tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75516785384520809032024-03-13T01:14:58.834-04:00Candace R. CurranCandace Curranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18356079942382445211noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551678538452080903.post-10471904863220975142023-06-09T14:16:00.010-04:002023-06-09T14:37:56.708-04:00<div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv0DfANm9ky_SUHqVnE0HkZ-PkVD24S75mKOakWjgpea5Qwlv7w3tDhPuu9Ibdgd_kPL-hpcbjpE0erq1BmvR0B74_J98gz5QDJx0imOkwGnEWB5hd5RnYmHncHn2D8C_NwU05muztD1nIuvlcurdTo_05yQ2fV49gmlikoGsEVaPvgclSzAeWJXlqFw/s1124/353033447_715933847208156_6794683035650325344_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="843" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv0DfANm9ky_SUHqVnE0HkZ-PkVD24S75mKOakWjgpea5Qwlv7w3tDhPuu9Ibdgd_kPL-hpcbjpE0erq1BmvR0B74_J98gz5QDJx0imOkwGnEWB5hd5RnYmHncHn2D8C_NwU05muztD1nIuvlcurdTo_05yQ2fV49gmlikoGsEVaPvgclSzAeWJXlqFw/w300-h400/353033447_715933847208156_6794683035650325344_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><h2 class="x1heor9g x1qlqyl8 x1pd3egz x1a2a7pz x1gslohp" style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" style="font-size: small;">June 9, 2023- </span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xi81zsa" style="font-size: small;"><span class="xt0psk2"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv xzsf02u x1s688f" href="https://www.facebook.com/slateroofpress?__cft__[0]=AZVq5sf8ZNIWivOhA7Vg6g5XQMWIlJ3xgoYEVcO-3RPlNlBFYXXLyhTFbgtrCBa56UeJHe_AvbOYhnfMF6qXVxfn1jE5hOi_56WOs0qKRO-zguH9y5C6O8dqtdgblTqaL-4&__tn__=-UC*F" role="link" tabindex="0">Slate Roof Press</a></span></span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" style="font-size: small;"> poets Candace R. Curran and Janet MacFadyen definitely rocked the boat
at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/luthierscoopeasthampton">Luthier's</a> last night in Easthampton, MA, as part of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/255386763826712/">Unbuttoned Presents Series</a>!</span></h2></div><div><h2 class="x1heor9g x1qlqyl8 x1pd3egz x1a2a7pz x1gslohp"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><br /></span></h2><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p></div>Walt Owenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17111197328631624569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551678538452080903.post-7168696317814788212022-09-27T14:20:00.007-04:002022-09-27T14:26:50.650-04:00Speak Easy - Open Mic<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeKTfb2FvKutKhuZ_MigogGsVKNPErNP3rs6hjJiD0csIEookf1qOdVS4BYrYr-Nzcakx8QeWHS7Lc8QcXkai7fG_y3FWvy6Hp02IzOuF_5OuImhGfhVf0OsU-eqEg0QZcpFEW3uXJ-9VyRlgLRE8oQanYuo7xFRVjQQ1XUq2BxQ6Ekp_ORwy_TECSig/s1056/speakeasy.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="816" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeKTfb2FvKutKhuZ_MigogGsVKNPErNP3rs6hjJiD0csIEookf1qOdVS4BYrYr-Nzcakx8QeWHS7Lc8QcXkai7fG_y3FWvy6Hp02IzOuF_5OuImhGfhVf0OsU-eqEg0QZcpFEW3uXJ-9VyRlgLRE8oQanYuo7xFRVjQQ1XUq2BxQ6Ekp_ORwy_TECSig/s320/speakeasy.jpg" width="247" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 24.375px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: justify;">You are invited to Speak Easy, a poetry open mic featuring local poets, Jody Stewart & Candace Curran at the Buckland Public Library. Friday, October 28th from 6 to 7 pm. Sign up for 5 minute slots at 5:45 pm. </div></span></div><p></p>Walt Owenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17111197328631624569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551678538452080903.post-69441060085719205192022-09-04T18:33:00.000-04:002022-09-04T18:33:03.623-04:00The Winner of the 2022 Elyse Wolf Prize/ Slate Roof Press Annual Chapbook Contest!<p><img align="middle" alt="" class="CToWUd" data-bit="iit" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgGS3y2nj00fRUh4LzygNlh5jcXkOJ6TFElccZbCS4xfJfuEKOjlTrSlJXp2z30RlvZfbbezjdF1vcz-jf9cQJ6-BybJYYHsLnaX33hNRWkODtzjfZ3_krcXT2esqTtfzJoTdL0wRppahgKZhu2C7YDU_-j0SIuhtE-kAGQirdfWMjL1PZ29Pmm5QK23TzvEksDT2aNqeyPD7Su1OuqGJQLPj6P=w641-h116" style="border: 0px none; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 900px; outline: currentcolor none medium; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="641" /> <br /></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" id="m_1261806271510098512m_-6505191657532950234templateHeader" style="background: rgb(255, 142, 114) none no-repeat scroll 50% 50% / cover; border-bottom: 0px none; border-top: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-top: 6px;" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 600px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="background-image: none; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom: 0px none; border-top: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 28px;">Congratulations to Candace R. Curran, winner of the 2022 Elyse Wolf Prize/<br />Slate Roof Press Annual Chapbook Contest!