Tracing the History of Long Island’s Migrant Labor Camps
Pictured Above: A shuttered former migrant camp on Edgar Avenue in Aquebogue. If you grew up on the East End,
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Literature
Celebrating “Africaville” on the South Fork
Numerous arts and cultural institutions on the South Fork are celebrating a visit this weekend by Jeffrey Colvin, author of
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A Love Story for a Lost Home
Orient welcomes back a former William Steeple Davis Trust artist-in-residence for a reading from her highly acclaimed debut memoir on
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On The Process of Writing: The Writers I Know
By Beacon Creative Director George Cork Maul For some reason I have become attached to a number of writers in
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On The Process of Writing: When a Robot Writes the News
by Beacon Editor & Publisher Beth Young When I was young and I would write I got a lucky break.
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On the Process of Writing: It’s a Recipe, But It’s Yours
by Beacon Poetry Editor Billy Hands So you want a peek, want to take a little look at the place
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Greenport’s History, Told Through A Proud 19th Century Home
Greenport’s History, Told Through A Proud 19th Century Home by Beth Young Greenporter Roselle Borrelli doesn’t scare easily, but when
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Pissed Off And Wide Awake: Ted Rall’s Case for American Radicalism
by Kara Westerman “The greatest achievement of the American government and its allied corporations is that it has convinced us
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The Dark Side of Beauty in David Kozatch’s “Off the East End”
by Kara Westerman In 2008, a strange photograph appeared in the local papers. A frightening creature had washed ashore in
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Call Them Ishmael: Sag Harbor Readers Embark on Moby Dick Marathon
The Sag Harbor Moby Dick Marathon kicks off this morning at 11 a.m. at Canio’s Books, continuing throughout the weekend
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Taking Poetry Down From Its Ivory Tower
If you’ve ever wished you were able to sit in on a poetry reading at Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s City Lights bookstore
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