The Tribute to Anne Sexton has been postponed from November 12 to December 10: same venue, same time of day, same poets.
Because of a construction delay (scaffolding for roof-repair still hinders seating), we are unable to use Forsyth Chapel on November 12. For people who cannot be informed of the change (for instance, Globe readers), Bob Clawson will present a program on Sexton at 2:00 this Sunday in the portico of the receiving tomb near the chapel. A walk to Anne’s grave site will follow.
We regret this postponement, but we hope to see you on December 10.
Tapestry of Voices and the Forest Hills Educational Trust present
CELEBRATING ANNE SEXTON
with poets Lois Ames, Suzanne Berger, Robert J. Clawson and Victor Howes
Sunday, December 10 at 2 pm
in Forsyth Chapel at historic Forest Hills Cemetery
95 Forest Hills Avenue, Boston MA
If she were alive, Anne Sexton would turn 78 this year. Many of her friends, students, and colleagues are still around, though, and
still celebrating her as a poet and a force. This November 12, they’ll
gather for a fifth annual tribute at Forsyth Chapel, reading her
iconoclastic poetry and their own. The reading ends with a walk to Sexton’s
burial site on the surrounding grounds of Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica
Plain.
People who love Sexton’s poetry - her rawness, her energy, her way with
words - would do well to attend the celebration. This is a chance to meet
Victor Howes, who knew Anne as a member of the New England Poetry Club; Lois Ames, who edited Sexton’s "Life in Letters"; Robert J. Clawson, who managed her band, "Anne Sexton and Her Kind"; and Suzanne Berger, one
of her students at B.U..
Anne Sexton stirred up trouble with her poetry, and in her personal life. She was wild, transgressive, and wildly intelligent, a break-out from the suburban middle class. Her poetry still exudes disturbance, excitement, electricity. Its aggressive honesty still
influences poetry today.
Admission: $5. Directions and details at
www.foresthillstrust.org or
617.524.0128. PLENTY OF PARKING