</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" id="m_1261806271510098512m_-6505191657532950234templateBody" style="background: rgb(247, 230, 177) none no-repeat scroll 50% 50% / cover; border-bottom: 0px none; border-top: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 45px; padding-top: 36px;" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 600px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="background-image: none; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom: 0px none; border-top: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img align="middle" alt="" class="CToWUd" data-bit="iit" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEiKltcb7U9uVaO2RaCU5D7cR11V7eWzZFLeCOc3xKNHFwvcdH62gGKDpkPkoURoudVYizidwddtGhyphenhyphenkt-TeyOYODEvX_sytSyPg1f5QMGAFPBNn3WX2QNI7eqDmbWC5tab2jogxAlASZNLCn8j_AcFGNxbUUP7fFOJVgW6OB7-cTCt9vWmrGCqzVCCIuLkJVbPCEjLk-mzRCII_4v2bch2mvIgc=s0-d-e1-ft" style="border: 0px none; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 4032px; outline: currentcolor none medium; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="276.36" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif">We have the honor to announce the selection of <i>The Sound of Her Good Name</i>, by Candace R. Curran of Shelburne Falls, MA, as the winner of our 2022 chapbook contest.</span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif">Candace becomes the newest member of <a href="http://www.slateroofpress.com/" target="_blank">Slate Roof Press</a>, and receives the $500 <a href="http://www.slateroofpress.com/contest.html" target="_blank">Elyse Wolf Prize</a> and publication of her chapbook in an art-quality edition. </span></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif">This year we focused on poets from our home territory in western Massachusetts.</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img align="middle" alt="" class="CToWUd a6T" data-bit="iit" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEj4vhR6RlhPMT68zhVqNNtnVGkUtUOlYSawrQvukT624hDegtDUozfkcTZsOPZ7EasZMvPPFwzJLYtVQ_lsuE2w4vIr5bENUaXB7dFNQMOqwaA-qhgMpgNo2xpgG1PTtJ6f1tnHSN9S7OEBXjP0baLtBJtK6yZm7Po1ZTK8L4Nd5BSpHNk8i92jv884yEYmYjGj6Zjn_NypYgnmbit1Qy4Jutjr=s0-d-e1-ft" style="border: 0px none; cursor: pointer; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 596px; outline: currentcolor none medium; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" tabindex="0" width="456.84000000000003" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: mediumblue; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">Finalists:</span></i></b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif">Sarah Levine of Easthampton, MA, for <i>Each Knuckle with Sugar</i><br />Annie G. Rogers of Amherst, MA, for <i>Becoming Bird</i></span></span><br /><br /><div style="color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f7e6b1; color: #757575; font-size: 18px;">We
thank everyone who participated for their considerable time, work, and
heart in preparing and submitting a manuscript. The selection process
was difficult; we received many excellent manuscripts representing a
broad spectrum of poetic styles and concerns, and each one was carefully
considered. Our selection process was blind.</span></div><br /><span style="color: mediumblue; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><b>About the winning author and manuscript</b></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> </span><br /><div style="color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f7e6b1; color: #757575; font-size: 18px;">Candace R. Curran is the author of </span><i style="background-color: #f7e6b1; color: #757575; font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/playing-in-wrecks-poems-new-and-used/9781884540448" target="_blank">Playing in Wrecks</a></i><span style="background-color: #f7e6b1; color: #757575; font-size: 18px;">, and a co-author of the collaboration, </span><i style="background-color: #f7e6b1; color: #757575; font-size: 18px;">Bone Cages</i><span style="background-color: #f7e6b1; color: #757575; font-size: 18px;"> (with John Hodgen, Doug Anderson, and others), both published by Haley’s Press. Her poems have been published in </span><i style="background-color: #f7e6b1; color: #757575; font-size: 18px;">Meat For Tea</i><span style="background-color: #f7e6b1; color: #757575; font-size: 18px;">, </span><i style="background-color: #f7e6b1; color: #757575; font-size: 18px;">Silkworm</i><span style="background-color: #f7e6b1; color: #757575; font-size: 18px;">, </span><i style="background-color: #f7e6b1; color: #757575; font-size: 18px;">RAWNerVZ</i><span style="background-color: #f7e6b1; color: #757575; font-size: 18px;">, and elsewhere; and anthologized in </span><i style="background-color: #f7e6b1; color: #757575; font-size: 18px;">Writing the Land, Honoring Nature,</i><span style="background-color: #f7e6b1; color: #757575; font-size: 18px;"> </span><i style="background-color: #f7e6b1; color: #757575; font-size: 18px;">WTL: Northeast, Poet’s Seat Poetry Silver Anniversary, Compass Roads</i><span style="background-color: #f7e6b1; color: #757575; font-size: 18px;">, and </span><i style="background-color: #f7e6b1; color: #757575; font-size: 18px;">Poems in the Time of Covid</i><span style="background-color: #f7e6b1; color: #757575; font-size: 18px;">. She has won the </span><a href="https://www.friendsofgpl.org/poets-seat-poetry.html" style="background-color: #f7e6b1; font-size: 18px;">Poets Seat Contest</a><span style="background-color: #f7e6b1; color: #757575; font-size: 18px;">
twice. Candace has organized and participated in word and image
collaborations including Four On The Floor, Three On a Tree, INTERFACE
I-I0, and Exploded View. She has also served children and adults for
many years in both public and school libraries. Candace's partner is a
librarian, and books are an important part of their world.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f7e6b1; color: #757575;">We at Slate Roof were drawn to </span><i style="background-color: #f7e6b1; color: #757575;">The Sound of Her Good Name</i><span style="background-color: #f7e6b1; color: #757575;"> for
its truth telling, piercing perceptions of human behavior, and fierce
momentum. It is an open-eyed, heart-felt manuscript that handles the
most difficult material with grace and craft. Here is an excerpt</span><i style="background-color: #f7e6b1; color: #757575;">:</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i style="background-color: #f7e6b1; color: #757575;"><br /></i></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Daisy Ring</b></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"></span><span style="color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;">He sets about stringing a necklace</span><br style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;">if she'll have it taking up her wrists</span><br style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;">placing them around his own neck</span><br style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;">he believes he loves her she loves him</span><br style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;">not and most likely he can’t make her</span><br style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;">sing but what won’t she do to skirt that</span><br style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;">sting so he collars her welding as fast</span><br style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;">as petals fall weaving her to his thin</span><br style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;">wishbone on vines he hopes will take</span></div></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>Candace Curranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18356079942382445211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551678538452080903.post-36973517822600433582022-09-04T18:22:00.006-04:002022-09-04T18:22:40.545-04:00Upper Downtown Looks/Feels Like Another Country<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgQ-isQsh5Km1lehn6GXFl1g6BkM8Zw4ttWBOlo3jfIXjtzkis65SILle_3PTyCJ4f5YfXob257icVZjp_QwRG60kWoytnfmeSQGMTDl3TAH4iwkg18eeDdBWLgJRnSSKlPGEgGiYfVpNFaUBo7ETlrYNlUo_uYeJ5tEraGx5ijWZ2B4ANZ7IYT63dIA/s1020/Candace%20Highland%20Park%20Trail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The April 2021 event featured submitted poems placed in shop windows throughout downtown Brattleboro. I was honored to have two poems included in the companion book "Poems in the Time of Covid" published by Small Pond Press.