Gathering celebrates Galway Kinnell with his own words

The late Galway Kinnell as pictured on the cover of his new collection of poems.
ST. JOHNSBURY — About 50 people gathered at the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum last week to remember and honor the poet Galway Kinnell.
It was a celebratory occasion, but one tinged with sadness — celebratory because Kinnell’s “Collected Poems” had just been published, and yet sad because Kinnell, who died in 2014, is still much missed by his family and friends.
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