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Poetry and fiction by the members of the
Washington, CT writers' group
Ed. Note
Fifteen years ago, in 1995, we left our family, home and friends of long-standing to embark on a journey. Feeling guilty and homesick even before we left, we promised that -- in due time -- we would publish, in book form, the work of a devoted group of writers who, over a period of 10 years (and with surprising regularity), met to read and discuss their writing.
The years passed and the job was never done; yet the promise and the guilt -- especially the guilt -- remained. The time to honor that commitment is long past due. Two members of the group have since died, several others have advanced their careers, and all of us have changed in ways too numerous to categorize.
Yet, when it finally came time to begin the task, we realized that in the last 15 years the world has changed dramatically. In 1995, the Internet was only just beginning to show its promise as a means of getting across information and ideas to a broad group of people. Today, publishing a book in print as a way of reaching the masses is secondary to publishing on the Internet.
With that in mind, we decided to publish Songs of the Marrow Bone on the Internet in the format you are now reading.
Fifteen years ago, in 1995, we left our family, home and friends of long-standing to embark on a journey. Feeling guilty and homesick even before we left, we promised that -- in due time -- we would publish, in book form, the work of a devoted group of writers who, over a period of 10 years (and with surprising regularity), met to read and discuss their writing.
The years passed and the job was never done; yet the promise and the guilt -- especially the guilt -- remained. The time to honor that commitment is long past due. Two members of the group have since died, several others have advanced their careers, and all of us have changed in ways too numerous to categorize.
Yet, when it finally came time to begin the task, we realized that in the last 15 years the world has changed dramatically. In 1995, the Internet was only just beginning to show its promise as a means of getting across information and ideas to a broad group of people. Today, publishing a book in print as a way of reaching the masses is secondary to publishing on the Internet.
With that in mind, we decided to publish Songs of the Marrow Bone on the Internet in the format you are now reading.
in memory of Nan(cy) Adams (Malone) and Jane (Cohen) Stinson
Songs of the Marrow Bone