September 30th, 2014 FEATURED READERS

Please join us at The Blarney Stone on Tuesday, September 30th at 6:30pm to hear original poetry and prose by these exciting local talents!

AUGUST SMITH

 

 

1. How long have you been living/studying in Dorchester?

 

I’ve been living and studying in Boston for approximately one month. I am a first-year graduate student in the MFA program at UMass Boston.

 

2.      Who would you like to dedicate your reading to?

 

I dedicate my reading to online banking, late night pizza deliveries, animes that take place in Japanese high schools, and all of my cool, respectable, attractive friends.

 

3.      Where do you go to find inspiration for your writing?

 

When I need inspiration, I log on to the World Wide Web and download as many explosion sound effect .mp3s as possible. Then, late at night, after everyone has gone to bed, I put on expensive headphones, maximize the volume on my computer, and listen to the explosion sound effects for hours while meditating on the divinely ironic nature of humanity. When I wake up the next day, there is a 7 megabyte .docx file on my desktop full of strange and terrible poems. I do this every night.

 

4.      Finish this sentence:

 

Boston needs more August Smith.

 

 

 

 

HEIDI LEWIS IVEY

 

 

1. How long have you been living/studying in Dorchester?

 

I’ve lived in Dorchester for the past 30 years and I have been a member of the Pentimenti Women’s Writing Group for 5 years.

2. Who would you like to dedicate your reading to?

 

I would like to dedicate this reading to the man referenced in these pieces. To the young woman he is fire, water, joy and pain sunshine and rain.

 

3. Where do you go to find inspiration for your writing?

 

I find inspiration in my own experiences and through my spiritual life.  I hear the poetry or stories in my heat.  Often times they envelop my entire being.

 

4.      Finish this sentence:

 

Boston needs more young men willing to put down their guns.

 

 

 

 

MATT MORRISON

 

 

1. How long have you been living/studying in Dorchester?

I’ve been studying in Dorchester for nearly five years.

2. Who would you like to dedicate your reading to?

I’ll dedicate my reading to my family, teachers, and friends.

 

3.      Where do you go to find inspiration for your writing?

Inspiration sometimes pops up, not always from positive experiences. My most recent poem came from a slightly dreary setting, but the poem and I pushed through that to a positive place.

 

4.      Finish this sentence:

 

Boston needs more bubble tea.  

 

 

 

THELMA WOODSON

 

 

 

1.      How long have you been living/studying in Dorchester?

 

I have been in the Dorchester area for 20 years.  

 

2.      Who would you dedicate your reading to tonight, and why?

 

I would dedicate my reading tonight to those who need a word of encouragement to let their souls feel restored.

 

3. Where do you go to find inspiration for your writing?

 

I seek God, reading the bible and listening to others for inspiration to write.

4.      Finish this sentence:

 

Boston needs more open hearts and listening ears void of judgment.

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