This collection consists of broadsides, in booklet, stapled and loose-leaf formats, of poetry by various poets published by Mr. Casline’s Benevolent Bird Press and the Rootdrinker Institute, based in Delmar, NY. Also included are a CD of a William Weaver Christman tribute reading in 2007, promotional materials on the Rootdrinker Institute, listings of Rootdrinker “Books in Print” for 2009, a flier on a talk on “Reinhabiting the Northeast” and printed notes from “You Don’t Have to Live Like a Refugee”, a lecture on cultural emergence, creation and discovery given in 2009.
To and from the Gulf of Maine: Alan Casline
Collection Overview
Alan Casline graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1973 and received his PhD from SUNY Albany. He established Rootdrinker Institute in 1973 and began publishing Rootdrinker magazine in 1975. He has championed local culture, art, music, poetry, organics, and a "back to the land" philosophy through the Rootdrinker Institute and Benevolent Bird Press, as well as through talks, lectures, concerts and other events.