http://archives.weru.org Writers? Forum is hosted by Dr. Betty Parker Duff and is a new program at WERU designed to bring you the voices of Maine writers from all over the state but especially from the coastal region. From the audio archives of spoken word programming on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine and 102.9 FM Bangor, Maine. (http://weru.org/) Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:30:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 2006 WERU FM archives@weru.org () archives@weru.org() 1440 authors,fiction,non,fiction,poetry,Maine Writers? Forum is hosted by Dr. Betty Parker Duff and is a new program at WERU designed to bring you the voices of Maine writers from all over the state but especially from the coastal region. From the Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Communi Writers? Forum is hosted by Dr. Betty Parker Duff and is a new program at WERU designed to bring you the voices of Maine writers from all over the state but especially from the coastal region. From the Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill & 102.9 FM Bangor, Maine Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM) No no http://archives.weru.org/wp-content/smallerimage.gif http://archives.weru.org 144 144 2006 WERU FMauthors,fiction,non,fiction,poetry,MaineArts/LiteraturePublic Radioinfo@shows.weru.orgSalt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)44.56801-68.681161 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-51409 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-51409#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 14:00:41 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://archives.weru.org/?p=4467 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-51409/feed 56:24 Producer/Host: Joan Clemons Poetry in Maine Performance Poetry. What is "Off the Coast" literary journal? How to submit poems to "Off the Coast" ... Producer/Host: Joan Clemons Poetry in Maine Performance Poetry. What is "Off the Coast" literary journal? How to submit poems to "Off the Coast" and also to Belfast Poetry Festival Guests: Michael R. Brown (mrbrown64@msn.com) Valerie Lawson (soshorepoet@aol.com); www.off-the-coast@aol.com Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-40909 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-40909#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:00:15 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://archives.weru.org/?p=4314 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-40909/feed 58:22 Producer/Host: Joan Clemons Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic: Writing and Art Memoirs How writers groups operate. What about writing memoirs--how do you start--relationship of poetry to memoir. ... Producer/Host: Joan Clemons Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic: Writing and Art Memoirs How writers groups operate. What about writing memoirs--how do you start--relationship of poetry to memoir. Are writing schedules necessary? Guests: Brenda Gilchrist (brenda.gilchrist@gmail.com); Phil Schirmer (schirmer@netzero.net or phil@woodenboat.com); Norma Sheard (normasheard@midmaine.com) Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-31209 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-31209#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:00:43 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://archives.weru.org/?p=4176 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-31209/feed 56:57 Producer/Host: Joan Clemons Studio Engineer: Joel Mann Guests: Elissa Garde-Joia; Mary Johnston; Karen Rak Topic: Mid-Coast Writers Group from Belfast Where "Behind the Purple Door" can be found. ... Producer/Host: Joan Clemons Studio Engineer: Joel Mann Guests: Elissa Garde-Joia; Mary Johnston; Karen Rak Topic: Mid-Coast Writers Group from Belfast Where "Behind the Purple Door" can be found. How writing groups are formed. Importance of being in a writing group. Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-21209 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-21209#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:00:54 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://archives.weru.org/?p=4075 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-21209/feed 56:47 Producer/Host: Joan Clemons Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic: Writing, prose, memoirs Local writers read from their work and a discussion follows: How to begin a writing project?nbsp; Is ... Producer/Host: Joan Clemons Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic: Writing, prose, memoirs Local writers read from their work and a discussion follows: How to begin a writing project?nbsp; Is publishing the only reason to write?nbsp; Is there a particular time and place to write? Guests: Ellie O'Leary, ellieoleary@gmail.com, www.WritingThruIt.blogspot.com;nbsp; Jennifer Skiff, Editor, God Stories: Inspiring Encounters With the Divine, www.GodStories.com;nbsp; Linda Tatelbaum, "Women Who Speaks Tree: Confessions of a Tree Hugger", www.colby.edu/~ltatelb , 207-785-4634 Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-1809 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-1809#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:00:17 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://archives.weru.org/?p=3925 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-1809/feed 56:57 Producer/Host: Joan Clemons Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topics:nbsp;nbsp; How to get started in a writers group.nbsp; How everyday things offer chances for writing materials.nbsp; Why do we ... Producer/Host: Joan Clemons Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topics:nbsp;nbsp; How to get started in a writers group.nbsp; How everyday things offer chances for writing materials.nbsp; Why do we write?nbsp; Local writers discuss these topics and read from their work. Guests:nbsp; Writers Amy Miller, Cher Jones, Joe