GRAFTON, Vt. – On Sunday, Nov. 15, from 2-3:30 p.m., at the Grafton Public Library, 204 Main Street in Grafton, Vt., New Hampshire neighbor and writer Jarvis Coffin presents selected essays from his published collection, “Calmly on the Waters: Seasonal Essays From Monadnock,” as part of the Grafton Public Library’s ongoing Neighbor-to-Neighbor Discussion Series.
Described as an author with “a light humor and gentle touch,” this retired media and sales executive and former co-owner of The Hancock Inn will delight you with his “acutely observed” essays about the natural world. Now a full-time writer, he pens the “Off the Highway” column in the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript and has published fiction in Down in the Dirt, The Swannanoa Review, and Ellipsis…literature and art. “Calmly on the Waters” is his debut essay collection.
Author Sy Montgomery, a neighbor of Coffin in their shared town of Hancock, states that his essays, “sometimes funny, sometimes surprising, always delightful – give you a feel for the place I love most in this sweet green world.”
Come to the Grafton Public Library on Sunday for a welcome respite during a busy time. Relax into Coffin’s essays as he takes listeners on a seasonal ramble through his corner of New England. There will be time for a Q&A session, and books will be available for purchase. Refreshments will be served. Reservations are strongly encouraged; please call the library at 802-843-2404.