Another column available on the Rutland Herald's web site.
April 04, 2008
March 28, 2008
New Column Launched
My new column has been launched.
I now write a weekly outdoor recreation column (OutdoorsVT) in the Rutland Herald.
It is scheduled to appear every Thursday.
In addition to it being printed in the paper, you can find it online.
The first column is now available on the paper's site. You can find the column on the Herald's site by clicking here.
I now write a weekly outdoor recreation column (OutdoorsVT) in the Rutland Herald.
It is scheduled to appear every Thursday.
In addition to it being printed in the paper, you can find it online.
The first column is now available on the paper's site. You can find the column on the Herald's site by clicking here.
March 01, 2008
This blog is being mothballed
A shift in my writing focus means this blog will no longer be updated.
I'm going to be focusing on my outdoor writing with an emphasis on outdoor recreation, conservation, wildlife management, environmental and similar types of topics.
Please see my outdoor writing blog. There will be posts there about the outdoors as well as my outdoor writing.
In addition, check out my Web Site for more about me, my writing, clips, resume and other aspects of my writing life.
Reach me via e-mail at: darren@darrenmarcy.com.
I'm going to be focusing on my outdoor writing with an emphasis on outdoor recreation, conservation, wildlife management, environmental and similar types of topics.
Please see my outdoor writing blog. There will be posts there about the outdoors as well as my outdoor writing.
In addition, check out my Web Site for more about me, my writing, clips, resume and other aspects of my writing life.
Reach me via e-mail at: darren@darrenmarcy.com.
January 19, 2008
Northshire Bookstore -- February Events
Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and at Northshire Bookstore, Manchester Center, Vermont. Information: http://www.northshire.com/.
Friday, Feb. 1 at 7 p.m.
Helen Thayer -Join National Geographic Explorer Helen Thayer as she presents a slide show about her remarkable 1,600 mile trek across the Gobi Desert and her new book, Walking the Gobi.
Saturday, Feb. 2 at 11 a.m.
Mary Crowley - Rutland artist Mary Crowley presents her delightful children's book about a young elephant's special relationship with her grandmother, I Love to Visit My Grammy.
Sunday, Feb. 3 at 2 p.m.
Jeff Kinney - Meet the author of the New York Times bestselling children's book, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, as he presents the second book in the series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules.
Thursday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m.
Russell Banks - First time at Northshire! The highly acclaimed, bestselling author discusses The Reserve, his suspenseful 1930's-era novel about a passionate affair between an heiress and a mysterious local artist in a remote Adirondack town.
Friday, Feb. 15 at 7 p.m.
Frances Moore Lappé - Meet the best selling environmental author (Diet for a Small Planet) as she discusses her inspiring new approach to solving global problems, Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity and Courage in a World Gone Mad.
Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. at The Inn at Stratton Mountain
Michael Kodas - Journalist Michael Kodas presents a slide show and the shocking exposé of his 2004 expedition to Mount Everest in his new book, High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed.
Friday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m.
National Book Critics Circle - Join a panel of prominent Vermont authors as they discuss the February installment of the National Book Critics Circle's new project, The Best Recommended, a book list composed of recommendations by critics and writers.
Thursday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m.
Thomas Moore -The bestselling author of Care of the Soul and many other books on spirituality explores the path to finding that work that connects with our deep soul in his new book, A Life at Work.
Friday, Feb. 1 at 7 p.m.
Helen Thayer -Join National Geographic Explorer Helen Thayer as she presents a slide show about her remarkable 1,600 mile trek across the Gobi Desert and her new book, Walking the Gobi.
Saturday, Feb. 2 at 11 a.m.
Mary Crowley - Rutland artist Mary Crowley presents her delightful children's book about a young elephant's special relationship with her grandmother, I Love to Visit My Grammy.
Sunday, Feb. 3 at 2 p.m.
Jeff Kinney - Meet the author of the New York Times bestselling children's book, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, as he presents the second book in the series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules.
Thursday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m.