Tassi and Wendy Watson Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-121108 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-121108#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:00:11 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://archives.weru.org/?p=3783 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-121108/feed 58:20 Producer/Host: Joan Clemons Studio Engineer: Joel Mann A tribute to coastal Washington County poet, M. Kelly Lombardi. Members of her Salt Coast Sages poetry workshop will discuss ... Producer/Host: Joan Clemons Studio Engineer: Joel Mann A tribute to coastal Washington County poet, M. Kelly Lombardi. Members of her Salt Coast Sages poetry workshop will discuss her influence on them, and read some of her work. Lombardi, who died on September 9, 2008, was the founder and leader of the Salt Coast Sages in Machias. She taught poetry, specializing in international poets, particularly contemporary Irish poets, in Sunrise Senior College at the University of Maine in Machias, and facilitated poetry workshops. She also lectured on antique roses and raised close to 50 varieties herself. Each year she traveled to Ireland to refresh her music and poetry interests, and to Italy where she stayed at a 12th century Augustinian monastery to "write and write." "Ireland," she said, "is my ancestral home; Italy my spiritual home, coastal Maine is my home harbor." Guests: "The Salt Coast Sages" from Washington County--Gerald George, Sharon Bray, Don Crane, Grace Sheridan and Philip Rose. Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-111308 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-111308#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:00:45 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://archives.weru.org/?p=3682 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-111308/feed 58:14 Producer/Host: Betty Duff Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topics: Poetry, writing, haikus, writing groups, personal experiences Where to find the book "Stone in My Pocket", how writer's groups ... Producer/Host: Betty Duff Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topics: Poetry, writing, haikus, writing groups, personal experiences Where to find the book "Stone in My Pocket", how writer's groups work, who are the Moody Mountain Writers? Guests: Moody Mountain Writers: Selkie O'Mira, Mary Jane Martin, Debbie Mitchell, Janet Smith Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-100908 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-100908#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:00:31 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/?p=1733 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-100908/feed 58:12 Producer/Host: Joan Clemons Topic: Miriam Colwell's books "Young" and "Contentment Cove", and F. Benjamin Carr's "The Story of Bustins" .nbsp; A discussion with the authors How different ... Producer/Host: Joan Clemons Topic: Miriam Colwell's books "Young" and "Contentment Cove", and F. Benjamin Carr's "The Story of Bustins" .nbsp; A discussion with the authors How different Maine Coastal communities deal with interests of long-term residents and new-comers thru fiction and non-fiction.nbsp; Why writers should never give up or become discouraged.nbsp; How to begin writing the history of a particular place? Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-91108 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-91108#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:00:39 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/?p=1676 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-91108/feed 58:36 Producers/Hosts: Joan Clemons and Betty Duff Topics: Information about Belfast Poetry Festival.nbsp; The process of writing poetry.nbsp; How to submit to Off the Coast and Bangor ... Producers/Hosts: Joan Clemons and Betty Duff Topics: Information about Belfast Poetry Festival.nbsp; The process of writing poetry.nbsp; How to submit to Off the Coast and Bangor Metro Guests: Annaliese Jakamides, Valerie Lawson, Chuck Smith Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-81408 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-81408#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:00:07 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/?p=1631 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-81408/feed 59:39 Producers/Hosts: Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Topic: Adam The King by Jeffrey Lewis #38; Full Fathom Five: A Daughter's Search by Mary Lee Coe Fowler What is ... Producers/Hosts: Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Topic: Adam The King by Jeffrey Lewis #38; Full Fathom Five: A Daughter's Search by Mary Lee Coe Fowler What is the state of American fiction today?nbsp; What are the problems of publicizing books today?nbsp; What is the inspiration for today's books? Guests:nbsp; Jeffrey Lewis, author,nbsp; Meritocracy Quartet ;nbsp; Mary Lee Coe Fowler, author, Full Fathom Five: A Daughter's Search FMI:nbsp; jefflewis@earthlink.net;nbsp; maryleecoefowler.com,nbsp; mlfowler@maine.rr.com Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-61208 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-61208#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:00:01 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/?p=1499 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-61208/feed 59:03 Producer/Host: Dr. Betty Duff Topic: Co-authoring mysteries How do you co-author?nbsp; Where do you get ideas for characters?nbsp; How does poetry help in the writing process? Guests: Ross ... Producer/Host: Dr. Betty Duff Topic: Co-authoring mysteries How do you co-author?nbsp; Where do you get ideas for characters?nbsp; How does poetry help in the writing process? Guests: Ross Erwin, Carolyn Page Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20080508 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20080508#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 