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Rachel Carson, writer, scientist, and ecologist was born in May 1907. Carson was editor-in-chief of publications for the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service  before resigning to write a series of books that made her famous as a naturalist and science writer for the public. She is best known for her prize-winning study of the ocean, "The Sea Around Us" and for "Silent Spring". Silent Spring, published in 1962 challenged the practices of agricultural scientists and the government, and called for a change in the way humankind viewed the natural world.(*) In May this year Canio's Books in Sag Harbor invited area writers, conservationists and admirers of Rachel Carson to celebrate her work. The speakers were minister Alison Cornish of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Fork, Scott Chaskey of Quail Hill Farm in Amagansett, Carl Safina of the Blue Ocean Institute , Frank Quevedo of the South Fork Natural History Museum and Sandy Ferg...

Primal Sanities:  A tribute to Walt Whitman. We present a reading from Primal Sanities edited by Walter E. Harris III (a.k.a Mankh) and George Wallace a collection of poems and essays published by Allbook Books, Selden New York. Whitman, was born in Huntington Town on Long Island. The collection includes 45 poets, many from the Long Island and New York area.  Mankh  hosted the reading and read from the work of George Wallace,  Bill Zavatsky and Pedro Mir.  Also heard were Robert Savino, Mark Donnelly, Charlene Babb Knadle,  the late Sag Harbor poet Allen Planz and Maryann Calendrille of Canios Books reading the poetry of Vince Clemente and Barbara Southard. listen to audio here

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Science writer Dava Sobel talks about writing her book A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized The Cosmos - which contains a play and a narrative. first broadcast April 25, 2012 LIST EN HERE

Today we present poets Kathryn Levy, Julie Sheehan and Star Black in a program recorded at Canios Books Sag Harbor to celebrate the publication of Star Black’s collection “Veliety’s Shade”.    Kathryn Levy’s recent work includes Losing the Moon published by Canio's Editions. Julie Sheehan’s most recent collection is “Bar Book” published by W.W. Norton. Star Black read from Velleity’s Shade published by Saturnalia Books. This program was recorded in July, 2011 at Canios Books in Sag Harbor New York. Listen here

Our friend Helen Fitzgerald passed away at her home in Springs this week.  We remember her as a strong activist for peace and justice everywhere.  But Helen devoted much of her time to her large family.  She recounted her times at 'The House on Surrey Lane" in Massapequa in a work read at Canios Books in February 2009. listen here (3 minutes):  Helen's poem was part of a  program "Brother Can You Spare A Poem" - work on the theme of hard times at Canios Books.    listen to the entire program here (29:20):

Each February The John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor presents a  Read In of African American Literature.  Last February the read in took place at Canios Books Sag Harbor as the library prepared to close for repairs and expansion (the Library has re-located to temporary quarters at 34 West Water St. Sag Harbor).    The readers were Catherine Creedon of the John Jermain library, Carol Spencer, Mikal Gohring and Pamela Kalamanis.  Music  was provided by singer and poet, Terry Sullivan.  Here are some sources for the work read on this program: Virginia Hamilton’s collection of folk tales “The People Could Fly” was published in 1985 by Knopf and is distributed by Random House.  More children’s literature by Virginia Hamilton can be found at virginiahamilton.com  The Complete Writings of Phyllis Wheatley, edited by Vincent Carretta was published by Penquin Classics in 2001. A compilation The Essential Etheridge K...