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; text-align: center;">Order "Poems in the Time of Covid" at </span><a href="https://writeaction.org/about/covid-poems.html" style="text-align: center;">https://writeaction.org/about/covid-poems.html</a></div></span><p></p>Walt Owenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17111197328631624569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551678538452080903.post-63328123688392459862021-06-26T18:13:00.003-04:002021-06-26T18:13:28.104-04:00Stone Road Trail<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="406" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VRwDt151tBs" width="489" youtube-src-id="VRwDt151tBs"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>Candace Curranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18356079942382445211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551678538452080903.post-43601119923108883532021-06-25T18:13:00.002-04:002021-06-26T18:14:59.417-04:00Cold Case File<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="403" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CfSyiVeWbdQ" width="485" youtube-src-id="CfSyiVeWbdQ"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>Candace Curranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18356079942382445211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551678538452080903.post-34959324369154367182021-03-18T11:55:00.007-04:002021-03-18T13:06:35.034-04:00New Anthology<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fko-fi.com%2Flismcloughlin%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2e2wwI9upHMOgPMYZnkzkiKY8yeZtGcek_5TsV4nvkDN0zXfkd625m18U&h=AT0AjM5gQxs3fNsMsgz4BfLlN1G30QCKzp28G-XZqbXyR-hXYBY5p7j8h3DIR3E5Rikn-KEEkdcsEuU_4SXDrazKNwnxV5wzbVWBFPGCom_xv5Zu8GRahnJIfWQs&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT2qwVafEITRlVD3Bc8CjXMNHX5X_HLPgypg38WEZmQ1AZx-Prqm9mt9qHNxhGSZysMuQVYUhs3NvQ1kEaCEx56UWWCyGiEkCNwI3XleLsIEH1g7CqeqJ4cpBj_YBa6HzLJQO_naEWJplcYgvw_wHqVzdlgbVJlTdffTJh03LR4J5Q" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="526" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcm2BfH5xgAq_jgs7HjKyzHI_ItQDypzseW6LJApaH1oUYrrJfhV8D-YNxmACxhI_vU0IRwkQOFZ3Ur1qU4vhEvKsmHZJ9mjZ54KC4qRp806L1diUg6vCp9i10wxJrknYJAiJRioO_mIQg/w398-h400/nature.jpg" width="398" /> </a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://ko-fi.com/lismcloughlin" target="_blank">Order the Book Here!</a></span></span><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://nature-culture.net/" target="_blank">NatureCulture</a> is something in which I am proud to be a participant. Thanks to Lis McLoughlin and Paul Richmond of <a href="https://www.humanerrorpublishing.com/" target="_blank">Human Error Publishing</a> for inviting me to be part of this book and associated events.<br /></p>Candace Curranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18356079942382445211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551678538452080903.post-82283551606942907512020-09-20T18:51:00.015-04:002020-09-21T13:36:51.829-04:00Facebook<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/candace.curran.5/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="249" data-original-width="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbg7mB9IPiZ2VXM4V0fwPTb2joZFU3UxJGzi8_77mLpb7xyKICGmovU9kHZlw_mnLXR84Bq2xUmNRtBeosuqZtI5GSLL2w12xZ8KB-qn_O_Hf-uX0qXzCoDn2oXlbKyxK6L-Dn7_bjMIjn/s0/blog+mug.jpg" /></a></div><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/candace.curran.5/" target="_blank">My Facebook Timeline</a> is a good way to stay up to date with my latest news. 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</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYesezovd6PwiPAatb3oalvA4QP2R0gOQKc1D6RvS-P5MucS9a2-yfOrrrS8DZfxkB6dfo5w7xJLsWedNG88kOcHLU_NWGMD5nJ_KAa44Fi2avOOh4zlxdYEGg2sX0QDFdQISDy6Odoue/s1500/gangster.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="1500" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYesezovd6PwiPAatb3oalvA4QP2R0gOQKc1D6RvS-P5MucS9a2-yfOrrrS8DZfxkB6dfo5w7xJLsWedNG88kOcHLU_NWGMD5nJ_KAa44Fi2avOOh4zlxdYEGg2sX0QDFdQISDy6Odoue/w320-h264/gangster.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div>Candace Curran grew up as part of an old New England farm family, in the shadow of Wachusett Mountain in rural Princeton, Massachusetts. She is a founder and organizer of collaborative word and image multimedia exhibitions including INTERFACE, and most recently, Exploded View. She was twice named western Massachusetts Poet’s Seat Laureate and has judged for that competition, as well as for the Massachusetts Book Awards and for Poetry Out Loud. Candace is the winner of the 2022 Elyse Wolf Prize Slate Roof Press Annual Chapbook Contest. Curran’s publications include, Bone Cages, an anthology with Doug Anderson, John Hodgen, and others, and Playing in Wrecks, Haley’s Press and journals; Raw NerVZ, Meat For Tea, Compass Roads and Silkworm. She engineers word and image on the Buckland side of the Iron Bridge in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts in the heart of beautiful Western Mass.<p></p>
