Chapbook Contest Winner Reading – Wells College Press

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JR Tappenden’s award-winning chapbook is now ready for release, and she’ll be reading Thursday, October 6, at 7pm in the AER room in Macmillan Hall, Wells College.
Come learn about the contest and the process of turning a manuscript into a beautiful chapbook. And hear Tappenden read the beautiful  poems that won her this national prize!
Refreshments will be served, and the chapbook will be available at a discount.
This event is Free and open to all.
Here you can find two poems from this collection and hear the author read them herself: https://sweetlit.wordpress.com/issue-8-3/poet-j-r-tappenden/  And remember, as we approach winter: “Don’t be fooled by the light / in the spring leaves; their color will be red again / soon.”

Sarah Jefferis Broadside

On Thursday, March 15, the Wells College Visiting Writer series hosted poet and creative nonfiction writer Sarah Jefferis. In honor of her reading, Katie Baldwin letterpress printed a beautiful broadside using hand-wood carving and lead type. See the beautiful results below!