14:00:31 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/writers-forum/writers-20080508 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20080508/feed 56:53 Producers/Hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Topic: Poetry Inspiration for National Poetry Foundation.nbsp; Local writing groups.nbsp; Barbara workshops / poetry themes / history in literature Guests: Barbara ... Producers/Hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Topic: Poetry Inspiration for National Poetry Foundation.nbsp; Local writing groups.nbsp; Barbara workshops / poetry themes / history in literature Guests: Barbara Maria, Jennifer Moxley, Megan London Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20080419 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20080419#comments Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:00:29 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/writers-forum/writers-20080419 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20080419/feed 58:11 Producers/Hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Topic: Writing--fiction and creative non-fiction Where can one take writing classes in the Belfast area?nbsp; What is the value of ... Producers/Hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Topic: Writing--fiction and creative non-fiction Where can one take writing classes in the Belfast area?nbsp; What is the value of writing courses?nbsp; How do you get started writing? Guests: Ellie O'Leary, www.writingthruit.blogspot.com;nbsp; Gail R. Henningsen, www.belfastwriters.com Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20080313 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20080313#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:00:53 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/writers-forum/writers-20080313 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20080313/feed 57:32 Producers/Hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Topics: Climate change, women's issues, toxins in children, EMS, heroes, loss of loved ones, spring Location of poetry reading.nbsp; Publishing ... Producers/Hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Topics: Climate change, women's issues, toxins in children, EMS, heroes, loss of loved ones, spring Location of poetry reading.nbsp; Publishing information.nbsp; How poetry covers the gamet of thought and issues. Guests: Paul Liebow, Karin Spitfire Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20080214 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20080214#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:00:22 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/writers-forum/writers-20080214 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20080214/feed 60:30 Hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Topic: Love Song to Maine: Tradition, love poems, Maine poems, WERU Guest: Pat Ranzoni (pranzoni@aol.com) Mixed blood Yankee, Patricia Smith Ranzoni, ... Hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Topic: Love Song to Maine: Tradition, love poems, Maine poems, WERU Guest: Pat Ranzoni (pranzoni@aol.com) Mixed blood Yankee, Patricia Smith Ranzoni, was born in the Katahdin region to a Canadian-American woodcutter and farm girl from Orland and Castine, both descended from European settlers to Indian territory in what became Massachusetts then Maine, their roots mixing in relation with Native Americans and First Canadians. She grew up in Bucksport where she now writes from one of the subsistence farms of her youth. Her unschooled documentary poems have been published across the country and abroad, and she is a frequent reader and reciter around Maine. In 2002 she became the first poet from the northern reach of the Appalachian Chain to be invited to read at the University of Ohio, Zanesville, Women of Appalachia Conference. Her work has been used in Colby Collegersquo;s ldquo;Many Mainesrdquo; course and by University of Mainenbsp; departments of history and English, and is being acquired by Fogler Libraryrsquo;s Special Collections and other archives of Maine history, class, and womenrsquo;s studies. Books: CLAIMING (1995), SETTLING (2000), ONLY HUMAN ~ Poems from the Atlantic Flyway (Sheltering Pines Press, 2005). Questions this program may have answered for listeners: What are some Maine traditions? How do Maine cultures connect with other cultures? How are winters today like winters past for long-time natives keeping the old ways? Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20080110 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20080110#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:00:41 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/writers-forum/writers-20080110 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20080110/feed 58:35 Producers/hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Topics: Seasons, wildlife, nature How to join a poet's society? Maine Poets Society? Narramissic Notebook? Guests:nbsp; Sharon Bray (sharonbray@midmaine.com or 207-469-7308) ... Producers/hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Topics: Seasons, wildlife, nature How to join a poet's society? Maine Poets Society? Narramissic Notebook? Guests:nbsp; Sharon Bray (sharonbray@midmaine.com or 207-469-7308) and Dave Davis (207-469-2476) Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20071213 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20071213#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:00:00 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/writers-forum/writers-20071213 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20071213/feed 57:25 Producers/hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Topic: Maine Writers Reading and Discussing Their Work How valuable are writers groups?nbsp; How do writers process work within a ... Producers/hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Topic: Maine Writers