Anne Faye

Fr. Michael McGivney was the founder of the Knights of Columbus . Commissioned by the Supreme Council of that organization, this play was written by Dominican Father Peter John Cameron, a member of the Dramatists Guild. He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in playwriting from The Catholic University of America. His first play, Full of Grace, received the David Lloyd Kreeger Creativity Award and was performed in showcase at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. He is the former Director of Creative Affairs for Paulist Productions. In 1998, Fr. Cameron founded Blackfriars Repertory Theatre with the premiere of his play The Sacrament of Memory about St. Therese of Lisieux. Fr. Cameron’s lyric Passion play The Living Silence was staged in 2002 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York City. Another of his dramatic works, The Women Who Served , was produced in 2004 by La Compagnia degli Scalpellini under the direction of Elsinor Theatre’s Franco Palmieri and toured Italy to sell-ou...

I've always been a fan of Emily Dickinson. Growing up in Western Massachusetts, close to Amherst, she always seemed like a local friend, albeit from a different era. She had an air of mystery, this recluse known as the "Belle of Amherst," and her poetry was a thrill for a young girl's mind, even if most of it escaped my understanding. A few years ago, I had the pleasure of visiting the museum which is now located at her homestead. It gave me a renewed appreciation for this poetic genius, who, for the most part, kept her poetry a secret during her life. One place Dickinson composed her poetry was on the backs of envelopes. Not only did she write on the envelopes, but she also opened them and cut them into various shapes prior to use. The Gorgeous Nothings: Emily Dickinson's Envelope Poems is an attempt to share with the general public the beauty and uniqueness of these poems that defy translation into simple typographical form. Featuring full photographic re...