The Bookshelf: The 'People's Book' Showcases New Hampshire Writers, Artists

This week marked the launch of the second annual edition of The People's Book , a collection of literary works and visual art created by New Hampshire writers and artists. The book is edited by Concord resident Kelsie Collins. She, along with poet Brianna Coykendall, have been working to build a community of writers who collaborate, edit, and inspire each other. Coykendall is the founder of The Central New Hampshire Writer's Circle , which played a hand in the editorial process for The People's Book . I spoke to both of them about their work. NHPR: You're working together on a couple of different but intertwined literary projects in the Concord area. I wnated to get to know you first a little bit. Tell us a little bit about how you met and started to work together on things like this. Brianna Coykendall: We met at Plymouth State. We had a poetry, I think it was a creative writing class together, and kind of hit it off and started hanging out more outside of class. I was the senior