Three years ago, John N. Serio, professor emeritus and honorary editor of The Wallace Stevens Journal, initiated an email series called “A Month of Poetry and Painting” as a way to alleviate the stress and isolation of the pandemic. Every day he selected a poem by Wallace Stevens and a corresponding painting by Alexis Serio to uplift people’s spirits. A publisher on his list invited him to put together a coffee-table book on the topic (see below). This May, Serio plans to create a series called “A Week of Poetry and Painting” with seven selections from the book.
![Many people consider Wallace Stevens the greatest poet of the 20th century. Surprised? Even a member of the Nobel Prize Committee called Stevens "one of their great misses." Discover his magnificent poetry in Perennial Earth, a collection of over thirty of his poems accompanied by Alexis Serio's illuminating paintings. The book is a feast for the eyes and the mind. Softbound (Amazon) / Hardbound (alexisserioart.com)](https://announcements.clarkson.edu/wp-content/uploads/unnamed-16-980x1024.jpg)