Arnold Arboretum

The Art of Botanical Prose

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Jonathan Damery, Associate Editor of Arnoldia, Arnold Arboretum

1 Session: Tuesday, June 25, 7:00–8:15pm
Location: Hunnewell Building, Arnold Arboretum

All writers must contend with translation. A poet translates the movement of a dancing figure into a brief couplet, and an essayist translates the noise and commotion of the city where she lives into a single paragraph. The three-dimensional world filters into text, and when done especially well—the realm of literature and art—readers often forget that translation has even occurred. In this talk, Jonathan Damery, the associate editor for Arnoldia, will provide a readerly tour through horticultural and botanical reference books, encouraging readers to see the artistic endeavor within even the most exhaustive of botanical descriptions. Fee $5 member, $10 nonmember

Register at my.arboretum.harvard.edu or call 617-384-5277.

Screen grab from video of GennaRose Nethercott's poetry-for-strangers business
Arts

She Writes Poems to Order By Pondside

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GennaRose Nethercott, who recently moved to Jamaica Plain, sets up her table and typewriter at the Pond and writes poems for strangers. Each poem takes her five to seven minutes. She'll type it up, sign it and hand it to you. She simply asks patrons to pay her whatever they think the poem is worth. On a Saturday walk around the Pond, Jamaica Plain News asked Nethercott to write about the Official Dog of Jamaica Plain News, Bosco.

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From the Community

Four Jamaica Pond Poets to Read on Shared Themes

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It’s not every day that four poets from the same neighborhood and the same poetry workshop get their first full-length collections of work published within two years of each other. That’s what Jamaica Plain residents who are long-time members of Jamaica Pond Poets—Audrey Henderson, Jennifer Markell, Sandra Storey and Gary Whited—recently did. The poets are taking an unusual approach to an upcoming book event at Trident Booksellers and Café in Back Bay, too. Rather than read from their books one at a time, they will take turns reading poems based on selected themes on Thursday, April 23 at 7 p.m. In keeping with the theme of “food,” audience members are invited to join the poets for dinner in the café beforehand at 5:30, if they want. Trident is near Prudential and Hynes Auditorium stops on the T and Back Bay Station.

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