Is there life in Essex, NY after the July 4th holidays? Absolutely. And poetry too! On Tuesday night I witnessed plenty of both at the Adirondack Art Association. A month after the first Essex poetry reading, the old firehouse in downtown Essex once again summoned Champlain … [Read more...] about Poetry in Essex
Laura Klein
Essex Poetry, Taxes and Poet Laureate
Essex poetry and Essex taxes infrequently cohabit the same sentence. Clearly this is an oversight. In a letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy on November 13, 1789 Benjamin Franklin opined that "nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." This fundamental tenet promptly … [Read more...] about Essex Poetry, Taxes and Poet Laureate