Reading and Discussing Their Work How valuable are writers groups?nbsp; How do writers process work within a group?nbsp; How does one get published? Guests: Kristen Britain;nbsp; Annaliese Jakimides; Cynthia Thayer Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20071108 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20071108#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:00:39 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/writers-forum/writers-20071108 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20071108/feed 57:18 (NOTE: Technical glitch with download has been corrected) Producers/hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Maine writers Les Simon, Eileen Campbell and Judy Beach read from and ... (NOTE: Technical glitch with download has been corrected) Producers/hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Maine writers Les Simon, Eileen Campbell and Judy Beach read from and discuss their work Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20070913 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20070913#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:00:26 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/writers-forum/writers-20070913 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20070913/feed 55:50 Producer/host: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Guests: Mary Duncan, author of Eyes of Garnet , a suspenseful tale of an 11 year old girl who grapples ... Producer/host: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Guests: Mary Duncan, author of Eyes of Garnet , a suspenseful tale of an 11 year old girl who grapples with her "second sight" (the Scottish term for having psychic abilities). Duncan is an artist who once owned a gallery in Blue Hill, Maine, a graphic designer and a florist (garnet@midmaine.com or www.eyesofgarnet.com) Sanford Phippen, author of the novel Kitchen Boy; two books of short stories, The Police Know Everything and People Trying to Be Good; a book of essays, Cheap Gossip, and the editor of The Best Maine Stories and High Clouds Soaring, Storms Driving Low: The Letters of Ruth Moore. He has appeared on Maine Public Television as the host of "RFD Maine". A former columnist for Maine Times, he is a graduate of the University of Maine and Syracuse University (sanphip@aol.com) Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20070809 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20070809#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:00:50 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/writers-forum/writers-20070809 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20070809/feed 56:51 Producers/hosts: Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Guest: Rhea Cote Robbins Topics: Maine literature, Franco-American literature, post-partum depression, coal-mine destruction Producers/hosts: Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Guest: Rhea Cote Robbins Topics: Maine literature, Franco-American literature, post-partum depression, coal-mine destruction Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20070614 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20070614#comments Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:00:15 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/writers-forum/writers-20070614 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20070614/feed 56:12 Producer/host: Joan Clemons Maine poets Mary Jane Martin, Selkie O'Mira, Janet L.G. Smith and Debbie Mitchell read from their work Producer/host: Joan Clemons Maine poets Mary Jane Martin, Selkie O'Mira, Janet L.G. Smith and Debbie Mitchell read from their work Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20070510 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20070510#comments Thu, 10 May 2007 14:00:34 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/writers-forum/writers-20070510 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20070510/feed 1:00:08 Producers/hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Guests: Brewster Milton Robertson and Charlotte Jones Cabaniss Robertson, authors and co-directors of the Downeast Writers Conference (www.downeastwriters.com) which ... Producers/hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Guests: Brewster Milton Robertson and Charlotte Jones Cabaniss Robertson, authors and co-directors of the Downeast Writers Conference (www.downeastwriters.com) which will take place June 14th-16th on Deer Isle, Maine Brewster Milton Robertson, novelist and critic, is a Pushcart-nominated essayist, longtime member of the Southern Book Critic's Circle and a mainstay contributor to Publisher's Weekly. Well-known for his view that the fiction process is a seduction, his current novel A Posturing of Fools is described as "Sloan Wilson's Man in the Grey Flannel Suit meets Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby". Robertson's debut novel Rainy Days and Sundays was optioned for film by Alan Brown, Executive Producer of the film, Year of the Comet Today on "Writer's Forum" he reads from, and discusses, his work, as well as the upcoming conference. Charlotte Jones Cabaniss Robertson is a Columnist, Critic, Librarian, Publicist, and Literary Advocate. A graduate cum laude at Auburn University and mainstay board member of the Alabama Center for the Book, and former Director of Library Services at the Bay Minette Public Library, Robertson is well-known throughout the literary south as founder of the celebrated Alabama Athenaeum, a forum from which distinguished authors could read from their works to the people of the greater Mobile, Alabama area. The founding Director of the Annual Downeast Writer's Conference on Deer Isle, Maine, Robertson continues to serve on the advisory board of the Alabama Center for the Book and as Author Liaison Director for the famous Page #38; Palette Book Store in Fairhope, Alabama Downeast Writers' Conference, June 14-16, Deer Isle, Maine, www.downeastwriters.com