Aug. 2 2005: My guest will be Susie Davidson, author of " I Refused to Die: Stories of Boston Area Holocaust Survivors and Soldiers Who Liberated The Concentration Camps of World War ll." ( Ibbetson 2005) "The words of Holocaust survivors and their liberators mark the end of an unspeakable world war and the beginning of new life for those who endured. Susie Davidson has done a remarkable job in capturing the depths of despair and the joys of salvation. The act of liberation will always be seared in the minds and hearts of those inside and outside the gates of the camps." Thomas G. Kelley, Secretary Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Veterans' Services “Sixty years ago, in the spring of 1945, Allied soldiers entered Nazi concentration camps and found evidence of an almost incomprehensible evil. But they also found survivors. In this volume, Susie Davidson gives us the testimony of both survivors and liberators: encounters between those who had defied death and those who had risked death in the same cause, to preserve human freedom and human dignity. We must honor them by carrying on their struggle to defend life, liberty, and justice for all persons.” Michael E. Capuano, Member of Congress "In writing this book, Susie Davidson is advancing the eternal message of the most significant event in Jewish history. In doing so, she is fulfilling a most important service to the entire community. The Holocaust was an essential element in the establishment of the State of Israel, which reserves an official national day for honoring its memory. Its lessons are the most profound and the most crucial in the creation of our modern Jewish identity. Susie's effort to document the story of these remarkable survivors and the brave soldiers who liberated the camps is to be supported and is greatly appreciated." Hillel Newman Consul of Israel to New England “’I Refused to Die’ provides Boston's Jewish community with a fitting testimony to mankind's darkest hour. It is overwhelming to read how each individual life was so brutally stripped bare. The author allows readers, who have neither the experience nor the language to truly understand such levels of horror, a chance to empathize with the unique plight of the victims.” Richard Ferrer Editor, The Jewish Advocate

July 12 2005 5PM: Joan Houlihan



Joan Houlihan is the director of the Concord Poetry Center, author of Hand-Held Executions, Poems & Essays and of the chapbook Our New and Smaller Lives. She is editor-in-chief of Perihelion, a nationally lauded poetry magazine, as well as the senior poetry editor of Del Sol Review, both published at webdelsol.com. She writes a column on contemporary poetry, Boston Comment, and she is staff reviewer for the Contemporary Poetry Review.
Ms. Houlihan's work has appeared or is forthcoming in many journals and magazines, including Boston Review, Harvard Review, The Gettysburg Review, Poetry International, Fulcrum, Passages North, Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Arts, Gulf Coast, VOLT and is anthologized in the upcoming Iowa Anthology of New American Poetries (University of Iowa Press, December 2004). She has been twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize.

July 19 5PM My guest will be: Lois Ames. Ames is a poet, biographer and psychotherapist. Born in Boston,she graduated from Smith College,and from the University of Chicago with a Master of Arts degree in psychiatric social work. She has published many biographical essays on Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath, including "A Biographical Note" in The Bell Tar (Harper & Row) and Anne Sexton: A Self Portrait in Letters (Houghton Mifflin). She has received, among other awards and citations, a gold medal from The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration Alumni Association, "For Outstanding Achievements in Education & Human Welfare." She is Lectuter on Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

My guest will be Manson Kennedy, program director of the "Books of Hope"project.

With both an academic and fine arts education, from Harvard and the Kansas City Art Institute, Manson is a professional photographer and filmmaker. Since the 1960's, he has periodically taught and worked with college-level art students, penitentiary inmates, and inner-city youth.
For thirteen years, Mr. Kennedy was a trustee at the Catlin Gabel School in Oregon. He served on the board there in several capacities: as head of the recruitment committee; as a member of the executive committee; as vice president; as head of annual giving for the school; and as a member of a headmaster search committee. As part of an advisory team for the NAIS, he also evaluated boards of trustees at other independent schools in the Pacific Northwest.
As Program Manager, Manson helps to plan and coordinate the activities and curriculum for Books of Hope sessions and does the grantwriting for the BOH program. He designed the activities and curriculum for the sessions at Clarendon Hill Community Center and Mystic Learning Center. In 2004, he designed and managed a successful summer writing/performing program for Boston youth at the Strand Theater. He was recently invited to give a youth writing workshop at the Camile Cosby Girls’ Program at Harvard’s Judge Baker Children’s Center. He has been with BOH for four years.June 14 2005 5PM: "The Books of Hope" Project:

A joint program of the Somerville Arts Council and the Mystic Learning Center, Books of Hope (BOH) seeks to create opportunities for self-expression and advocacy through creative writing, so that young people can reach out to each other, to their neighbors, and to others around the world. This creative writing program for teens is held at the Mystic Learning Center. The BOH authors are involved in the publishing process from start to finish – from formulating an idea and writing and editing multiple drafts to publishing the book and selling the finished project. Since 1999, over fifty youth have produced over 75 books. Almost all authors have returned to publish again and again, some now working on their third and fourth books

April 26 2005 5PM: My guests will be Samuel J. Scott editor of "Spare Change News" http://www.homelessempowerment.org and Kate E. Bush, poetry editor.



The mission of Spare Change and the Homeless Empowerment Project (HEP) is to play a role in
ending homelessness in our community by providing income, skill development and self-advocacy opportunities to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
While providing these opportunities we encourage all who participate in our programs to become involved in the governance of our community-led organization. It is our belief that people who are experiencing homelessness, when provided with encouragement and accessible opportunities for self-advancement, have the ability to create lasting and positive change for ourselves and our community.