Russell Banks - First time at Northshire! The highly acclaimed, bestselling author discusses The Reserve, his suspenseful 1930's-era novel about a passionate affair between an heiress and a mysterious local artist in a remote Adirondack town.
Friday, Feb. 15 at 7 p.m.
Frances Moore Lappé - Meet the best selling environmental author (Diet for a Small Planet) as she discusses her inspiring new approach to solving global problems, Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity and Courage in a World Gone Mad.
Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. at The Inn at Stratton Mountain
Michael Kodas - Journalist Michael Kodas presents a slide show and the shocking exposé of his 2004 expedition to Mount Everest in his new book, High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed.
Friday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m.
National Book Critics Circle - Join a panel of prominent Vermont authors as they discuss the February installment of the National Book Critics Circle's new project, The Best Recommended, a book list composed of recommendations by critics and writers.
Thursday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m.
Thomas Moore -The bestselling author of Care of the Soul and many other books on spirituality explores the path to finding that work that connects with our deep soul in his new book, A Life at Work.
January 16, 2008
Have you ever wanted to travel to France to write? Of course you have.
Vermont College of the Fine Arts is offering a spring artists and writers retreat April 18-25 in Provence. Cost for the event is $1,000 and does not include airfare or room and board.
Space is limited to 30 participants for this event.
For all the details contact: louise.crowley@tui.edu or 802-828-8840.
Vermont College of the Fine Arts is offering a spring artists and writers retreat April 18-25 in Provence. Cost for the event is $1,000 and does not include airfare or room and board.
Space is limited to 30 participants for this event.
For all the details contact: louise.crowley@tui.edu or 802-828-8840.
January 12, 2008
New Voices Event Slated
Misty Valley Books in Chester, Vt., holds an event every year that offers a peak at new authors who might become household names in the future.
The 14th annual event will be held Jan. 26 with two sessions -- 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. -- at the First Universalist Church in Chester's Stone Village.
The event features six up and coming writers -- three at each session -- with a reception following each event in the church's basement.
This year's participants at the early session are James Collins with "Beginner's Greek," Aoibheann Sweeney with "Among Other Things I've Taken Up Smoking," and Nora Pierce with "The Insufficiency of Maps."
In the late session the participants are Pamela Thompson with "Every Past Thing," Emily Mitchell with "The Last Summer of the World," and James Cañon with "Tales from the Town of Widows."
These writers may not be household names yet, but there is a good chance they could soon be if history is any indicator.
Past New Voices participants include Gregory Maguire with "Wicked," Arthur Golden with "Memoirs of a Geisha," Dennis Lehane with "Mystic River," and Claire Messud "The Emperor's Children."
The public will have the opportunity to snowshoe or cross-country ski with the authors in the morning at Grafton Ponds, and can attend a lunch there as well. In between sessions, there will be a wine and cheese reception followed by dinner. Call for reservations.
For more information, call (802) 875-3400 or visit www.mvbooks.com.
The 14th annual event will be held Jan. 26 with two sessions -- 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. -- at the First Universalist Church in Chester's Stone Village.
The event features six up and coming writers -- three at each session -- with a reception following each event in the church's basement.
This year's participants at the early session are James Collins with "Beginner's Greek," Aoibheann Sweeney with "Among Other Things I've Taken Up Smoking," and Nora Pierce with "The Insufficiency of Maps."
In the late session the participants are Pamela Thompson with "Every Past Thing," Emily Mitchell with "The Last Summer of the World," and James Cañon with "Tales from the Town of Widows."
These writers may not be household names yet, but there is a good chance they could soon be if history is any indicator.
Past New Voices participants include Gregory Maguire with "Wicked," Arthur Golden with "Memoirs of a Geisha," Dennis Lehane with "Mystic River," and Claire Messud "The Emperor's Children."
The public will have the opportunity to snowshoe or cross-country ski with the authors in the morning at Grafton Ponds, and can attend a lunch there as well. In between sessions, there will be a wine and cheese reception followed by dinner. Call for reservations.