or call Mr. York's Book Shoppe, 207-669-4431, or the Robertson's at 207-367-2773 Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20070412 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20070412#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:00:12 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/writers-forum/writers-20070412 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20070412/feed 57:45 Producers/hosts: Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Producers/hosts: Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20070308 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20070308#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:00:01 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/writers-forum/writers-20070308 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20070308/feed 59:56 Producers/hosts:nbsp; Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Guests: Zachery Cole, Sandy Cohen, Maureen Farr Producers/hosts:nbsp; Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Guests: Zachery Cole, Sandy Cohen, Maureen Farr Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20070208 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20070208#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2007 14:00:07 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/writers-forum/writers-20070208 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20070208/feed 58:00 Producers/hosts:nbsp; Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Guests:nbsp; Jennifer Armstrong, Deborah Joy Corey and Les Simon read from, and discuss their work Producers/hosts:nbsp; Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Guests:nbsp; Jennifer Armstrong, Deborah Joy Corey and Les Simon read from, and discuss their work Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20010111 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20010111#comments Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:19:26 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/writers-forum/writers-20010111 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20010111/feed 57:19 Producers/hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Topic: Maine writers Guests: Brenda Gilchrist, Gayle Hadley and Nancy Hodermarsky Producers/hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Topic: Maine writers Guests: Brenda Gilchrist, Gayle Hadley and Nancy Hodermarsky Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20061214 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20061214#comments Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:00:49 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/writers-forum/writers-20061214 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20061214/feed 55:16 Producers/hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Topic: Writers and Writing: Writing Memoirs, new ERR, information about the Downeast Writer's Conference on Deer ... Producers/hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Topic: Writers and Writing: Writing Memoirs, new ERR, information about the Downeast Writer's Conference on Deer Isle Guests: Diane Berlew, Anne Burton, Stephen York Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20061109 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20061109#comments Thu, 09 Nov 2006 14:00:46 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/writers-forum/writers-20061109 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20061109/feed 56:46 Producers/hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Topic: Poetry; How the Salt Coast sages got started; Teaching English in the public schools; The rhythm ... Producers/hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Topic: Poetry; How the Salt Coast sages got started; Teaching English in the public schools; The rhythm of language Guests: Sharon Bray, freelance writer for the Penobscot Bay Press, primarily the Castine Patriot, former publisher of the Bucksport Enterprise and the Narramissic Notebook; Donald Crane, since retirement has been pursuing a life-long interest in poetry and has had a number of poems published in mostly Maine based magazines; Phil Rose, taught English for nearly 30 years and has had short stories, articles and poems, mostly with his favorite nautical theme, published in several New England magazines and newspapers. All are members of Kelly Lombardi's Salt Coast Sages at the University of Maine in Machias. Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20061012 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20061012#comments Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:00:59 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/writers-forum/writers-20061012 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20061012/feed 57:18 Producers/hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Guests: Gerald George, Grace Sheridan, Kelly Lombardi Topic: Poetry by the Salt Coast Sages Producers/hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Guests: Gerald George, Grace Sheridan, Kelly Lombardi Topic: Poetry by the Salt Coast Sages Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20060913 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20060913#comments Thu, 14 Sep 2006 14:00:58 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/writers-forum/writers-20060913 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20060913/feed 55:20 Host: Dr. Betty Duff Local youth poets Host: Dr. Betty Duff Local youth poets Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20060810 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20060810#comments Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:33:51 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/writers-forum/writers-20060810 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20060810/feed 57:16 Hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Guests: Authors Jean Davison and Lee Smith Topic: The authors