Tag Archives: Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference

Why Poetry Matters

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Meakin Armstrong

After a bunch of local kids trashed Robert Frost’s home at Bread Loaf (they threw a New Year’s party there) the kids were sentenced to take a course on why poetry matters. Here’s hoping that knowledge of a subject equals … Continue reading →

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An article I wrote is up on Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Meakin Armstrong

I love Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood; I think it’s one of the best on the Web, maybe because it’s so focused: it’s concerned with true stories that take place in New York City. How Mr. Beller describes my piece: “From Kobe, Japan to … Continue reading →

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Reposting: 2007 Bread Loaf waiters are doing a reading

Posted on January 29, 2008 by Meakin Armstrong

It’s called the “Orphan Reading” because, well, it’s a long story. Anyway, many of the 2007 work-study scholars, writers who received a “waitership” from Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, are having a reading during AWP, the big writers’ conference, convention, and … Continue reading →

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2007 Bread Loaf waiters are doing a reading

Posted on January 24, 2008 by Meakin Armstrong

It’s called the “Orphan Reading” because, well, it’s a long story. Anyway, many of the 2007 work-study scholars, writers who received a “waitership” from Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, are having a reading during AWP, the big writers’ conference, convention, and … Continue reading →

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