For more information, call (802) 875-3400 or visit www.mvbooks.com.
January 10, 2008
Briggs Carriage Bookstore -- January Events
January Events
Thursday, January 10 - 7:00 p.m.
DEBORAH & NICHOLAS CLIFFORD - In The Troubled Roar of the Waters historians Deborah and Nicholas Clifford bring to life Vermont's perfect storm: the dreadful days in November of 1927 when torrential rains turned an unseasonably warm autumn into a nightmare, and the Green Mountain State found itself covered by a "cube of water more than a mile high a mile long, and a mile broad," according to meteorologists at the time. The Cliffords chronicle both the wreckage - swollen rivers dragging bridges, railway lines, houses, barns, animals, and people downstream to destruction - and the recovery, managed by a cast of gritty Vermonters who strove with heroic efficiency to return their state to working order. Teeming with vivid details and useful insights, the Cliffords' book is a model of micro-history.
Thursday, January 17 - 7:00 p.m.
JON FURMAN - Today, small populations of timber rattlesnakes quietly inhabit parts of Rutland County in Vermont, and Warren, Washington, and Essex counties in New York. Because the species is endangered, the exact locations of established dens in this area are a closely guarded secret. Insider, naturalist, and author Jon Furman, author of the new book, Timber Rattlesnakes in Vermont & New York: Biology, History, and the Fate of an Endangered Species, has devoted years to the study of the snake's past and present range, its habitat and biology, the period in Vermont and upstate New York history during which timber rattlesnakes were ruthlessly bounty-hunted, and the outlook for this severely threatened species in both states. Join him for a fascinating evening and learn about this little-known local subject.
Thursday, January 24 - 7:00 p.m.
MARC ESTRIN - Critically acclaimed Vermont writer, cellist and activist, Marc Estrin presents his new novel, The Lamentations of Julius Marantz. The New York Times says that Estrin is "consistently learned and funny." From the first page we are plunged into a global riot of paranoia, joy, and fear. The voice of these Lamentations is a sixty-something, club-footed scientist named Julius Marantz, an obsessive researcher who suffers from both forbidden knowledge and an insistent conscience. Part a portrait of cynical politics and religious fervor, part scientific speculation and part meditation on the glories of Coney Island, the novel provides us with fuel for an evening of serious and comic adventure.
Thursday, January 31 - 7:00 p.m.
TODD McLEISH - In his new book, Golden Wings & Hairy Toes: Encounters with New England's Most Imperiled Wildlife, author Todd McLeish takes the reader on an adventure with field biologists working to better understand the natural history, ecology, habitat requirements, and conservation status of 14 of New England's rarest plants and animals. He explains the subtleties that make each of these 14 species unique - as well as the people who study them - and in the process provides plenty of reasons to "help postpone permanently the day that they, like the heath hen, disappear entirely." Mr. McLeish will read from, discuss, and sign copies of his book.
Thursday, January 10 - 7:00 p.m.
DEBORAH & NICHOLAS CLIFFORD - In The Troubled Roar of the Waters historians Deborah and Nicholas Clifford bring to life Vermont's perfect storm: the dreadful days in November of 1927 when torrential rains turned an unseasonably warm autumn into a nightmare, and the Green Mountain State found itself covered by a "cube of water more than a mile high a mile long, and a mile broad," according to meteorologists at the time. The Cliffords chronicle both the wreckage - swollen rivers dragging bridges, railway lines, houses, barns, animals, and people downstream to destruction - and the recovery, managed by a cast of gritty Vermonters who strove with heroic efficiency to return their state to working order. Teeming with vivid details and useful insights, the Cliffords' book is a model of micro-history.
Thursday, January 17 - 7:00 p.m.
JON FURMAN - Today, small populations of timber rattlesnakes quietly inhabit parts of Rutland County in Vermont, and Warren, Washington, and Essex counties in New York. Because the species is endangered, the exact locations of established dens in this area are a closely guarded secret. Insider, naturalist, and author Jon Furman, author of the new book, Timber Rattlesnakes in Vermont & New York: Biology, History, and the Fate of an Endangered Species, has devoted years to the study of the snake's past and present range, its habitat and biology, the period in Vermont and upstate New York history during which timber rattlesnakes were ruthlessly bounty-hunted, and the outlook for this severely threatened species in both states. Join him for a fascinating evening and learn about this little-known local subject.