read from their work and a discussion follows. Jean Davison holds ... Hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Guests: Authors Jean Davison and Lee Smith Topic: The authors read from their work and a discussion follows. Jean Davison holds a Ph.D from Stanford University. She is the author of several books, including Agriculture, Women and Land: The African Experience and Voices from Mutira: Change in the Lives of Rural Gikuyu Women. She founded the non-profit organization, IDEA, in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1980s. The group later merged with Global Exchange. Now retired from teaching at American University, international consulting work, writing, and family are her top priorities. She splits her year between Cape Rosier (Maine) and Austin, Texas. She is a member of the Deer Isle Writers Collective and her most recent publication is The Ostrich Wakes: Struggles for Change in Highland Kenya. Lee Smith is the author of eleven novels including Oral History, Saving Grace, The Devil's Dream, and Fair and Tender Ladies as well as three collections of stories. Her novel, The Last Girls, was a New York Times bestseller as well as co-winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award. A retired professor of English at North Carolina State, she received an Academy Award in Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1999. Her new novel On Agate Hill will be published in October 2006. Lee spends her summers in Castine (Maine). Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writersforum-20060713 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writersforum-20060713#comments Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:00:09 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/writers-forum/writersforum-20060713 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writersforum-20060713/feed 58:35 Host: Dr. Betty Duff Guests: Author and essayist Barbara Hattemer; Fiction writer Deborah Marshall; Poet Jacqueline Michaud reading some of their work In what ways have their ... Host: Dr. Betty Duff Guests: Author and essayist Barbara Hattemer; Fiction writer Deborah Marshall; Poet Jacqueline Michaud reading some of their work In what ways have their writing experiences differed? Do they target a particular market? How? What are the benefits of belonging to a writer's group? Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writersforum-20060608 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writersforum-20060608#comments Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:00:42 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/writers-forum/writersforum-20060608 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writersforum-20060608/feed 59:41 Host: Dr. Betty Duff Guests: Novelists Linda Tatelbaum and Donna Morrisey, poet Karin Spitfire Topic: Prose, poetry, read by the authors and followed by discussion Host: Dr. Betty Duff Guests: Novelists Linda Tatelbaum and Donna Morrisey, poet Karin Spitfire Topic: Prose, poetry, read by the authors and followed by discussion Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writersforum-20060511 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writersforum-20060511#comments Thu, 11 May 2006 14:00:44 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/writers-forum/writersforum-20060511 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writersforum-20060511/feed 59:54 Writer's Forum 05/11/06 Hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Guest: Laura Emack Topic: Military Recruitment. Laura Emack's play "An Army of One". Features local ... Writer's Forum 05/11/06 Hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons Guest: Laura Emack Topic: Military Recruitment. Laura Emack's play "An Army of One". Features local actings reading scenes. How does the recruitment process operate? What motivates young people to join the military? What is the copywright process for acting in or producing plays? Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20060309 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20060309#comments Thu, 09 Mar 2006 14:00:04 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/writers-forum/writers-20060309 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-20060309/feed 62:39 Writer's Forum 03/09/2006 Writer's Forum 03/09/2006 Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-20060209 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-20060209#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2006 14:00:07 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/?p=77 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-20060209/feed 01:00:13 WERUrsquo;S Writers Forum hosted by Dr. Betty Parker Duff began 2006 with the authors who were the inspiration for the program. They are all members ... WERUrsquo;S Writers Forum hosted by Dr. Betty Parker Duff began 2006 with the authors who were the inspiration for the program. They are all members of the Deer Isle Morning Writers Group and contributors to the first edition of the Eggemoggin Reach Review. The February 9 program will feature Diane Berlew, Gayle Hadley and Norma Sheard. Diane Berlew started writing seriously after attending a Deer Isle Writersrsquo; Group meeting. She has taught preschool and worked as a counselor for emotionally disturbed children. She ran a bed and breakfast in Stonington, where she has lived for 25 years. She particularly enjoys writing stories for children based on ones told to her by her father and for adults based on an active fantasy life. She has also been a cartoonist, illustrating three books and numerous life situations. Gayle Ashburn Hadley pursued her writing habit while teachin in or directing programs fo inner city low-income children. She now reside and writes on Deer Isle. Excerpts from her novel, Eternal Vigilance, were read at the 2003 Stonecoast Writers Conference and published in the Eggemoggin Reach Review. Her humorous essay, Insectomania, appeared in The Working Waterfront. Norma Vorhees Sheard received a New Jersey State Council of the Arts Poetry Fellowship in 1989 before moving permanently to Maine. She was awarded a poetry residency at the Millay Colony in Austerlitz, New York in 2004. Her poetry has appeared in many journals and anthologies including New York Quarterly, Nimrod and Puckerbrush. Her recent work includes a poem in the first issue of the Bangor Metro published in June of 2005. Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-20060112 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-20060112#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:00:18 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/?p=81 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-20060112/feed 57:35 WERUrsquo;S Writers Forum hosted by Dr. Betty Parker Duff began 2006 with the authors who were the inspiration for the program. They are all members ... WERUrsquo;S Writers Forum hosted by Dr. Betty Parker Duff began 2006 with the authors who were the inspiration for the program. They are all members of the Deer Isle Morning Writers Group and contributors to the first edition of the Eggemoggin Reach Review. The January 12 program featured Anne Burton, Sucha Cardoza, Brenda Gilchrist, and Nancy Hodermarsky. Anne Larkosh Burton moved to Burnt Cove in Stonington four years ago, where she takes instructions in relaxation techniques from her orange tabby, Bobcat. She writes poetry and personal essays and is presently working on a Spiritual Odyssey. In a former life she worked as a Family Therapist and Pastoral Counselor. Sucha Cardoza came to writing through acting, which she studied in New York with Irene Dailey and New Mexico with the late Kim Stanley. Her teachers, with whom she also worked and taught, continue to inform her life as a writer. Her work has appeared in Sunstone, the Santa Fe Literary Review, Primavera, and the Eggemoggin Reach Review She lives on Little Deer Isle with her dogs. Brenda Gilchrist wrote, illustrated and designed four books published by Braceypoint Press, Deer Isle, including Paws for Peace and Gabirsquo;s Doggone Totally Awesome Guide to Maine. After thirty years in art books publishing in New York, she moved to Deer Isle year round in 1990. Her work has appeared in the Maine Times and the Eggemoggin Reach Review. She received an honorable mention the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliancesrsquo;s 2005 Open Writing Competition. Nancy Hodermarsky of Deer Isle, itinerant teacher in Rome, Athens, New York City, Cleveland; attorney for safe crackers, broken lives, broken marriages in western Massachusetts; has studied poetry with Stephen Dunn, Robert Farnsworth and April Ossman at Stonecoast and MWPA workshops in Maine, published in USI Worksheets. Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-120805 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-120805#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2005 14:00:25 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/?p=67 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-120805/feed 58:10 Press Release for December 8 Writers Forum This Thursdayrsquo;s Writers Forum will feature prose authors Sharon Bray and Julia Bower and poet David Davis. Sharon Bray's ... Press Release for December 8 Writers Forum This Thursdayrsquo;s Writers Forum will feature prose authors Sharon Bray and Julia Bower and poet David Davis. Sharon Bray's writing career has ranged from to Harvard Medical School to local newspapers and literary journals. She established The Enterprise in Bucksport in 1992 which she published and edited for 9 years before she sold it in 2001. She supports herself with freelance writing, mostly for Penobscot Bay Press. She publishes the Naramissic Notebook and is active in the Bucksport Bay Healthy Communities Coalition and the Orland Fire Department. She fits her own writing around newspaper freelance reporting, farm chores, community commitments, and responding as best she can whenever anyone asks for help or needs a jar of homemade soup. David L Davisrsquo; work has been published in the Bucksport Enterprise, Narramissic Notebook, Echoes Magazine and in anthologies Sense of Place, H.O.M.E. Words, and the bicentennial history Best Remembered: Orland, Maine 1800-2000. He recently published a book of poetry, Ready To Be Surprised. Dave did not begin writing poetry until after the tragedy at Columbine High School. He was so moved by this event that words just came tumbling out as fast as he could write. Since that time he continues to write every day. He writes about life as has found it living beside the Narramissic River. Dave has lived alongside the Narramissic River in Orland, Maine since his marriage in 1949 to Ginny Soper Davis, a descendent of the first settlers of Orland. When Dave visited relatives in Orland after WW11 he knew this was the place he wanted to be. He worked in the Bucksport paper mill until opportunity came his way to work for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in community development. Upon retirement from there he started and ran a successful greenhouse business. He has always been active in town affairs and community organizations. A Quaker, Dave was instrumental in starting a Friends meeting in Orland. Ginny and Dave have two children and six grandchildren. Julia Bowers lives and writes in Brunswick. She wrote and illustrated a childrenrsquo;s picture book at the age of eight that was nearly published by MacMillan, and wrote a play for an honors degree at Mt. Holyoke College. Since then she taught at a private boarding school in Switzerland, was a Foreign Service Officer with the State department, an interior decorator in Manhattan, a freelance illustrator in Connecticut and has continued to write in Massachusetts and Maine. She writes personal essays and observations, often with a satiric slant and is also writing a series of stories about a rather tiresome child named Margaret. Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-111005 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-111005#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:00:53 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/?p=68 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-111005/feed 58:32 The November 10 Writers Forum will feature four Maine authors: Joan Clemens from Belfast, Michael Kuhni from Milbridge, Danielle Kuper from Brooksville, and D. ... The November 10 Writers Forum will feature four Maine authors: Joan Clemens from Belfast, Michael Kuhni from Milbridge, Danielle Kuper from Brooksville, and D. H. Terry from Mt. Vernon. Joan Clemens has been a resident of Maine for almost 6 years but a member of MWPA for about 10 years. Joan is a fiction writer with a novel just about finished. She writes a column for a weekly newspaper in Mass and has published short stories in a few small literary magazines. She founded and facilitated fiction writers groups both in Maine and Massachusetts, where she used to live. While in Massachusetts, she co-edited two different literary magazines, and operated her own free-lance copywriting and public relations business. She has also done advertising promotion work for both Time and McCall's magazines. Daniela Kuper's first short story, HOLY GHOST, was nominated for a Pushcart and her current book, HUNGER AND THIRST was called ldquo;One of the most vividly imagined and moving novels I've read in years. And one of the funniest...?? by Joyce Carol Oates. A Brooksville resident, she is touring the west with two award winning authors on: STRONG CHARACTERS IN FICTION, IN LIFE. Michael Kuhni is a native of western Pennsylvania, son of a steelworker, he dropped out of Wittenburg University to meander the country in 1972. Ended up with a six-year stint in the Navy working on submarines as a nuclear reactor operator. Submerged for a total of twelve months with Tolstoy, Brautigan, Tolkien, LeGuinn, and Vonnegut, to name a few. Surfaced as an anti-nuclear weapons/power activist. The next vessel boarded was the Greenpeace ship, Rainbow Warrior, where he volunteered in the engine room. Worked at Northeastern University, earning a degree in psychology along the way, then moved to Carnegie-Mellon University. Both university positions were in the engineering field. Left engineering to work at a shelter for teens outside of Boston. Later worked at other social service agencies helping abused children. Currently, he is a poet, organic gardener, devoted husband and father. His ldquo;other?? part time job is caring for a two-year where he actsas surrogate grandfather. He collaborated with artist and publisher Brian Curling at Goldfinch Press with a series of five art books featuring original Haiku and wood block prints. He is currently at work preserving the oral history and poetry of Theodore Enslin. D.S. Terry is author of "Down The Bay". She grew up in Blue Hill, ME in a lobstering family. "Down The Bay" is based on a true, autobiographical story about the two summers she spent lobstering with her older brother, Reggie Sherman. It is her only published work. D.S. Terry currently lives in Mount Vernon, ME. Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-090805 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-090805#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2005 14:00:47 +0000 info@shows.weru.org (Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)) http://shows.weru.org/archives/?p=65 http://archives.weru.org/writers-forum/writers-forum-090805/feed 58:58 On September 8, author Cynthia Thayer will join members of her writers group in reading their poems and prose on Writers Forum, a WERU program ... On September 8, author Cynthia Thayer will join members of her writers group in reading their poems and prose on Writers Forum, a WERU program featured the second Thursday of every month from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. with host Dr. Betty Duff. Cynthia Thayer is the author of three novels, A Certain Slant of Light, Strong for Potatoes, and most recently, A Brief Lunacy, from Algonquin Books. She also writes for Northern New England Journey, AAA, and teaches fiction writing with Turnstone Writers Workshop and Schoodic Arts for All. She and her husband, Bill, live on an organic farm in Gouldsboro on Schoodic Peninsula. Annaliese Jakimidesrsquo; essays, poetry, and short stories have been published in Hip Mama, Beloit Poetry Journal, The Southeast Review, and GQ Italy, among others. Essays have been included in collections such as The Essential Hip Mama and Room to Grow (ldquo;Choice?? is currently required reading for all incoming freshmen at the University of South Carolina). Short fiction is forthcoming in Leaving Home, a collection edited by Molly McQuade. Work has been broadcast on Maine Public Radio and National Public Radio. Her poems and short stories have been cited in national competitions. A freelance copy editor and the assistant director of the Belfast Poetry Festival, 10/7ndash;10/9, she is a consulting editor and writes the "Last Word" essay and arts interview for Bangor Metro magazine. Christopher Barstow was born in Connecticut and educated at Old Orchard Beach High School and Ripan College in Wisconsin. He lives in Lamoine with his wife and daughter and has just completed his first novel. Kristen Britain is the best-selling author of the fantasy novels, Green Ride, and First Riderrsquo;s Call, and was for many years a ranger at Acadia National Park. Currently she resides in Bar Harbor with an Irish terrier and an orange cat. Writers,Forum archives@weru.org no No Salt Pond Community Broadcasting (WERU FM)nonadultWriters? Forum is hosted by Dr. Betty Parker Duff and is a new program at WERU designed to bring you the voices of Maine writers from all over the state but especially from the coastal region. From the Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Communi