HARDWICK — Writer Jim Schley will discuss his book, “Gather,” on Thursday, Oct. 24, at 6:30 p.m., at the Hardwick Community Center at 56 High Street.
Schley has been leading book discussion groups for 20 years and has taught for Community College of Vermont and The Frost Place, where he was executive director. At Dartmouth College, he majored in Literature and Creative Writing and minored in Native American Studies. He also has an M.F.A. in poetry from Warren Wilson College. He has worked as a book editor for many years, previously for University Press of New England, Chelsea Green, and Tupelo Press, and presently for Wesleyan University Press, Brandeis University Press, and New Directions. He is a regular contributor to Seven Days and is the author of the poetry chapbook “One Another” (Chapiteau, 1999) and a full-length book of poems, “As When, In Season” (Marick, 2008). He lives with his family on a land cooperative in South Strafford.
This program is supported by the Vermont Humanities and presented in partnership with the Hardwick Equity Committee and the Hardwick Area Food Pantry. The program is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the library at (802) 472-5948.
