Born in 1951, Sidney Hall has lived most of his life in New Hampshire, with a few years in Portland, Oregon, where he studied Classics with Professor Peachy at Reed College and where he learned to pronounce ‘Oregon’ correctly.
He ran a printing business called Stonehouse Press and published a local conservation newsletter called Our Place. As Steve Jobs perfected desktop publishing in the humanist spirit he may have learned at Reed, Sid used each new computer advance to become an editor, typesetter, and book designer. He founded Hobblebush Books and Hobblebush Design in 1995.
He married Attorney Margaret Hall and has two children and several grandchildren. He has had a bug for good books, and for skiing, hiking, sailing, gardening and cooking. He has studied Greek, Latin, German, Russian, and French. He was a drummer in a rock band and Dixieland band, and did a brief gig on timpani. He once did a tour of Europe paying his way by playing the autoharp. He has always loved carpentry and working with his hands and calls himself a “jackass of all trades.”
He was diagnosed with ALS in 2015, and has progressed over 10 years from walking with a cane to riding on a motorized chair named Donkey. He frequently points out that the letters ALS stand for: “American Lobster Society,” of which he is a proud member.
He has published poetry in literary journals, written columns and articles, and has published four books of poetry and a memoir. His poems and book reviews appeared in the Los Angeles Times Book Review. He edited a history of Brookline, New Hampshire. He donated his journals and papers to Keene State University and his large collection of poetry books to the Dublin School.
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