Marge Piercy’s latest poetry collection, On the Way Out, Turn Off the Light, is an ode to a life lived big and full. In these direct, earthy poems, Piercy reflects […]
POETRY
In High Tide, Ed Meek Writes of Surging Joy and Danger
The Wellfleet poet has a meditative new collection
Ed Meek’s fourth book of poetry is all about cycles. High Tide, which Aubade Publishing will put out in July (its May launch was postponed due to the coronavirus), takes […]
MEMOIRS
A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Man
In Later, Paul Lisicky recalls his early days in Provincetown
Paul Lisicky could not have known that his newest book would be released in the midst of a global pandemic. And yet it’s apropos that the publication of Later: My […]
FICTION
Hanna Pylväinen Explores Her Northern Roots
The FAWC fellow returns to Provincetown to finish her second novel
Hanna Pylväinen’s research has taken her around the world, from the suburbs of Detroit to the wildest reaches of the Arctic Circle. A second-year fiction fellow at the Fine Arts […]
For Francisco Márquez, Poetry Is a Portal
The FAWC fellow explores an inner point of view
It’s not surprising that Fine Arts Work Center poetry fellow Francisco Márquez has a background in film. There’s something of the filmmaker’s eye in his work, especially in his experiments […]
READINGS
Esther Lin Circles the Globe in Her Poetry
The work center fellow writes of destinations within and far away
Esther Lin’s poetry is full of places — Alexandria, Va.; Mozambique; Madagascar; Hong Kong; Cape Town — all locations from her family’s complex legacy of migration. “It’s like I have […]
POETS
Joy Priest Finds Provincetown Rejuvenating
The FAWC fellow experiments with form and colleagues
Last spring, Joy Priest had some big decisions to make. The Kentucky native, who had recently completed her M.F.A. in poetry at the University of South Carolina, was accepted to […]
