Author Archives: tomgannonart
The Writer’s Center Reading
The summer has sped by, and I find myself playing catch-up with this post about my joint poetry reading with Carol Jennings on July 10 at the Writer’s Center in Bethesda. The reading went well, although on a smaller scale … Continue reading
The Politics and Prose Reading
The May 22 reading with Carol Jennings at the Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C., was a great success. We had a standing-room-only crowd of approximately 100 that included family members, personal friends, and friends of poetry generally. Carol … Continue reading
Some Notes on Readings
Since my last post, I have had three public readings from Food for a Journey. At the first, on January 31, at a reception for community volunteers, thirty-odd neighbors listened attentively to “Bargain Hunters.” Afterwards, some of those listeners were kind … Continue reading
Winter’s Arrival
I regret to report that this coming Sunday’s poetry reading at the Bannockburn community center has been cancelled. With the entire Washington, D.C., metropolitan area hunkering down in anticipation of a mega-snowstorm arriving later today, the sponsors of the event … Continue reading
A Progress Report
With lots of expert help from Maureen Ward — see the Welcome! page — and several bouts of what seemed like hand-to-hand combat with the intricacies of WordPress, I have succeeded in incorporating into the website the content that I … Continue reading
A generous review
My cousin Tom Krause is a retired television producer in Australia. In retirement he has been posting on a blog that addresses literature, politics, and related matters. I sent him a copy of Food for a Journey, and he responded with a … Continue reading