Author Archives: Carey Harrison

A TRUE NORTH IN THE COMPASS OF THE HEART
Roll Magazine recently met up with Woodstock resident and distinguished photographer Fionn Reilly to discuss his new book of photographs of Kolkata, the Indian city formerly called Calcutta and known to the world as the site of Mother Teresa’s mission … Continue reading

Try Calcutta!
I fell in love with Calcutta at first sight, as one falls in love with a woman. (I raise my hat respectfully to all those who know how to fall in love gradually. This is not my way.) Had I expected to … Continue reading

Love is a Season
UNVEILED: THE LITERARY RE-DISCOVERY OF THE CENTURY Just this past autumn an astonishing discovery was made, consisting of work hidden away in a crammed desk belonging to the writer Otis Kidwell Burger, mother of the writer and artist Katherine Burger, a Woodstock … Continue reading

The Maker in the Head, Part VI
Dear reader, I find myself in an odd situation, with regard to my current project, one which is giving The Maker a very hard time indeed: as mentioned in “The Maker,” Part Five, I am attempting to write a novel composed of 5 concurrent full-length … Continue reading

US & THEM
This is the age of the podcast! They don’t come any better than Us & Them, the new series of documentary programs —“stories from the fault lines that separate Americans” —by multiple award-winning documentarian Trey Kay. Kay is a local boy — these days: … Continue reading

The Maker V
This fifth instalment of The Maker In The Head, is occasioned by the release of Carey’s new novel, Who Was That Lady? On October 16, the Kindle version of the book is the subject of a Bookbub promotion and is available … Continue reading

The Maker In The Head (IV)
Dear Reader, If you have followed this series of reports from a writer’s life and working practice, you may have wondered – during the longish pause since the last installment – whether the Maker in my head had fallen silent for a while. It happens. At … Continue reading

Sharon Breslau’s “Gloriously Naked And Flailing”: A Review by Carey Harrison
We have much wonderful local theater in Woodstock, and some of it is a must-see. Do not on any account miss Sharon Breslau’s hilarious and heart-breaking new one-woman show, Gloriously Naked And Flailing, at the Byrdcliffe Theater this weekend at 8 pm, … Continue reading