May 10 2005 5PM: My guest will be poet Doug Worth. Worth has recently completed a poetry collection "Catch the Light." ( Higganum Hill Books) Worth's poetry has been published widely in periodicals and anthologies, and he has received a number of fellowships, grants and prizes, and has been profiled in "Who's Who in America," "Contemporary Authors," and the "International Who's Who in Poetry." Hailed by historian Howard Zinn as a "visionary dream-weaver of the future global tribe;" Worth is also the author of a young adult novella, and an illustrated children's book.

On Tuesday March 22 5PM : My guest will be: CHARLES COE. Charles Coe is a Coordinator for the Massachusetts Cultural Council'sOrganizational Support Program, overseeing the grant programs for music andliterature organizations. Before joining the Council, Charles was awardedthe council's Artists Fellowship in Poetry. Charles's work has beenpublished in numerous magazines, newspapers, anthologies and literaryreviews, such as the Boston Globe, Boston Phoenix, Atelier, The Journal ofModern Writing and Poesis."Picnic on the Moon," a volume of his poetry, has been published by LeapfrogPress of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Charles is also featured on two spokenword CDs: "Get Ready for Boston," a collection of stories and songs aboutBoston neighborhoods, and "One Side of the River," an anthology of Cambridgeand Somerville poets including Robert Pinsky, Frank Bidart, Liam Rector andGail Mazur. In addition to poetry, Charles is a journalist and book reviewerHe is also a long-time activist with the National Writers Union, a laborunion that serves freelance writers. He has served on the union's NationalExecutive Board, is co-chair of the Boston Chapter Steering Committee, andco-founded the union's National Diversity Committee. In addition to his work as a writer, Charles has an extensive background asa jazz vocalist and has performed and recorded with numerous musicians inthe Boston area and throughout New England, including Stan Strickland,Semenya McCord and Avery Sharpe.

April 5 2005: 5PM SCAT : My guests will be June Gross and Viesia Novosielski. This mother and daughter team have written a book and a play "The Dangers of Empathy," that deals with a Gross' and Novosielski's experience with mental illness. Join me as I talk with these intriguing
Somerville artists. http://www.lipstickwarrior.com

March 8 2005-- My guest will be poets Harris Gardner and Lainie Senechal. Senechal is a published poet, and an accomplished painter with many exhibits to her credit. Gardner is a published poet, and founder of the "Tapestry of Voices" poetry venue, probably one of the most successful poetry organizations in the region. 5PM SCAT

Feb 22--My guest will be "Mothra" a video editor and Mass. College of Art film student, who is spearheading a drive to establish a "zine" library in Boston. 5PM Channel 3 SCAT.

Feb 8 2005 My guest will be Chad Parenteau. Chad won a "Cambridge Poetry Award" for his collection of poetry: "Self Portrait in Fire." Chad's work has appeared in the "Ibbetson Street Press," "Boston Poet.com," and other print and online publications. He has read extensively throughout the Boston area.

Tues Jan 25th 2005 my guest will be Somerville poet, singer, and writer C.D. Collins. C.D. has a new CD out "Subtracting Down," that is a combination of music and spoken word. C.D. is a member of "The Writer's Room" of Boston, and the winner of a Cambridge Poetry Award. Her poetry, short stories, etc... have been widely published. http://www.cdcollins.com

Jan 4th 2005 at 5PM my guest will be Somerville poet Gary Duehr. Duehr has just released a poetry collection:" potato chips for dinner." Duehr is an NEA grant winner, a writer for Art/New England, director of the "Invisible Cities Group,", and he teaches at Boston University, Bunker Hill Community College and Lesley University.

Tuesday Dec 11 5PM my guest will be Deborah Priestly, author of the critically acclaimed poetry collection "The Woman Has A Voice." ( Ibbetson 2004) Deborah is the cofounder of the "Out of the Blue Art Gallery" http://www.outoftheblueartgallery.com and has been widely published in the small press.

On Dec 7 at 5PM my guest will be poet, writer, and editor Maria McCarthy. McCarthy is the founder of the online journal: " Heat City Review." http://heatcityreview.com and is editing poet Hugh Fox's memoir "Our Gang," for the Ibbetson Street Press. McCarthy is a Somerville, Mass. native, and has had her poetry and fiction published in various online and print journals.

On Nov 9 at 5PM my guests will be Tim Gager author of "Short Street" and cofounder of "The Somerville News Writers Festival," and Neil McCabe, editor of "The Somerville News" http://thesomervillenews.com My guests will discuss the festival, and their "creative" lives.

Tuesday Nov 23 our guest will be Somerville playwright and poet Mary Mccullough. Mary's play "Summer Breeze" was performed at the "Our Place Theatre Project" in Roxbury, and she has a new piece coming up at the "African American Theatre Festival" in Jan. 2005.

On Oct. 19 Somerville Poet / Musician Dick Lourie, and founding member of the legendary small press "Hanging Loose" will be my guest. Dick will talk about his own work, "Hanging Loose" and the death of the beloved poet and "Hanging Loose" editor Ron Schrieber.

Sept 21 at 7Pm Poet to Poet will host "Play on Words" as part of the Somerville Arts Council's "Windows Art Project" Poets and fiction writers will read pieces about play. There will be a studio audience, and it will be aired three to four times in the following weeks. My guests will be
Robert K. Johnson, Steve Almond, Timothy Gager, Lo Galluccio, Ian Thal, Janet Cormier, and Deborah Priestly.

My guest on Tuesday Aug 24th will be Louise Reynolds the publisher of "the new renaissance" literary magaine and Senior editor: Sherri L. VandenAkker. We will be discussing Issue 36 .
"the new renaissance" is an international magazine of ideas and opinions, emphasizing the arts. Louise will talk about the lead article "Faded Glory" a piece about the plight of VETS in the U.S., and other interesting features in this issue. http://www.tnrlitmag.net