In Hermitage, Emma Krosschell inhabits a liminal space, somewhere between her mind and the living world of hemlock, crows, snow, wind, tides and stars. These are poems that begin in silence, and draw us into those moments when the world comes alive before her eyes. She is, above all, a witness, and we become witnesses along with her in this place where the finite, mortal self meets something greater. She is listening intently, seeing deeply, and her heart is wide open. – Stuart Kestenbaum, Former Poet Laureate of Maine
Seaside Series: Jim and Emma Krosschell
August 19 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Father and daughter team, Jim and Emma Krosschell, will present their poetry from their respective books, Man Afield, published by Prolific Pulse Press LLC in March 2026, and Hermitage published by Littoral Books in October 2024.
About Man Afield
Man Afield is a lyrical journey through the living world, guided by a backyard naturalist attuned to both wonder and warning. These poems chronicle spiritual and physical excursions into landscapes larger than any one mind or body — places where awe, joy, disorientation, and reckoning intertwine.
Man Afield is at once a field journal, a meditation, and a love song — to earth, to home, and to the fragile bond between them.
About Hermitage
Author Bios
Jim Krosschelll has published poems and essays in some 85 journals, plus three collections: One Man’s Maine, which won a Maine Literary Award, Owls Head Revisited, and Man Afield. He lives in Deer Isle, ME and Newton, MA, and volunteers on boards for Coastal Mountains Land Trust and the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance.
Emma Krosschell lives in Brooksville, Maine, with her partner and their dog. She spends her time wandering in the woods and baking as much bread as she can. Hermitage is her first collection of poetry.
The rain venue for all Seaside Series programs is SPL, 64 Main Street.