McNair Named Poet Laureate
My half-brother, Wesley McNair, was recently named Maine’s Poet Laureate. On any given day in any given state, this honor is remarkable. But in a state where the governor (Governor LePage, the...
View ArticleOn Loneliness, Friends, Tweets, Circles, and THE BOOK
I heard on NPR the other day that you can buy yourself followers on Twitter. True story. There is speculation that some of our “popular” politicians are doing just that. Stuffing the ballot box, in a...
View ArticleThey Talk, We Listen ~ A Brief Collection of Author Interviews
Author interviews. I have to admit, I like them quite a lot. A glimpse into what makes them think, write, rewrite, enjoy life, and so on and so on. When I read of their concerns, their vulnerabilities,...
View ArticleA Poem for the Way Home
DRIVING TO DARK COUNTRY by Wesley McNair ♦ Past where the last gang of signs comes out of the dark to wave you back and past telephone wires lengthening with the light of someone beyond the next hill...
View ArticleThe Temple of Air Vacations in Maine
A delightful friend and colleague of mine, Deb Siegel, recently shared with me a sort of photo essay of the various places she sat and read The Temple of Air this past summer while she was visiting...
View ArticleBeautiful Sentence #10 ~ Wesley McNair
Photo from Real Edinburgh “…And you, my brother, though I have built the best house I can build for you to stop at last and rest in, you go on running.” -Wesley McNair, “My Brother Running”
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