Putney Public Library hosts poetry reading with Cramer, Parker-Houghton

PUTNEY — After having met at open readings sponsored by Write Action in Brattleboro, Nichael Cramer and Rolf Parker-Houghton quickly became admirers of each other's poetry. They will present a joint reading at the Putney Public Library, 55 Main St., on Wednesday, Aug. 2, at 6:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.

After work and study in physics, computer science, and music, Cramer now lives, writes, woodworks, and reads in Guilford with his wife Crystal Washburn. His poems have appeared in Frogpond Journal, bottle rockets, Modern Haiku, tinywords, ⁽¹⁾New England Letters, Seven Days, and elsewhere; as well as the anthologies string theory: The Red Moon Anthology of English Language Haiku, Window Seats, Bird Whistle, Birchsong, and others.

Parker-Houghton is a freelance writer of history, whose articles have been published in the Commons, Brattleboro Reformer, and Deerfield Valley News. He also writes a column on math and science education for Parent Express. His poems have been published in The Road Not Taken: The Journal of Formal Poetry, and Vita Poetica.

In 2023, he was shortlisted for the ⁽²⁾Ó Bhéal's Five Words International Poetry Contest. He and his wife, the artist Cynthia Parker-Houghton, live in Brattleboro, with their son, Morgen. They also create fake archeological digs and other free events which they create under the name of "The University of Brattleboro," whose motto is Desperationem pugnamus cum humore et in communi cum aliis, which translates to "We fight despair with humor and in community with others."

This The Arts item was submitted to The Commons.