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Curran's poems are like that<br />shining spider silk, unexpected and replete<br />with multi-layered depth and fine craft.<br /><br />- Lori Desrosiers, Westfield State College,<br /><br />Editor of Naugatuck River Review and thepoetrynews.com <p style="text-align: left;"> <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Playing-Wrecks-Poems-New-Used/dp/1884540449/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332894541&sr=8-1" target="_blank"><br /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"></p></div>Candace Curranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18356079942382445211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551678538452080903.post-89060302973563896912020-09-01T18:27:00.000-04:002020-09-21T18:30:45.199-04:00Writing the Land<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><h2><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://www.writingtheland.org/poets" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">WRITING THE LAND</span></a></span></h2><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.writingtheland.org/poets" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="1190" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBbVsA2jRO7pcZzaSGMsp7oGypFAtYG7hOYhPIogcTNawdIayoQU-RnUJLm2D2eQePHJOMDNhRCM00EyUYfA2QD8xiMhlnRsM7JbUJXWDnJ2kwIpObzeEIiAFuq2Vg9TLMkaxBLxzlnqZ1/w640-h224/Screenshot+from+2020-09-20+18-20-14.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Candace Curranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18356079942382445211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551678538452080903.post-77108600401264944162018-08-31T11:11:00.004-04:002020-09-19T18:49:44.528-04:00Exploded View- Paper Jam<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Candace Curranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18356079942382445211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551678538452080903.post-33645630297593349552017-04-23T21:40:00.000-04:002017-04-23T21:40:08.997-04:00Part one in preparation for June's Exploded View: River series.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Candace Curranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18356079942382445211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551678538452080903.post-24572653798460235452017-04-21T14:16:00.000-04:002017-04-21T16:01:27.842-04:00Exploded View Performance Sunday, May 7th, 2-4pm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Candace Curranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18356079942382445211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551678538452080903.post-45639071169622415972016-06-11T10:21:00.000-04:002016-06-11T10:21:16.212-04:00 Cirque des Bougies<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Candace Curranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18356079942382445211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551678538452080903.post-70972634093534246992016-05-24T18:11:00.000-04:002016-05-23T19:02:04.648-04:00Use your words! Every Second Tuesday @ Deja Word, Wendell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Candace Curranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18356079942382445211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551678538452080903.post-67076506967474618102016-05-09T18:18:00.001-04:002020-09-21T18:51:32.370-04:00Amherst Art Walk and Poetry Night<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The <a href="http://www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/">Emily Dickinson Museum</a> participates in the <a href="http://amherstartwalk.com/" style="color: #993300; text-decoration: none;">Amherst Art Walk</a> on first Thursdays monthly from 5-8PM. Each month enjoy a one-night-only art exhibit, a poetry open mic, and featured readers. The Art Walk is just one way the Museum is bringing local contemporary talent into Emily Dickinson’s creative space. All events are free and open to the public.</div>
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Candace Curranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18356079942382445211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551678538452080903.post-18565848034865038872016-05-02T18:47:00.000-04:002016-05-23T19:46:59.029-04:00 THE full disclosure festival. HUMAN IMPACT UPON THE ENVIRONMENT, PAST PRESENT, AND FUTURE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Candace Curranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18356079942382445211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551678538452080903.post-14421985845569026042012-10-09T23:42:00.001-04:002020-09-21T18:51:59.406-04:00GAWF - Greenfield Annual Word Festival <br />
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This is the third year for the <a href="http://www.gawfest.org/" target="_blank">Festival</a>. Having something to say, having a story to tell, having the courage to stand up and express yourself, is the Greenfield Annual Word Festival.</div>
