SKUNK NIGHT SONNETS. By Daniel Waters. Bright Hill Press, Treadwell, N.Y. 2009. 38 pages. Softcover, $10.

One of my favorite booths at the West Tisbury Artisans’ Fair is that of poet Daniel Waters. It is a wellspring of words! And not just any words, but the crisp, intuitive, fun-filled wordplay of Mr. Waters’ short poems, many of which are displayed on his distinctive hand-carved blockprint greeting cards.

Some of the poems are pure Vineyard:

“Sung to sleep by Nobska Light,

Award-winning author Linda Kenney Miller, who wrote Beacon on the Hill, spent her childhood summers at Oak Bluffs. Her grandfather, John A. Kenney, vacationed on the Vineyard ever since 1913 when his wife’s family first bought the Kenney cottage on Huntington avenue.

Resume Tips

Ellen Gordon Reeves, a lifelong summer resident of Edgartown and author of Can I Wear My Nose Ring to the Interview? will be giving a free talk at the library at 7 p.m., Wednesday, August 26. Ms. Reeves has promised that she’ll review any resumes dropped off at the library before the day of the program, or e-mailed to [email protected], and use them as pointers in her talk.

Comic Book Talk

Eisner Award winning New Yorker cartoonist Paul Karasik will talk about and sign his book, You Shall Die By Your Own Evil Creation: The Comics of Fletcher Hanks, Volume II, at the Bunch of Grapes Bookstore in Vineyard Haven at 7 p.m. Of the previous volume edited by Mr. Karasik, the notorious Robert Crumb said “I must have this book for my library.” For details, call 508-693-2291.

Feminist Lecture

New York University Professor Dr. Carol Gilligan will discuss her new book, The Deepening Darkness: Patriarchy, Resistance and Democracy’s Future, on Wednesday, August 26 at 5:30 p.m. at the Chilmark Public Library.