Gallery of Readers presents James Brunel & Vanessa Adel reading from their work.
Sunday, January 12, 2025, at 4 PM
Florence Civic Center
90 Park Street
Florence, Massachusetts
Free and open to the public. Please come join us, all are welcome!
For those who can’t or prefer not to attend in person, a Zoom session will be available from 3:45 p.m. EDT on the day of the reading. (Be aware no admittance to the Zoom session after 4:05 p.m. for security purposes). Contact Robin or Carol — or one of the readers — for secure access to the zoom link.
James Brunel
James Brunel’s work has been published in Switch, Linea, The Portland Review, and the 2017 Anthology of Writers of the Pioneer Valley. When he is not writing, he often works as a set decorator on feature films and television shows, often working on distant locations around the country that inspire his writing. More of his work can be read at his web site: Apropopolis. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, with his wife Hilary, their two Bedlington Terriers, and many assorted mice.
Vanessa Adel
Vanessa Adel is a committed educator with over two decades of teaching experience in a range of settings including the college classroom; art workshops with children; diversity trainings in organizations; and climate education in academic and non-profit settings. A long-time adjunct professor in sociology, she is currently pursuing independent climate research and training, as well as multi-genre writing and performance while homeschooling and providing full-time therapeutically intensive care for the youngest of her four children. Vanessa holds an M.A. in Intercultural Relations from Lesley University, and a PhD in sociology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She lives in Northampton with her partner and their two teenagers.