The Point Alma Venus manuscripts document Jeffers's four unfinished but substantial preliminary attempts at what became The Women at Point Sur, which he believed was his "most inclusive, and poetically the most intense" narrative poem. Rob Kafka's transcriptions of Robinson Jeffers' The Point Alma Venus Manuscripts: Preliminary Versions of The Women at Point Sur (Stanford University Press): Readers of Jeffers will find much that adds to their understanding of the poet and his work. The diary includes vivid observations as well as references to Una’s and Robinson’s extensive knowledge of the history, literature, art, music, folklore, and architecture of the places they explored. As they traveled, the whole family contributed to a detailed diary, recording their individual responses to the places and people they encountered. In June 1929, the poet Robinson Jeffers-with his wife Una and their twelve-year-old twin sons Donnan and Garth-sailed to Ireland, the first stop on a seven-month journey through the British Isles. Whatever else the new year will bring us, it has brought us two new significant Robinson Jeffers titles:ĭeborah Sharp’s edition of Robinson Jeffers Family Travel Diaries: Volume One: British Isles, 1929(designed and typeset by Norris Pope and published by Tor House Press): Tor House is at 26304 Ocean View Avenue, Carmel Proof of vaccination and masks indoors are required. Reservations are required and can be made by clicking or tapping Buy Tickets Now. The cabin has no indoor plumbing and no electricity.
There, he and his wife are currently insulating a log cabin and installing a wood burning stove in preparation for settling there with their two young daughters. Grown from the California soil, he has recently relocated with his family to the woods of Maine. His account of his time at Tor House, “Last Days at Tor House,” appears in the most recent Dark Mountain Journal. He was a Fellow of Tor House Foundation this past spring. Neale has engaged with Robinson Jeffers’ work in writing for two decades. The Manifesto of the Dark Mountain Project begins with Robinson Jeffers’s poem “Rearmament” and takes its name from the last two words of the poem. Neale Inglenook is a writer, husband, father, gardener, practitioner of wilderness skills and an editor for the Dark Mountain Project. John serves as president of the Monterey Friends of C.G. Singing in My Chains: Hearing Dylan Thomas at the Birth of an Age is forthcoming. John’s book Love For Ever Meridian: Finding Dylan Thomas in the 21st Century was published in 2012. Since 2008, when Tor House Foundation co-sponsored the visit of Welsh poet Peter Thabit Jones and Aeronwy Thomas, daughter of Dylan Thomas, John has been entangled with the life and work of Dylan Thomas. John has taught widely, at Santa Catalina School, at UC Santa Cruz–Ext and UC Irvine–Ext, and elsewhere. For twenty years he hosted the program "Ars Poetica?" on KAZU, Monterey Bay Public Radio. Through the years, John has brought forth books of poetry and prose, plays, visual art in multiple modes, sculpture, and performances in various media. In 1987, a report of that experience was published as The Enduring Voice: A Tor House Journal. John Dotson served as the first and only Poet-in-Residence at Tor House. Join us to hear John Dotson, former Poet-in-Residence at Tor House, and Neale Inglenook, a recent Fellow of Tor House Foundation, discuss their experiences at Tor House, read their favorite Jeffers poems, and read from their own writing. Please join us for A Reading at Tor House with John Dotson & Neale Inglenookįriday, September 30 at 7:00 p.m. Ticketing Information and More Details Coming Soon. Noon, Poetry and Bird Watching Walk and Picnic at Carmel River State Beach. at the Monterey Conference Center: Reception and dedication of the sculptures in the Jeffers Plaza of the Center (5-6 p.m.), followed by dinner with a keynote address by distinguished artist and inaugural Tor House Fellow Enrique Martínez Celaya (6-7:30 p.m.). Presentations at the Carmel Woman’s Club, including a reading from the Jeffers Family Travel Diaries, a panel discussion of “Descent to the Dead,” a travel narrative which follows the steps of the Jeffers family, and a talk on “Robinson Jeffers and the Years of Prophecy.” Sunset Celebration at Tor House with wine, hors d’oeuvres, poetry and music. Mark your calendars: After a two-year, covid-caused hiatus, the Fall Festival is back, this year in conjunction with the Robinson Jeffers Association's annual conference and with the dedication of the Jeffers Plaza at the Monterey Conference Center.įriday, October 14, 5-7 p.m.