Kids

10/20 - 6 pm

Plainfield Democratic Committee Meeting

October 23, 2025: 6:00 at Philip Read Memorial Library: 

Jeff Friedman & Brinda Charry

Jeff Friedman is a poet, micro story writer, and translator based in New Hampshire. He is the author of eleven collections of poetry and prose, including Ashes in Paradise and The Marksman. His work has appeared in leading journals such as American Poetry Review, Poetry, and The New Republic, and has been widely anthologized. Known for his wit, emotional depth, and surreal imagery, Friedman’s writing often blurs the line between dream and reality. He has received numerous awards and fellowships, and his translations from Hebrew and Polish have expanded his reach as an international literary voice.

Brinda Charry is a novelist, short story writer, and scholar of Elizabethan literature. Her acclaimed debut novel, The East Indian, is inspired by the true story of the first documented Indian in colonial Virginia. Richly imagined and historically grounded, the novel explores identity, displacement, and belonging in early America. Charry brings deep literary insight and lyrical storytelling to her fiction, shaped by her background in both creative writing and early modern studies.

WINNER OF THE 2025 SOCIETY OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS PRIZE (JAMES FENIMORE COOPER PRIZE) FOR HISTORICAL FICTION

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BARNES AND NOBLE DISCOVER PRIZE, THE CROSSWORD FICTION PRIZE.

LONGLISTED FOR THE MARK TWAIN VOICE IN AMERICAN LITERATURE PRIZE, THE JCB PRIZE.

Plainfield Historical Society - Sunday October 26th

JANE STEPHENSON

We’d like to have a historical society meeting there. Roger Ballou, who came last year to speak about the Zorachs, will share his research into another Cornish Colony artist, Willard Metcalf. Thanks. Jane

6:30 pm

PES PTA meeting

November 12th 7-8pm

11/17 6 pm

Plainfield Democratic Committee Meeting

12/15 - 6 pm

January 14th 7-8pm