Robert Frost at age 150 is still worthy of recollection

For around five decades, Jay Parini has returned to Frost’s poems as a reader, a fellow writer, an academic and a biographer. He spent more than 20 of those years poring over Frost’s work and interviewing those close to the poet to compile his 1999 biography “Robert Frost: A Life.” 

“Life during the COVID epidemic,” the theme of Weybridge’s Third Annual Haiku Competition, attracted 178 wide-ranging reflections from 28 writers across Vermont and several states. “We need to be nurturing our spirits as well as our bodies in this difficu … (read more)

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 … (read more)

WEYBRIDGE — Weybridge haiku test draws a lot of good entries applaud the winners The above haiku wouldn’t win a prize, but far better ones did at the Second Annual Weybridge Haiku Contest, a celebration of community spirit through the traditional Japanese … (read more)