Lively Words

Session 24

Carl Adamshick in Johnson, VT from Al Martinez on Vimeo.

There's so much to like about Carl Adamshick's poetry.

I'm a little late to this party. His collection Curses and Wishes won the 2010 Walt Whitman Award.

Check out this reading we recorded in May at the Vermont Studio Center. It's gold.

Session 23

Nina Alvarez in Johnson, VT from Al Martinez on Vimeo.

Nina Alvarez reads a wonderful and strangely beautiful excerpt from her novel-in-progress in this session.

Nina one of the great people I met during my residency at the Vermont Studio Center in May and I'm excited to feature her work here. 

This reading is the second of a series I recorded in Vermont. I'll be posting more in the months to come.

Enjoy!

 

Session 22

Christina Olson in Johnson, VT from Al Martinez on Vimeo.

After taking nearly a year off, Lively Words is bringing back the goodness. And the 2011 literary goodness starts with Christina Olson, a fantastic poet I met while I was in Vermont last month. Her first book of poetry, Before I Came Home Naked, won the Spire Press annual contest and was published last year.

I'm excited to present Christina's reading as the opening to a set of several sessions I recorded in Vermont. I'll be posting these as the summer unfolds.

In the meantime, enjoy this great reading.