Registration is closed but space is available on first come first served basis. We will be hosting this event at the Crowell Chapel. Parking during the event is allowed on both sides of Rosedale Ave. 

The Manchester-by-the-Sea Cultural Council in partnership with the MBTS Public Library are excited to bring back last Spring's distinguished speakers lecture series this fall. 

Our kick off event is presented by author and poet Jim Dunn who will be regaling us with his presentation:

Harry Crosby: The Brief Transit of the Lost Son of the Lost Generation

From Boston and Manchester to Paris and The Sun

In this program, Dunn will introduce Harry Crosby in all his guises -Boston Brahmin, WWI Ambulance Driver, Banker, Poet, Publisher of Black Sun Press. Harry Crosby was a champion of many writers of the Lost Generation in Paris, Ezra Pound, DH Lawrence, Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, Hart Crane, Djuna Barnes and his own particular and peculiar poetry. His passions and his excesses fueled his literary ambitions and his obsession with death and his vision of dying with his wife and partner, Caresse. We will talk about his intense disdain for Boston and its social pecking order while maintaining a sincere affection for his memories of a childhood spent in Manchester at his family summer home, Apple Trees Estate, and at Singing Beach. Jimm will discuss Harry’s unique poetry in context to his life and his lifelong desire to lead a Rimbaldian life of deliberate derangement of the senses; which led to the final tragedy of his life.

Jim Dunn is the author of This Silence is a Junkyard (Spuyten Duyvil, 2022) Soft Launch (Bootstrap Press/Pressed Wafer, 2008), Convenient Hole (Pressed Wafer, 2004), and Insects In Sex (Fallen Angel Press, 1995). His work has appeared in Castle Grayskull, Blazing Stadium, Can We Have Our Ball Back?, Bright Pink Mosquito, The Process, eoagh, Gerry Mulligan, Cafe Review, Meanie, and the anthology tribute to John Wieners, The Blind See Only In This World.

This program is made possible through a partnership with the Manchester Cultural Council. The Manchester Cultural Council is a community initiative in partnership with the Mass Cultural Council working to elevate our rich cultural life in Manchester-By-The-Sea. Connect with them on Facebook. 

Special thanks to the Manchester Parks and Recreation for helping us provide an alternative location.