Surrounded by decoratively laid tables and a hushed audience, Allegheny College’s visiting author Eric Smith remarked on the plush grandeur that surrounded him in the Tippie Alumni Center’s event hall. Comparing the splen...
A few weeks ago, in a dimly-lit chandeliered chamber, I heard the name of a ghost.
“I’ve never wanted to tell this story because where I come from, we believe that to speak the name of a ghost is to invite it into your life,...
A couple of weeks ago I attended the Single Voice Reading event which, contrary to the title, featured two discrete voices at the podium: Brian Barker and Nicki Beer.
The readings were engaging; the poets, articulate and well-...
