The Zoom meeting opens at 3:45 pm on Sunday, March 26, 2023. — Vanessa and Robin will each read for about 30 minutes.
Contact Robin or Carol — or one of the readers — for secure access to the zoom link.
Please arrive before 4 p.m. as no one will be admitted once the reading begins.
Vanessa Adel
Vanessa Adel is a writer, educator, and performer. A long-time adjunct professor in sociology, she recently left academia to pursue independent research and writing, community climate education, and performance. She is the 2021 recipient of a climate justice award for her poem, “Yes We Must” from the virtual symposium, Creative Women Leading Climate Action. She has been writing with Gallery of Readers since 2017, and lives in Northampton with her partner and their teens.
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Robin Barber
76 years ago, Robin Barber was born a quarter mile from his present home in Northampton, Massachusetts. He co-directs Gallery of Readers with his wife Carol. He’s led Monday morning and Wednesday evening writing workshops for nearly thirty years, and he feels lucky to live in such a vibrant community of talented writers. During the 1970’s back-to-the-land movement, Robin made his home in a remote mountain valley in British Columbia, Canada. He’ll read selections from his writing about this adventure.