CULTURE
      SHOCK:
      Bohemian
      Nights
      in
      Charlottetown
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Take
      a
      bookstore,
      a
      little
     
     
      red
      and
      white
      wine,
      and
      a
      few
     
     
      eccentrics,
      and
      what
      do
      you
      have?
     
    

    
     
      The
      Bohemian
      Literary
     
     
      Society,
      that's
      what.
      Since
      the
     
     
      Reading
      Well
      Bookstore
      opened
     
     
      six
      years
      ago,
      they
      have
      hosted
     
     
      numerous
      readings
      and
      literature-
     
     
      related
      events
      open
      to
      all
      eager
     
     
      book-enthusiasts.
      Now
      they
      have
     
     
      their
      own
      club.
     
    

    
     
      The
      first
      meeting
      of
      the
     
     
      BLS
      was
      Tuesday
      night
      on
     
     
      September
      23.
      Thirty-one
      bohemi-
     
     
      an-type-peoples
      showed
      up
      for
      the
     
     
      reading,
      which
      made
      it
      a
      packed
     
     
      house.
      (Yes,
      by
      all
      means
      enough
     
     
      to
      fill
      the
      space).
      It
      was
      a
      crowd
      of
     
     
      all
      ages,
      from
      the
      golden
      oldies
      to
     
     
      the
      mid-life
      artsy-fartsies
      to
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      enthralled
      UPEI
      students.
      It's
      a
     
     
      wonder
      more
      people
      weren't
      in
     
     
      attendance,
      with
      readings
      by
      Poet
     
     
      Laureate
      John
      Smith,
      local
      Baba's
     
     
      bouncer
      and
      poet
      John
      MacKenzie,
     
     
      and
      Miq'mak
      poet
      Charlie
      Greg
     
     
      Sark.
      All
      three
      gents
      were
      made
      the
     
     
      first
      honorary
      members
      of
      the
     
     
      BLS.
     
    

    
     
      Charlie
      Greg
      Sark
      opened
     
     
      the
      evening
      with
      poems
      about
      his
     
     
      people,
      poems
      about
      life
      and
      child-
     
     
      hood,
      and
      some
      poems
      for
     
     
      humours'
      sake.
      John
      MacKenzie
     
     
      read
      poems
      which
      focussed
      mainly
     
     
      on
      PEI
      landscape
      and
      home
      life.
     
     
      He
      captured
      the
      energy
      that
      exists
     
     
      in
      the
      still
      winter
      months.
      He
     
     
      brought
      us
      to
      the
      beach
      with
      lines
     
     
      like,
      "You
      hear
      the
      miram
      grass
     
     
      sandpaper
      the
      wind."
      John
      Smith
     
     
      finished
      the
      evening
      with
      reading
     
     
      some
      Marcel
      Proust
      and
      Wallace
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      .:page
      [6]
      September
      29,
      2003:.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Stevens,
      as
      well
      as
      a
      few
      of
      his
     
     
      own
      works,
      which
      included
      a
      poem
     
     
      about
      a
      squirrel,
      and
      the
      Book
      of
     
     
      Squirrel.
     
    

    
     
      Past
      events
      at
      the
      Reading
     
     
      Well
      were
      always
      held
      a
      la
     
     
      "Bohemian
      Literary
      Café."
      When
     
     
      the
      bookstore
      relocated
      for
      the
     
     
      third
      time
      this
      summer
      onto
      Water
     
     
      Street,
      the
      word
      "café"
      was
     
     
      removed
      from
      the
      title
      and
      from
     
     
      the
      window
      printings.
      The
      owner
     
     
      of
      the
      Reading
      Well,
      Louise
     
     
      Vergnano,
      realised
      this
      name
     
     
      enticed
      people
      more
      with
      the
     
     
      prospect
      of
      coffee
      than
      it
      did
      the
     
     
      prospect
      of
      books.
      The
      affiliation
     
     
      with
      food
      was
      also
      getting
      out
      of
     
     
      hand.
      She
      also
      felt
      the
      window
     
     
      looked
      a
      little
      ridiculous
      with
      only
     
     
      "Bohemian
      Literary"
      printed
      there.
     
     
      And
      so,
      a
      society
      was
      born,
      reliev-
     
     
      ing
      Louise
      from
      brewing
      gallons
      of
     
     
      coffee
      and
      saving
      the
      window
     
     
      from
      pains
      of
      embarrassment.
     
    

    
     
      So
      if
      you
      loved
      the
      "café"
     
     
      before
      and
      aren't
      sure
      about
      this
     
     
      whole
      "society"
      thing,
      well,
      they're
     
     
      the
      same
      thing.
      Just
      revamped.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Membership
      into
      the
      BLS
      is
     
     
      $20.00
      annually,
      which
      includes"
     
     
      free
      admittance
      to
      all
      readings
      and
     
     
      events
      and
      the
      membership
      card
     
     
      acts
      much
      like
      the
      old
      "Rebel
     
     
      Reader"
      card.
      Don't
      worry,
      you
      still
     
     
      get
      10%
      off
      of
      everything.
      But
     
     
      these
      cards
      are
      much
      cooler.
      The
     
     
      Rebel
      cards
      were
      so
      passe
      anyway.
     
     
      The
      membership
      fees
      also
      help
      to
     
     
      bring
      in
      artists
      and
      authors
      for
     
     
      these
      events
      since,
      you
      know,
      it's
     
     
      nice
      if
      we
      can
      pay
      them.
      If
      mem-
     
     
      bership
      isn't
      your
      style
      and
      you
     
     
      have
      a
      phobia
      of
      commitment,
      fret
     
     
      ye
      not.
      Each
      event
      is
      a
      mere
      two
     
     
      bucks
      ($2)
      if
      you're
      more
      inclined
     
     
      to
      the
      ‘pay-as-you-go!
      idea.
     
     
      The
      society
      also
      has
      a
      nifty
     
     
      new
      website
      at
     
     
      www.rebelreader.com.
      You'll
      find
     
     
      information
      on
      upcoming
      events,
     
     
      what's
      available
      from
      the
      Reading
     
     
      Well,
      and
      a
      section
      to
      put
      up
     
     
      unpublished
      work
      on
      the
      website.
     
     
      The
      BLS
      will
      meet
      the
      first
     
     
      Tuesday
      of
      every
      month
      at
      7:30pm
     
     
      for
      readings
      and
      wine.
      Check
      out
     
     
      the
      website
      for
      this
      year's
      line
      up.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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