Endicott College/ Ibbetson Street PressVisiting Author Series

Endicott College/ Ibbetson Street PressVisiting Author Series
Adastra Press Founder Gary Metras at Visiting Author Series

Sunday, February 19, 2017

Poet Kevin Gallagher author of "Loom" March 2, 2017

 
 
 
 
LOOM is concerned with the history of our divided country, a violent division preceding civil war and by now embedded in our cultural landscape. The non-sentimental poems are cool, clear and literal. They are narrated by white Americans who position themselves in relation to “slave power” and cotton as “lords of the loom” and “lords of the lash”. Boston is central to the story, and the cities of Lawrence and Lowell. It’s a valuable collection, as it puts the focus back on the white male where the distortion of vision begins and is occasionally resolved.
Fanny Howe, winner of the Ruth Lily Poetry Prize and National Book Award Finalist

  Kevin who has roots in Somerville, Mass., was a founding editor of COMPOST magazine, and currently publishes spoKe magazine. He is a professor of Global Development at Boston University.

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