It is hard to imagine a single person who has exerted more influence on the literary life of Springfield in the past calendar year than Joanna Beth Tweedy, founder and co-editor of Quiddity, theliterary magazine at Springfield College — and moderator of the half-hour “Quiddity” radio program broadcast at 6:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday […]
Dan Guillory
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Pigs, ice cream, and socks
Several years ago, Dan Guillory began a series of poems about Abraham Lincoln’s life. The poems, chronicling the events and people in the life of the 16th president, are written from Lincoln’s perspective. To mark Lincoln’s birthday, we’re publishing a selection — the third year we’ve done so. — Editor Ice Cream at the Smiths […]
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The president’s voice
What if Abraham Lincoln had set to verse his thoughts on the events and people who shaped his extraordinary life? Writer and professor Dan Guillory asked that question and, a couple of years ago, began a series of poems about Lincoln’s life. Written from Lincoln’s perspective, the poems range from mundane subjects to significant events […]
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In Lincoln’s voice
What if Abraham Lincoln had committed his observations to verse, shared his private feelings about the remarkable — and the mundane — events of his life? What would a freshman state legislator make of life in a frontier capital city? How would a rough man from the West prepare for his political coming out among […]