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<br /> Here in Greenfield, MA, the Annual Word Festival gives visitors and local audiences a chance to enjoy words crafted by poets, spoken word artists, and writers from near and far. </div>
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<a href="http://www.gawfest.org/Pages/Venues.html" target="_blank">See when and where and see you there! </a><br />
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Join us poetry lovin fools at the Garlic and Arts Festival<br />
Saturday 9/29 and Sunday 9/30.<br />I'm reading at high noon on Saturday for my famous 10-12 min.<br />Click below to see all that's happening.<br />
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Candace Curranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18356079942382445211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551678538452080903.post-3690781502987771482012-04-04T15:03:00.003-04:002020-09-21T18:52:47.364-04:00An Evening of Poetry 4/11/2012<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-weight: normal;">
<span style="font-size: small;">What do Longfellow,
Dickinson, and Lowell have in common? They are all Massachusetts
poets! On Wednesday, April 11, 2012 from 6:00-8:00pm, the Wheeler
Memorial Library is presenting “Common Threads” a poetry
discussion and open mic hosted by area poets bg Thurston and Candace
Curran. The first hour will be a discussion of the Massachusetts
Poetry Association’s Common Threads poems for 2012, listed below:</span>
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“The Author to Her
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“The Fire of
Drift-Wood”- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow</div>
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“Poem 1129” –
Emily Dickinson (tell it slant)</div>
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“For the Union
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“The Hardness
Scale” – Joyce Peseroff</div>
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“Horseface” –
Sam Cornish</div>
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“if see no end in
is” – Frank Bidart</div>
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“Out at
Lanesville”- David Ferry</div>
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The poetry discussion
will be followed by an Open Mic from 7:00-8:00pm. All poets and
songwriters in the area are encouraged to share their work with the
group. Participation in the poetry discussion is optional for Open
Mic participants. Light refreshments for starving artists will be
served. The library is pleased that our two presenters, fine poets
themselves, have agreed to facilitate this exciting program.</div>
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bg Thurston is a former
systems analyst and a graduate of Vermont College's MFA in Writing
Program. Most of her poetry focuses on nature as an illumination of
human thought and emotion. Her work has appeared in Tar River Poetry,
The Comstock Review, The Worcester Review, and The Christian Science
Monitor. Her chapbook, Saving the Lamb, was released by Finishing
Line Press and was selected as one of Massachusetts Book Awards
highly recommended reading choices in 2008. bg’s volume of
full-length poetry, Nightwalking, was released this year by Haleys of
Athol. She currently resides on a sheep farm in Warwick, MA and
teaches writing workshops both online and in a variety of academic
venues.</div>
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Candace R. Curran, twice
honored as Massachusetts Poet’s Seat Laureate, is also the founder
of Interface, A Collaboration of Word and Image; a unique North
Quabbin exhibition of original visual art and poetry. Since 1992,
Interface has been presented at various locations around the area and
has involved more than a hundred visual artists and writers in a
dozen vibrant events. Curran is a frequent featured reader in area
poetry venues. She has orchestrated several workshops for new and
seasoned poets of all ages. Her poetry has appeared in the books
Playing in Wrecks, Bone Cages, Bugaboos, in chapbooks published by
Haley’s of Athol, and in numerous periodicals. Follow her work and
appearances at <span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a class="western" href="http://candacecurran.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://candacecurran.blogspot.com/</a></u></span></span>.</div>
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<br />All library programs
are free and open to the general public. This program is sponsored by
the Friends of the Orange Public Libraries. Come help celebrate
National Poetry Month and National Library Week at the Wheeler
Memorial Library!
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