On Friday, Feb. 12, at 5 p.m., the Brattleboro Literary Festival continues its 20th anniversary year with a little literary armchair travel. Pour your favorite drink and join us on a rollicking road trip with Weybridge author Jay Parini, and a discussion of his book “Borges and Me: An Encounter.”In 1971, Parini was an aspiring poet and graduate student of literature at University of St. Andrews in Scotland; he was also in flight from being drafted into service in the Vietnam War. One day his friend and ment … (read more)
