E. Lynn Alexander's Blog

This year’s Easton Book Festival will be online, and go for a month from October 14-November 15, 2020. The full schedule is available at www.eastonbookfestival.com. (Events) I am happy to be on the EBF board, helping out and organizing events. We are also sponsoring programs through Lehigh Valley Poetry, including … read post →

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On October 24, 2020, there will be a virtual poetry marathon reading, Beast Crawl Uprising. “Beast Generation culture exploded in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 2000s. By 2012, we, Beast Generation writers, lived a never-ending literary feast. We gathered in the Mission, at the street corners (16th … read post →

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Times are tough, and Covid 19 has been financially devastating for many. While it isnt easy to support our friends during uncertain times, they need us, if we are able. Some offer gift certificates and cards that you can use later that will provide a small bit of cash now. read post →

Pat King and I go back at least a decade, to the Outsider Writers Collective. What strikes me about his writing is the way that he turns the lens on characters, and then magnifies their most interesting characteristics. His characters are memorable, and he examines them each like exhibits. King read post →

A few months ago, I ordered the cd Random Milestones from the Stehly/DeChellis project. I have done many readings with Burton Stehly, and I am always struck by a few things: His distinct voice as he tells his stories, his ability to connect the audience to the characters on an read post →

I have not been able to go out, as we shouldnt be out. But I was waiting for a period of time for somebody I knew to get their results back, and now that that is negative I can assume that I am clear as I have not been around read post →

Weve been setting up some virtual readings, since our local shows are on hiatus. Our monthly performance series, Tuesday Muse, will be online. Lehigh Valley Poetry has also added a virtual salon where we will connect, do some open mic, and talk about local poetry projects and happenings. The LVP read post →

“The Shouldspeak Disease”, poetry by Elynn Alexander, features the language of shame and how the “shoulds” in our lives shape us. Published by Naked Bulb Press in Oakland, California, it is available directly from them or the poet here, as well as Amazon here. Edited by Missy Church, Andrew J. Thomas, … read post →

I am thrilled to once again be a partnering artist in the Perspectives: Art On The Environment project at the Nurture Nature Center under the curatorial direction of Keri Maxfield. After a series of workshopsread the rest and comment...

“Who’s Afraid Of Yellow?” New Paintings by Tony Sienzant at Gallery 514 at the Civic Theater in Allentown. Reception October 21, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. “I am open to any tool, any method, any means,read the rest and comment...