Willow Launches Weeksville Summer Arts Residency

"The Future of the Arts, with an Eye on the Past." That's the motto for Willow's grand vision for its upcoming decennial (okay, that's still a strange word to me--i.e., Willow's 10th anniversary). Watch for announcements on our upcoming multidisciplinary Arts Residencies. Our new era kicks off with the first-ever Weeksville Summer Arts Residency July … Continue reading Willow Launches Weeksville Summer Arts Residency

The E Project: Game Plan Notes—Research + Insight

A chat with Kirsten Porter, editor of the upcoming The Collected Poems of E. Ethelbert Miller Ethelbert. Who is this man really? As a son, brother, husband, father, friend? As poet, writer, literary activist? I am standing in front of yet another first year college composition class. Most of my twenty students just graduated from … Continue reading The E Project: Game Plan Notes—Research + Insight

The E Project: Where did it start?

A “pregame” chat with Kirsten Porter, editor of the upcoming The Collected Poems of E. Ethelbert Miller When Ethelbert Miller asks you to help him with a project, you don’t need to stop and think about it before you respond. You don’t pull out your calendar to see if you can pencil him in. You … Continue reading The E Project: Where did it start?