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September 2019
Word Thursdays – Katharyn Howd Machan & Eva Davidson
Katharyn Howd Machan (Ithaca, NY) grew up in Woodbury, Connecticut and Pleasantville, New York. She studied creative writing and literature at the College of Saint Rose for a BA and at the University of Iowa for a Master of Arts, taught college for five years, returned to graduate school for a PhD in Interpretation (Performance Studies) at Northwestern University and, now as a full professor, has been teaching on the faculty of the Department of Writing at Ithaca College ever since,…
Find out more »October 2019
Word and Image Gallery Exhibit Opening – Gail Bunting
Gail Bunting grew up in the Hudson valley, where her mother taught her a love of woodland flowers and a hopeful outlook regarding the existence of elves and fairies. Her father taught her a tender regard for all small creatures that were not eating his vegetable garden. In her diversified life she was employed in book production, horse training, woodworking and dairy farming. Gail Bunting’s intricate naturalist egg tempera paintings consistently won prizes and awards. Her work was featured in…
Find out more »Word Thursdays – Bright Hill Publications by Steve Lautermilch & Michael Glaser; Readings by Editor-in-Chief Bertha Rogers & Selected Readers
BRIGHT HILL PRESS FULL-LENGTH POETRY BOOK COMPETITION 2016 Winner, Steven Lautermilch, FIGURES FOR A FAMILY PORTRAIT, published December 2018. A poet and photographer who taught for 20 years at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Steve Lautermilch now lives on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where he practices dream study, meditation, and writing. A recipient of a North Carolina Arts Council literary fellowship, for many years Steve has traveled in the far west, exploring the sites, landscapes, and cultures…
Find out more »Word Thursdays – Carmela Munisteri
Carmela Munisteri (Kingston, NY) (also known as Carmela Marner) was born in New York City and raised between Brooklyn, NY and Franklin, NY. She graduated with honors from Brown University. While still in college, she began taking summer writing classes with poet William Packard at The New School. In April 1991, her prose poem Standing Before Her Bathroom Mirror (excerpted from a longer piece, Proofs of No Love) was published by Packard in the journal he edited, The New York Quarterly; she won the…
Find out more »November 2019
Word and Image Gallery Exhibit Opening – CC Treadway
CC Treadway (Hudson Valley, NY) was born in Mt. Kisco, NY in 1974. She studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and graduated with a BFA in Film/Animation/Video. She went on to study dance in New York City at numerous studios, including the Alvin Ailey School of Dance. After a debilitating injury, she moved to Miami and began editing music videos for Latin America for such stars as Juanes and Thalia. She then went on to work as an…
Find out more »Word Thursdays – William Stratton
William Stratton currently lives in Vermont and teaches writing at SUNY Plattsburgh, thus spending a good deal of time on a ferry. He serves as co-editor of The Saranac Review, and is a father of two. His work has so far been nominated five times for the pushcart prize. He has two full length collections of poetry, Under The Water Was Stone and These Things Too Have Shape. He has poetry published or forthcoming in: FIELD, Sugar House Review, Spillway, The…
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