Words Carry Us with Betty MacDonald, December 17, 7 PM, Green Kill Sessions
Words Carry Us with Betty MacDonald hosts Susan Chute on Sunday, December 10 at 7 PM, Green Kill Sessions. Rescheduled
Words Carry Us with Betty MacDonald hosts Susan Chute on Sunday, December 17 at 7 PM, Green Kill Sessions. Read about Susan Chute and Betty MacDonald below. Because of a flood watch this event will is rescheduled for the 17.
This event has been cancelled. It will be rescheduled at a later date. The guest is sick.
Susan Chute
Susan Chute, poet, librarian, archivist, book artist, is curator/founder of Next Year’s Words: a New Paltz Readers Forum, now in its 10th year, where she is known for her introductions of the writers/readers. She has recently been published in La Presa, in Lightwood, in Shawangunk Review, in the CAPS (Calling All Poets) 2020 anthology; in Reflecting Pool: Poets and the Creative Process (Codhill Press, 2018) and the Wallkill Valley Writer’s Anthology 2015. Her writing also appears on the blogs of The New York Public Library and Women’s Studio Workshop. Many years ago, she taught an Introduction to Poetry course at the University of Pittsburgh, and when she presided over the Art and Picture Collections at The New York Public Library, she co-taught another poetry class called The Colored Line, the Pictured Word. She holds an MFA in Theatre from the Univ. of Michigan, and an MLIS from Pratt Institute.
Betty MacDonald
Writer/actor Betty MacDonald contributed to the writing of and performed in TMI’s What to Expect When You’re Not Expecting. Her essay “Before Roe v. Wade” appears in the anthology Get Out of My Crotch! Her work is included in the anthologies 80 Things to Do When You Turn 80, Open House, Better With Age. and Lightwood, an online magazine. Betty presented her essay “First Love,” for WritersREAD at the Cell Theatre in New York City, and at Vassar College. Her essay "Daughter of Twins" is on video for WritersREAD’s Mother's Day presentation. Her essay "Not Jewish Enough" is on video for WritersREAD 's Jew-ish. Betty presented her essay, "I'm Not a Woman of My Age!" at City Winery in New York City for WritersREAD 's "Coming of Age" event. Betty hosts Words Carry Us, a livestream show of readings and interviews from Green Kill in Kingston, NY.
Following her early career as a continuity writer and radio personality Tiny Lee, Betty became a travel industry correspondent. Unfortunately, she’s a homebody and finds travel uncomfortable and exhausting. For over 30 years, storytelling has influenced her work as a performer with Community Playback Theatre in the Hudson Valley.
All My Monsters are Dead or Why I Love Being Old, Betty’s book of poems and essays is available from Codhill Press:
https://www.codhill.com/product/all-my-monsters-are-dead-or-why-i-love-being-oldbetty-macdonald/
Website: bettymoonmacdonald.com
THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED FOR TONIGHT and will be rescheduled in the spring.
I'm not sure where else to post this, so here it is:
I was so incredibly taken with Betty's book. Her sharp voice and wit moves from the upside of being underestimated to haiku-like visions of life in the wild, and odes for beloveds lost. She entwines the magical and the mundane effortlessly, and captures the hazy glow that time gives both our bitterest and most beloved memories. It's complicated... and simple. Accessible. I can't recommend it enough.