By Monty Siekerman
This is a story about a poet and an artist with a little bit of music thrown in...the fine arts.
The ONU art and English departments hosted two men on Wednesday evening at the Wilson Art Center to discuss a book they collabrated on with the long title "Like a Bird Entering a Window and Leaving through Another Window."
So, how do two people successfully work together in publishing a book of writings and illustration?
Philip Terman, the poet, and James Stewart, the artist, explained that they have similar sensibilities.
Jennifer Moore, Ohio Northern University assistant professor of English, has had her collection of poems, “Veronica Maneuvers,” published by the University of Akron Press.
One critic of Moore’s new release said, “Each poem is a flammable mouth that refuses to be muzzled. Dazzling and dislocating the reader with ventriloquism, vaudevillian gowns, and sword swallowing, the book’s arresting tone is established by its torero title and first line – ‘In the Year of Our Lord the Electric Chair.’”
Another critic said, “This poet incises language with passion, not dispassion, until breath and pulse coalesce.”
Sedgeway, move over, you've bee replaced by a less expensive, compact "people mover" called the Swager Board. Here, Ethan Theewis enjoys some afternoon time using the board tooling around the Civil War cannon at the Depot Park. The battery-operated machine weighs only 30 pounds and is easy to carry around or put in your car to take with you. The board is foot pressure sensitive for turns and speed. Josh Culp, owner of Vape N Chill, is a distributor of the Swager and sells them for $499. (Monty Siekerman photo)
Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present “Edges” from Sept. 24-27 at 7:30 p.m. A second show will be held on Friday, Sept. 25, at 10:30 p.m. There also will be a matinee performances on Sept. 27 at 2 p.m.
“Edges” is a song cycle about four burgeoning adults asking classic coming-of-age questions. Written by Tony-nominated Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (“Dogfight,” “James and the Giant Peach”) in their sophomore year at the University of Michigan, this charming, witty and honest examination of adulthood explores what happens when individuals are teetering on the edges of their lives.
