Writer returning to William & Mary to discuss his life and career – The Virginian-Pilot
Retired promoting and publishing govt Tom Baker will return to his alma mater on March 25 to talk about his new avocation — artistic writing.
His latest publication, “A Book of Common Flowers,” would be the matter of his presentation scheduled for 4-6 pm within the MacKenzie Theater within the Earl Gregg Swem Library on the William & Mary campus. It is open and free to the general public.
Published by iUniverse, an unbiased division of Penguin Publishing, the guide consists of 40 totally different flower vignettes, containing botanical historical past, images, watercolor work and prose poetry.
“Prose poetry is not restrictive; it is more a stream of consciousness. I have humanized the flowers and I must warn that it is not quite tame. It is racy, erotic and adult,” stated Baker, who’s a member of William & Mary’s Class of 1966.
Since he retired and started his private writing in 2011, Baker has revealed three novels, a quantity of quick tales and now a guide of poetry. He writes full-time and lives in Gloucester, Massachusetts, after spending about 40 years in California.
An English main, he spent his further hours lively with the William & Mary theater. He was drafted into the Army shortly after he graduated, however left the army “when they found out I was gay. Those were witch hunt days. One of my novels, ‘Green,’ is about a gay Army recruit, Tim Halladay, during the Vietnam era.”
Baker indicated he hoped to contact W&M and Williamsburg’s LGBTQ communities whereas on campus.
After leaving the promoting subject, Baker labored as a journey supervisor for Reader’s Digest journal. He wrote about 300 pages a yr for the journal and was actually “a publisher within the magazine,” Baker stated. He put collectively total journey sections and traveled all around the world searching for materials.
To register, go to events.wm.edu/event/view/libraries/370515.
Wilford Kale, kalehouse@aol.com
