: Ok, Fanny, here we are on your back porch discussing Harry Crosby. We are going to discuss a couple of pieces we wrote and one piece that John Wieners wrote. And talk about our trip the other day when we went up to Harry’s summer estate to Manchester hoping to find the spirit of Harry on the North Shore. …
The Salem Athenaeum: A Literary & Cultural Jewel
Steeped in History – and Making New History
August 21, 2024
By Liz Vago
I’m embarrassed to say I’d been living in Salem for ten years before I discovered the Salem Athenaeum. Well, I had driven and walked by the red brick building on Essex Street many times, admiring the Federal-period Palladian architecture, but had never ventured in. Until one snowy January evening. On a train ride from Boston, I leafed through a newspaper discarded on the seat next to me. I found an event listing for an author reading by journalist Dan Kennedy for his recently published book – happening at the Salem Athenaeum.
The Soul and the Sound of the Man with the Dancing Hands
January 23, 2024
By Jim Dunn
Republished by permission of the author.
From Bass Rocks to
the slippery cliffs of Rafe’s chasm
I hear the resounding
ringing of your Afro Cuban rhythm
It’s the beat
way down to your shoes
It's the beat to keep.
It’s the beattitudes
It's the beat in the heart.
It's being beat and down in the world
It’s the rhythm
The rhythm of your rockin’
and the roll of your soul …
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