Madge McKeithen

Who is Madge? (and how did I end up here?)

Growing up amid the white sand and tall pines of eastern North Carolina, Madge McKeithen headed to Tidewater Virginia to the College of William and Mary read more

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• Benevolent Contagion

  January 24, 2018

  New York

  Before today, I had not posted on my website since the day of my older son, Ike’s, death, now more than a year ago. I had found comfort for months in the photo of him and in the words of W. S. Merwin and Agnes Martin that had reached me that day. read more

  

• Thanksgiving

  November 23, 20163 comments

  New York + Points South

  During these months in North Carolina with Ike, he is the steady focus of my days. Now 33, his undiagnosed degenerative illness has shaped his life, and ours, now for 19 years.

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• A Well-Loved Poet and Gatherer of People

  October 18, 2015

  Of Note + Points South

  When I moved to Laurinburg, North Carolina, in June to teach at St. Andrews University, one of the first people I met was Ronald H. Bayes read more

  

• Slow Irony, Sure Wit

  January 20, 2015

  Points South

  Slow Irony seeks to link the pleasures of humorous insight with a commitment to “go local” in matters key to a community.

  Forty-two years ago, at a weekend retreat held at St. Andrews Presbyterian College, read more

  

• A Firm Persuasion

  November 3, 2014

  New York

  Saturday, November 1, 2014, at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital’s Art Ability, several hundred art lovers interested in works created by individuals with physical and cognitive challenges had the opportunity to view the work of Charles Blackwell read more

  

Thanksgiving

November 23, 20163 comments

New York + Points South

During these months in North Carolina with Ike, he is the steady focus of my days. Now 33, his undiagnosed degenerative illness has shaped his life, and ours, now for 19 years.

read more

Tags: Agnes Martin, beauty, caregivers, death, happiness, hospice, Ike Levy, Isaac Robert Levy, life, Psalm 143, thanksgiving, undiagnosed illness, W.S. Merwin

A Well-Loved Poet and Gatherer of People

October 18, 2015

Of Note + Points South

When I moved to Laurinburg, North Carolina, in June to teach at St. Andrews University, one of the first people I met was Ronald H. Bayes read more

Tags: Black Mountain poets, Joseph Bathanti, Laurinburg, NC, poetry, poets, Ronald H. Bayes, St. Andrews University, Ted Wojtasik

Recent Work

From Blue Peninsula

“My son’s illness is eight years old and has no name. It started when he was fourteen. He is now twenty-two. It is taking away his ability to walk and to reason. It is getting worse, some years more rapidly than others.” read more

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