Books
Walking Woodstock
Journeys into the Wild Heart of America’s Most Famous Small Town
by Michael Perkins
and Will Nixon
Illustrated by Carol Zaloom #1 Paperback Bestseller of 2009, Golden Notebook, Woodstock, NY
The Pocket Guide to Woodstock
An Insiders' Guide with Suggested Hikes, a Walking Tour of the Historic Village, Maps, Photographs, and the Best Tips for a Memorable Visit
by Michael Perkins
and Will Nixon
Illustrated by Carol Zaloom #1 Paperback Bestseller of 2012, Golden Notebook, Woodstock, NYBooks
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“Are you familiar with the writing of Woodstock poet Will Nixon? If not, you should be because of his funny, wistful, poignant poems.”
-- Catskill Mountain Region Guide“The Hudson Valley has produced some of the great peregrinations of our time, most notably by John Burroughs, an inveterate walker. Add Michael Perkins and Will Nixon to the list—these are charming essays, some of them with a bit more bite than you'd guess.”
-- Bill McKibben
Monthly Archives: January 2012
January Poetry Blitz: Matthew Lippman
Thataboy I got fat. I don’t know how it happened. I opened my pants one day and a whole mess of stuff fell out. One day my jowls were zeppelins and my hands floated to the ceiling. I have enjoyed … Continue reading
January Poetry Blitz: Jo Pitkin
Frozen Pantoum What never happens happens one long span of winter, the channel of open water crusts, folds in, scars over. One long span of winter, the river is bone-colored thread: it crusts, folds in, scars over despite salt and … Continue reading
January Poetry Blitz: Simmons B. Buntin
Arc If there is an art to scaling desert boulders in bare feet it is this: my daughter, eleven, tosses her sandals to prickly pear and mesquite, pries knees into crevice, and presses onto the sun- drunk surface like a … Continue reading
January Poetry Blitz: Donald Lev
Angels The Holy Place was built well. The best architects were engaged. The best materials were hauled from the valleys up to the mountaintop for the sacred construction. I myself sat in a parked car down in the valley gazing … Continue reading
January Poetry Blitz: Enid Dame
Brighton Beach This is the end of Brooklyn, defiant and salty. Houses are cracking, and pavement, and people’s faces. Old man play chess on park benches. Gulls stalk the boardwalk. In the backsteets, roses hang scattering petals and perfume impartially … Continue reading
January Poetry Blitz: Maurice Manning
Eight Analytical Questions Who decides the shape of rocks, the curl of cedar branches, the ripples wrinkled down a bedrock stream? Why do I dream of crows winking like black eyes across the sky? Who discovered salt? What is the … Continue reading
January Poetry Blitz: Roberta Allen
Stars In the White Desert where our inventive Egyptian guide spoke about a deadly snake that could leap thirty feet in the air, where the novice leader from California told us to sleep anywhere we wanted, where I, the only … Continue reading
A Short History of Poetry in Woodstock, 1873-2008
(Published in the Woodstock Times, April 17, 2008) By Michael Perkins Part II While much of the general population may prefer undergoing root canal work to attending a poetry reading, fortunately for local poets there are people who freely chose … Continue reading →