Mrs. Penn Kimball

As Columbia University's Penn Kimball explained in his 1972 study, The Disconnected, "Those whose lives are untouched by any sort of involvement [in the political system] have no framework of experience by which to develop the patience and appreciation for the complexities or trade-offs of evolutionary progress."

Penn Kimball, Professor Emeritus, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Vineyard, MA

Book by Penn Kimball; Columbia University Press, 1972

If you want to understand the people, read their poetry,' " the high-energy Mrs. Kimball says.
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Mrs. Kimball is a graduate of Columbia University School of Journalism, former teacher, New York Daily News copy editor and the author and publisher of 45 Minutes to America (Westmeadow Press, 2001).A native of Seekonk, she recalls, "When I was a child people used to ask, ,What are you going to be when you grow up?' And I would say, ,Well, I'm going to do this when I'm 20, this when I'm 30, this when I'm 40.' I always thought that I would be bored if I did one thing."

She knew she took a chance when she advertised in Island publications for poetry submissions.
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It was the poems, not the people, Mrs. Kimball insists.She admits she still hasn't met most of the contributors.They communicated by phone and e-mail.They will be meeting each other and the public in the lobby of the Performance Arts Center at the open publication party, a benefit for the the Island SafeRides program, on Wednesday, July 9, from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

Westmeadow Press, named after her husband's (retired Columbia University journalism professor Penn Kimball) property in Chilmark, is a one-person publishing house.Mrs. Kimball is the agent, editor, typesetter and marketing manager.
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With an initial outlay of close to $10,000, Ms. Kimball claims she's going to ask the IRS for new designation: have-to-break-even.

Vineyard Poets will be distributed on the Cape, the Island and on amazon.com.Mrs. Kimball, who says she makes decisions "based on what I think would be fun to do," is already entertaining thoughts of a second volume.

If you want to understand the people, read their poetry,' " the high-energy Mrs. Kimball says.
...
Mrs. Kimball is a graduate of Columbia University School of Journalism, former teacher, New York Daily News copy editor and the author and publisher of 45 Minutes to America (Westmeadow Press, 2001).A native of Seekonk, she recalls, "When I was a child people used to ask, ‘What are you going to be when you grow up?' And I would say, ‘Well, I'm going to do this when I'm 20, this when I'm 30, this when I'm 40.' I always thought that I would be bored if I did one thing."

She knew she took a chance when she advertised in Island publications for poetry submissions.
...
It was the poems, not the people, Mrs. Kimball insists.She admits she still hasn't met most of the contributors.They communicated by phone and e-mail.They will be meeting each other and the public in the lobby of the Performance Arts Center at the open publication party, a benefit for the the Island SafeRides program, on Wednesday, July 9, from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

Westmeadow Press, named after her husband's (retired Columbia University journalism professor Penn Kimball) property in Chilmark, is a one-person publishing house.Mrs. Kimball is the agent, editor, typesetter and marketing manager.
...
With an initial outlay of close to $10,000, Ms. Kimball claims she's going to ask the IRS for new designation: have-to-break-even.

Vineyard Poets will be distributed on the Cape, the Island and on amazon.com.Mrs. Kimball, who says she makes decisions "based on what I think would be fun to do," is already entertaining thoughts of a second volume.