So it came to pass that a couple of poets ‐‐ congenially munching their bagels in the spacious basement refectory of a bagelry called Finagle‐ a‐Bagel on JFK in Harvard... More > Square, all the while conjecturing upon the potential mental, spiritual and perhaps even physical salubriousness of occasional social interface with other human beings likewise blest or cused to pursue the word, to ply their craft or sullen art, in isolation ‐‐ gave birth to the idea of Bagelbards.
— Tomas O’Leary
The Bagel Bards, a wide-open and ever-expanding group of writers— including several award-winning poets—have met for coffee, tea, bagels, muffins, socializing, literary gossip, and networking at Cambridge and Somerville cafes. (Their current home is Au Bon Pain in Davis Square, and any writer is welcome.)< Less
So it came to pass that a couple of poets ?? congenially munching their bagels in the spacious basement refectory of a bagelry called Finagle?a?Bagel on JFK in Harvard Square, all the while... More > conjecturing upon the potential mental, spiritual and perhaps even physical salubriousness of occasional social interface with other human beings likewise blest or cused to pursue the word, to ply their craft or sullen art, in isolation ?? gave birth to the idea of Bagelbards. At any rate, here it is: The First Annual Bagelbards Anthology, in celebration of the first full year of informal weekly Saturday morning gatherings of Bagelbards in the aforementioned spacius basement of Finagle?a?Bagel. Read it, and eat.< Less
The work here is as individual and unique as each contributing Bard. Delighted readers will find a variety of styles and forms, including ekphrasia, prose poems, villanelle, and free form poetry.... More > Between these covers can be found little day-to-day deaths, dreams, and wounds, lost causes and dead ends presented in playful, whimsical, and experimental ways. If you haven't discovered the Bagel Bards yet, start with their latest anthology. Short of having breakfast with them at the Au Bon Pain, reading the results of their Saturday mornings is the next best thing. - Laurel Johnson Midwest Book Review< Less
The Wilderness House Literary Review was form out of the desires of a group of writers and poets to create an online journal for their works. As promised this is a print summary of the best of volume... More > 1.< Less
Once a year, we celebrate our writing by putting together an anthology. It is as democratic as our gatherings — if you’re a Bagel Bard, you’re in. But this year I asked each Bard to... More > submit three pieces, so I could choose among them. I’m glad I did, because I always found one piece that was stronger than the other two. Consequently, I think you’ll find this an interesting collection, with styles as varied as the personalities of
the Bards. Enjoy! — Lawrence Kessenich, Anthology Editor< Less
The work here is as individual and unique as each contributing Bard. Delighted readers will find a variety of styles and forms, including ekphrasia,
prose poems, villanelle, and free form poetry.... More > Between these covers can be found little day-to-day deaths, dreams, and wounds, lost causes
and dead ends presented in playful, whimsical, and experimental ways.
If you haven’t discovered the Bagel Bards yet, start with their latest anthology. Short of having breakfast with them at the Au Bon Pain, reading the results of their Saturday mornings is the next best thing.
— Laurel Johnson Midwest Book Review< Less
Linda Larson’s deeply felt poems evoke a specific time and place -- Mississippi in the 1960s — along with more universal truths about family and relationships, the brutality and... More > tenderness we visit upon one another, and the tools with which we must equip ourselves in order to survive.
— Joseph P. Kahn, Boston Globe< Less
Volume 2 contains all the appendices for Advanced Bash Scripting Guide. Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is the definitive guide to the Bourne Again Shell.
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