In the fall of 2021 I spent three weeks at MacDowell, an artist residency in Peterborough, New Hampshire. I was assigned to Veltin, which is one of 32 artist studios spread out over 450 acres. Veltin has hosted artists such as Wendy Wasserstein, Leonard Bernstein, Thornton Wilder, and Tommy Orange, among many others, as attested by the tombstones around the studio. Outside the stone cottage is a plaque with a quote by Edwin Arlington Robinson: “I shall have more to say when I’m dead.”
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