Thursday, January 24 - 7:00 p.m.
MARC ESTRIN - Critically acclaimed Vermont writer, cellist and activist, Marc Estrin presents his new novel, The Lamentations of Julius Marantz. The New York Times says that Estrin is "consistently learned and funny." From the first page we are plunged into a global riot of paranoia, joy, and fear. The voice of these Lamentations is a sixty-something, club-footed scientist named Julius Marantz, an obsessive researcher who suffers from both forbidden knowledge and an insistent conscience. Part a portrait of cynical politics and religious fervor, part scientific speculation and part meditation on the glories of Coney Island, the novel provides us with fuel for an evening of serious and comic adventure.
Thursday, January 31 - 7:00 p.m.
TODD McLEISH - In his new book, Golden Wings & Hairy Toes: Encounters with New England's Most Imperiled Wildlife, author Todd McLeish takes the reader on an adventure with field biologists working to better understand the natural history, ecology, habitat requirements, and conservation status of 14 of New England's rarest plants and animals. He explains the subtleties that make each of these 14 species unique - as well as the people who study them - and in the process provides plenty of reasons to "help postpone permanently the day that they, like the heath hen, disappear entirely." Mr. McLeish will read from, discuss, and sign copies of his book.
January 09, 2008
Tom Wolfe Leaves Publisher
Variety reports Tom Wolfe's next book will not be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Money was the issue, according to the report.
"We read the proposal, we liked the book a lot but we couldn't agree on the price," Jonathan Galassi, of Farrar, Straus told Variety. "It was as simple as that. It's sad, we published all of Tom's books up to now. We love Tom he's a great writer, we'll miss him a lot. It's business."
Read the full article at Variety here.
"We read the proposal, we liked the book a lot but we couldn't agree on the price," Jonathan Galassi, of Farrar, Straus told Variety. "It was as simple as that. It's sad, we published all of Tom's books up to now. We love Tom he's a great writer, we'll miss him a lot. It's business."
Read the full article at Variety here.
January 05, 2008
Bennington College Holds Writers' Conference
Bennington College in Vermont is holding its annual writers' conference.
According to a press release from the college, "some of America's most acclaimed and celebrated writers come together for the Bennington Writing Seminars."
The event is one of two 10-day residencies in the college's MFA in writing program.
The event is expected to draw hundreds of writers from across the country.
There will be an evening reading series that is free and open to the public, which began Jan. 3 and will run through Jan. 12.
For full details and more on each writer, see the college's web site: www.Bennington.edu.
The lineup:
Friday, January 4
Rachel Pastan - "This Side of Married" "Lady of the Snakes"
Martha Southgate - "Third Girl from the Left" "The Fall of Rome" "Another Way to Dance"
Saturday, January 5
Richard McCann - "Mother of Sorrows" "Ghost Letter and Dream of the Traveler"
George Scialabba - "Divided Mind" "What Are Intellectuals Good For?"
