Archive for September, 2009
A wellspring of poetry
12Sep09
I admire her. I like her. I know her. And I’ve never met her. She’s Ann Hutt Browning. And she’s just published a book of poetry – her first book-length collection – titled “Deep Landscape Turning.” Here’s a brief biography: Ann Hutt Browning has two master’s degrees, one in psychology and one in architecture, four [...]
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Tags: Ann Hutt Browning, Ashfield, Berkshires, Mass., Poetry, Preston Browning, small presses, Wellspring House, writers retreats
It’s like Jimmy Durante, say, tried to croon “Try a Little Tenderness.” It’s like, um, Screaming Jay Hawkins tried singing “Do-Re-Mi” from “The Sound of Music.” It’s like, er, Andrea Boccelli trying to sing “Run, Run, Rudolph.” It’s like, um, Bob Dylan trying to sing “Moon River.” OK, it’s very much like Bob Dylan singing [...]
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