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Doug Holder

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Somerville
As seen in: The Somerville Times- Beacon Hill Roll Call, LinkedIn, Boston.com, Lulu Press, Inc., Bay State Banner, Rattle, Projection, Lights and Staging News, Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene
Covers:  Generally the arts--specifically I have interviewed hundreds of poets and writers, as well as have written theatre reviews and book reviews.
Doesn't Cover: Politics, government
Doug Holder is the founder of the Ibbetson Street Press. He is the arts/editor of The Somerville Times. muckrack.com/doug-holder

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Doug Holder’s Biography

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Since 2002 Doug Holder has been the arts/editor for The Somerville Times...right outside Cambridge, Ma. Holder has written for literary journals, and community newspapers for many years. Some of the interviews he conducted with poets and writers are on video and tape and housed at the Harvard University libraries, as well as other institutions. Holder also founded the Ibbetson Street Press in 1998, in which he has published a literary journal and poetry books for decades. He currently teac…

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A Conversation with Lloyd Schwartz: Somerville's New Poet Laureate

A Conversation with Lloyd Schwartz: Somerville's New Poet Laureate

I have seen Lloyd Schwartz in various venues over the years. I read with him once, and had the occasion to ta…

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The Somerville News Blog

The Somerville News Blog

"Somerville's Most Widely Read Newspaper!" 699 Broadway, Somerville MA 02144 news@thesomervillenews.com

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Interview with Somerville poet Afaa Michael Weaver

Interview with Somerville poet Afaa Michael Weaver

Afaa Michael Weaver does not just write pretty poetry. He pens poetry that addresses things like the recent t…

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Doug Holder - "Ed Galing, A Poet of the Greatest Generation"

Doug Holder - "Ed Galing, A Poet of the Greatest Generation"

Doug Holder ED GALING A POET OF THE GREATEST GENERATION I've written more than a few poems for my friend Ed G…

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Doug Holder Interviews Jazz Producer Alan Ringel

Doug Holder Interviews Jazz Producer Alan Ringel

Here is the podcast of my interview with my old pal, Alan Ringel - experimental jazz producer and a founder o…

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Interview with Israel Horovitz with Doug Holder

Interview with Israel Horovitz with Doug Holder

Doug Holder interviews playwright, screenwriter, director Israel Horovitz about his new book of poems, and hi…

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Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene

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The Play Oedipus El Rey Makes Mythological Magic at the Huntington’s Calderwood Pavilion A well known story with inner city energy by Jacques Fleury Javier David in foreground, with L to R: Jaime José Hernández, Juan Arturo, Gabe Martínez in Oedipus El Rey; directed by Loretta Greco; photo by Marc J.
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Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene

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| Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene
Lisa J. Sullivan is a New England native who holds an MFA in Poetry from the Solstice MFA in Creative Writing Program, where she was a Kurt Brown Memorial Fellow. Her poems and book reviews have appeared in The Comstock Review, Burningword Literary Journal, The Arts Fuse, Evening Street Review, Third Wednesday, and elsewhere. She was the United States winner of The Poetry Project–Ireland in collaboration with the Academy of American Poets and was an Adrian Tinsley Program Creative Grant recipient.
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Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene

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Meg Pallis works in communications/community outreach for the city of Somerville. She also freelance writes and has been published in local publications from The Boston Compass (interviews/community creative nonfiction) as well as for a local publication called the Quinobequin Review. She has two creative works that will be published in their May 2026 edition about being from Massachusetts and the other about a portal inside the Market Basket parking lot.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I was writing for a small community magazine in the South End of Boston--"Community Glue"--also the street newspaper " Spare Change."

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes--I am from the old school.

How is social media changing news?

Not always for the best...

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