Sunday, January 6
Tom Bissell - "Chasing the Sea" "Speak, Commentary" "God Lives in St. Petersburg" "The Father of All Things"
Valerie Martin - "The Unfinished Novel and Other Stories" "Italian Fever" "The Great Divorce" "Mary Reilly" "Property" "Salvation: Scenes from the Life of St. Francis"
Monday, January 7
Robin Hemley - "Do Over"
Major Jackson - "Hoops" "Leaving Saturn"
Wednesday, January 9
Sven Birkerts - "The Art of Time in Memoir: Then Again" "Reading Life: Books for the Ages" "My Sky Blue Trades: Growing Up Counter in a Contrary Time" "The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age" "An Artificial Wilderness: Essays on Twentieth Century Literature" "The Electric Life: Essays on Modern Poetry" "American Energies: Essays on Fiction"
Thomas Lynch - "Skating with Heather Grace, Grimalkin & Other Poems" "Still Life in Milford" "The Undertaking" "Late Fictions" "Walking Papers"
Thursday, January 10
Frank Bidart - ""Golden State" "The Sacrifice" "In the Western Night: Collected Poems 1965-90" "Star Dust" "Music Like Dirt" "Desire"
Askold Melnyczuk - "Ambassador of the Dead" "What Is Told"
Saturday, January 12
Debra Spark - "Coconuts for the Saint" "The Ghost of Bridgetown" "Twenty Under Thirty: Best Stories by America's New Young Writers" "Curious Attractions: Essays on Fiction Writing"
According to a press release from the college, "some of America's most acclaimed and celebrated writers come together for the Bennington Writing Seminars."
The event is one of two 10-day residencies in the college's MFA in writing program.
The event is expected to draw hundreds of writers from across the country.
There will be an evening reading series that is free and open to the public, which began Jan. 3 and will run through Jan. 12.
For full details and more on each writer, see the college's web site: www.Bennington.edu.
The lineup:
Friday, January 4
Rachel Pastan - "This Side of Married" "Lady of the Snakes"
Martha Southgate - "Third Girl from the Left" "The Fall of Rome" "Another Way to Dance"
Saturday, January 5
Richard McCann - "Mother of Sorrows" "Ghost Letter and Dream of the Traveler"
George Scialabba - "Divided Mind" "What Are Intellectuals Good For?"
Sunday, January 6
Tom Bissell - "Chasing the Sea" "Speak, Commentary" "God Lives in St. Petersburg" "The Father of All Things"
Valerie Martin - "The Unfinished Novel and Other Stories" "Italian Fever" "The Great Divorce" "Mary Reilly" "Property" "Salvation: Scenes from the Life of St. Francis"
Monday, January 7
Robin Hemley - "Do Over"
Major Jackson - "Hoops" "Leaving Saturn"
Wednesday, January 9
Sven Birkerts - "The Art of Time in Memoir: Then Again" "Reading Life: Books for the Ages" "My Sky Blue Trades: Growing Up Counter in a Contrary Time" "The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age" "An Artificial Wilderness: Essays on Twentieth Century Literature" "The Electric Life: Essays on Modern Poetry" "American Energies: Essays on Fiction"
Thomas Lynch - "Skating with Heather Grace, Grimalkin & Other Poems" "Still Life in Milford" "The Undertaking" "Late Fictions" "Walking Papers"
Thursday, January 10
Frank Bidart - ""Golden State" "The Sacrifice" "In the Western Night: Collected Poems 1965-90" "Star Dust" "Music Like Dirt" "Desire"
Askold Melnyczuk - "Ambassador of the Dead" "What Is Told"
Saturday, January 12
Debra Spark - "Coconuts for the Saint" "The Ghost of Bridgetown" "Twenty Under Thirty: Best Stories by America's New Young Writers" "Curious Attractions: Essays on Fiction Writing"
January 04, 2008
Mailer Papers to be Available to Public
According to an article posted on the site of the Chronical of Higher Education's web site, Norman Mailer's Papers will be made available to the public.
Mailer died in November and the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas announced it will make its collection available to the public, according an article on the site posted by Jennifer Howard.
The collection includes the manuscripts of Mailer's books, 40,000 letters, research materials, photographs, scrapbooks, awards and professional and personal life documents spanning the majority of the writer's 84 years. There is also a running discussion via letters between Mailer and his Japanese translator about the meaning of Mailer's works.
Mailer died in November and the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas announced it will make its collection available to the public, according an article on the site posted by Jennifer Howard.
The collection includes the manuscripts of Mailer's books, 40,000 letters, research materials, photographs, scrapbooks, awards and professional and personal life documents spanning the majority of the writer's 84 years. There is also a running discussion via letters between Mailer and his Japanese translator about the meaning of Mailer's works.
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