THE DREAM AWAY READING SERIES 4-5pm
Richard Michelson's many books for children, teens, and adults have been listed among the top ten books of the year by The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and The New Yorker, and the Best Dozen of the Decade by Amazon. He has received a National Jewish Book Award (and twice finalist), and two Gold Medals from the Association of Jewish Libraries. Other honors include two Massachusetts Book Award Honors, two Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowships, and Michelson’s work was chosen to represent the Commonwealth at the 2018. Library of Congress National Book Festival. In 2019 he became the sixth recipient of the Samuel Minot Jones Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement in a ceremony at Amherst College. Michelson’s most recent poetry collection Sleeping as Fast as I Can (Slant Books) was a finalist for both the 2023 Foreword Indies Award and the Sheila Margaret Motton Book Prize. Earlier collections include More Money than God (U of Pittsburgh Press), finalist for the Paterson Prize, and Battles and Lullabies (U of Illinois Press). A native of East New York, Brooklyn, Michelson served two terms as Poet Laureate of Northampton, Massachusetts, where he hosts Northampton Poetry Radio and owns R. Michelson Galleries.
Elizabeth Bayou-Grace is the co-author of the poetry collection, “Fire in Paradise” with her father Steven Lewis. Her work has appeared in print with Sixfold and on the radio with Writers Read. She has performed at Wakarusa Music Fest, Round Top Poetry Fest, Art Outside Festival, and Stubbs BBQ. Elizabeth lives in beautiful Western Massachusetts with her kind husband, and their ancient cat and nervous dog. She’s an alumnus of both Warren Wilson College and Texas State University. She is a proud aunt, avid yarn enthusiast, and occasional folk singer. Elizabeth is working on a memoir, “Bad Bones”, a coming of age story through a lens of disability.
Dave Fromm is the author of a sports memoir called EXPATRIATE GAMES, which is about his short-lived career as a semi-pro basketball player in the Czech Republic in the mid-90s, and a Berkshires-based novel called THE DURATION. He has a Notable essay in the 2022 Best American series and won the 2024 Best of Valley Voices storytelling competition. His writing has appeared in Necessary Fiction, Short Story Long, and Sport Literate, among other places. He's working on a screenplay about the legend of Ripton, Massachusetts.
ROUNDER’S REVIVAL - 7PM-9PM
Rounders Revival invites you to share in an evening of light-hearted and uplifting acoustic music steeped deeply in the folk-americana traditions of universal story telling and soulful harmonies.
Join in for the Rounders renditions of singer-songwriter favorites and inspired originals.
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