Afterimage: Poems and Photographs

A compilation by Mary-Ann Devita Palmieri and Marcia Gagliardi of reminiscences from eleven writers connected to the North Quabbin region of central Massachusetts. Each of the writers has worked or lived in Africa for several months or more. With a foreword by Allen Young. Writers include Fern Aguda-Brown, Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi, Beth Gospodarek, Louise Dwyer Huppert, Michael Huppert, Kia Morley Mellon, Mary-Ann Devita Palmieri, Tony Palmieri, Carol Hastings Reed, Ursa Scherer Richardson, and Ellen Woodbury. With gracious partial support from the cultural councils of Athol, Orange, New Salem, Royalston, and Wendell, Massachusetts and generous sponsorship of Athol Savings Bank, Athol Automotive Supply, Berube Real Estate, Cornerstone Insurance, New Salem General Store, and William Howe Oldach, Attorney-at-Law.