Hey there - We have two upcoming gigs in December and a newly announced gig in January at Wilmette Public Library. Here are all the details! This Monday, December 5, at 7 pm at Evanston Public Library, Main branch, Community meeting room, Evanston writers Susan Spaeth Cherry, Joan Corwin, Carol Kanter, Paula W. Peterson and Pat Rahmann along with editor Ellen Wade Beals and other contributors such as Pamela Miller, J. Scott Smith, and Kathleene Donahoo and D. J. Lachance … [Read more...]
New reading events!
We have been busy planning new events. Mark your calendars! On Monday, December 5 at 7 pm, Evanston contributors Joan Corwin, Paula W. Peterson, Carol Kanter, Pat Rahmann, and Susan Spaeth Cherry will be featured readers at Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Avenue, Evanston. Joining them will be Pamela Miller, D. J. Lachance, Kathleene Donahoo, J. Scott Smith, Ellen Wade Beals and others TBA! On Sunday, December 11, from 2 to 4, we will be reading at Woman Made … [Read more...]
A creative family: The Kanters
I think I first met Carol Kanter ("Her Best Medicine," "Alternative Eulogy" and "The Advanced Course") in the back of Books on Vernon when we both signed on for a poetry-writing class with Larry Starzec; he is a former businessman who came to poetry as a second career, studied at one of those low-residency programs and now teaches at Lake County College. This was in the 1990s. If my memory serves me correctly, Fran Podulka, Constance Vogel and Joyce Gordon were also signed on … [Read more...]
Publication date reading at Barbara’s and our latest review — reasons to celebrate
May 12 was the official publication date of Solace in So Many Words and also the date for our second reading. This was one was at Barbara's Bookstore (UIC), which has a separate performance space with great acoustics. The event, which was well-attended, started off with my short explanation of the book and how it came to be, followed by outstanding readings by: Carol Kanter who read her three poems, "Her Best Medicine," "Alternative Eulogy," and "The Advanced Course," Pat … [Read more...]
A Glimpse of Solace
Arnie B. Kanter In Kenya, Amboselli is known for its elephants. Our host at Ol Kanjo, the small tented camp at which my wife, Carol, and I are staying, is Mike, an American who has lived with his wife, Judy, in Kenya for more than forty years. As we drive down the dirt road, Mike notices a family of elephants approaching. At first, there appear to be ten or fifteen elephants, but as the group approaches, it swells to thirty, then, forty. Carol and I sit in the open jeep … [Read more...]