This Poet Walks Into A Bar…

This Poet Walks Into A Bar…

Twain didn’t like it when he had a situation but no story. Tell that to any writer.As a college student I worked summers in my father’s bar in upstate New York. Newburgh was a poor Hudson River town with such social ills that my father’s business would soon become a...
DEMOLITION

DEMOLITION

DEMOLITIONPrimo Levi’s Moments of Reprieve is a story collection based on his one-year stay in Auschwitz. The stories follow his other writings about the experience, and for those those who don’t know, Levi was an Italian Jew and trained chemist. In 1943 he joined a...
Palm Sunday Speech to the Congregation

Palm Sunday Speech to the Congregation

Palm Sunday, 2019, Centre Congregational Church, Brattleboro.This is my short speech to the congregation as a Loaves and Fishes volunteer.Good morning, and thank you. My name is Vincent Panella, and I’m a retired teacher and a writer. I’ve been living in Vermont since...