11/20/08

December 8th: Stone Soup Celebrates Appleseeds

Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery (located on 106 Prospect Street in Cambridge) with an open mike sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On December 8th, Stone Soup will celebrate the publication of the Appleseeds anthology, its contributors and its editor, Melissa Guillet.

Melissa Guillet’s work has appeared in The Cherry Blossom Review, Lalitamba, Nth Position, Scrivener’s Pen, Women. Period., six Worcester, MA anthologies, and other collections. She was a member of Dr. Brown’s Traveling Poetry Troupe and teaches Interdisciplinary Arts in Riverside, RI.

Gretchen Fletcher grew up when patriotism was part of the zeitgeist. Her father made sure she traveled the USA and felt pride in our country.

Sarah Getty’s second book of poems, Bring Me Her Heart, was published last year and received Pulitzer and NBA nominations.

Jade Sylvan has been published in the Ibbetson Journal and Word Riot.

Sheila Mullen Twyman’s poetry and short fiction have been published in literary journals and anthologies and two poetry collections. She hosts “Poetry Under the Trees,” an annual open mic gathering during the Marshfield Arts Festival, and produces and hosts “Egads, It’s Poetry,” for the MA Radio Network for the Blind which features local poets reading their work.

David Wolf is the author of three poetry collections (Open Season, The Moment Forever and Sablier) and teaches at Simpson College.