Blue Hill Public Library and the Jonathan Fisher House will co-sponsor a talk by Paul Lewis, Professor of English at Boston College, on Jonathan Fisher and his works of poetry, Wednesday, August 9 at 7:00 PM in the library's Howard Room.

Along with his other interests and pursuits–which included farming, science, painting, furniture making, and pastoral care–Blue Hill's first settled minister, Jonathan Fisher, wrote poems. These included elegies, broadsides, and, in 1827, a collection of poems on religious topics, such as “Satan’s Great Devise” and “A Dialogue on Universalism.” But other poems by Fisher–including “A Voyage from Blue Hill to Salem” and “Lines on the Death of Ebenezer Bell, who was Executed at Castine, Oct. 31, 1811, for the Murder of John Tileston Downs”–seem to have local resonance. Join Paul Lewis, the editor of The Citizen Poets of Boston, A Collection of Forgotten Poems, 1789-1820 (University Press of New England) for a discussion of this part of Fisher’s legacy.

This program is free and open to the public. No registration is required. For more information, please contact Assistant Director Kayleigh Thomas at 374-5515 or by emailing kayleigh.thomas@bhpl.net.