The Robert Frost Society

09/04/2026

Dear Frost Enthusiasts,

Please join the Robert Frost Society and Edward Thomas Fellowship for an International Roundtable concerning Robert Frost and Edward Thomas as Eco-poets. This free online event featuring a distinguished panel of poets, scholars, and actors will take place on Saturday, October 17 at 2 PM EDT. To access this event, please register at the following link: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/theedwardthomasfellowship/2385024

Hope to see you there!

Thomas and Frost as Eco-Poets - our 2026 edition of 'Friends across the Pond' – Zoom, Sat 17 Oct 2026 - Thomas and Frost as Eco-Poets Nature, observation and our place in the living world A transatlantic round-table exploring nature, observation and our place in the living world What can two write...

07/01/2026

Dear Frost Scholars and Music Lovers, please see the following Call for Papers. This topic is indeed fascinating.

Dear Frostians,
Early next year, the American Literature Association will hold a symposium on “Music and the American Literary Imagination” in Nashville, TN (January 28-30, 2027). The Robert Frost Society hopes to hold a panel at that symposium.
I’m writing now to invite proposals for papers on Frost and music. Topics might include
-new readings of Frost poems explicitly about music
-Frost’s interest in musical notation, meter, intonation, voice, pitch, timbre
-Frost's use of musical forms (such as the hymn or ballad)
-Frost’s poems about thrushes, ovenbirds, brooks, and other musicians of the nonhuman world
-Frost’s references to (e.g. metaphors drawing on) music, sound, or voice
-Frost and sound studies, recitation, performance, audio recordings
-musical settings of or responses to Frost’s poems;
-Frost as an inspiration for music (classical, indie, Canto-pop)
-allusions to Frost or Frost’s poems in song
By September 15, 2026, please send a short proposal and bio to Calista McRae, the RFS president for 2026-2027 ([email protected]).
More information about the Symposium is available here.
In addition, the Frost Society will be sponsoring at least one panel at the American Literature Association’s annual conference, to be held in Boston next May. We will send a CFP in the late fall but welcome expressions of interest—or ideas for panels or roundtables!—sooner.
Thank you,
Calista

03/03/2026

Dear Robert Frost Devotees, The Friends of the Dymock Poets are holding their annual meeting and will pay tribute to our friend and Frost's granddaughter, Lesley Lee Francis. Deborah Zimic, Lesley's daughter, will speak with Robert Moreland, Chair of the FDP, and discuss Lesley's many contributions to sustaining her grandfather's legacy. This discussion accompanies other lectures by Ralph Pite, who will speak on Edward Thomas, and Roger Deeks, who will speak on the poet F.W. Harvey. The meeting begins at 1:30 PM on Saturday, March 14th. The discussion devoted to Lesley will begin at 4 PM. To access this Zoom meeting, please click on this link: https://app.zoom.us/wc/84600069303/join?pwd=SrydZ1XmEQanCqM1lX2aYPasxAO748.1&tk=&fromPWA=1

Wilfrid Gibson's "Old Nail Shop"

01/15/2026

The Robert Frost community lost a great friend and mentor when Dr. Lesley Lee Francis, granddaughter of Robert Frost and daughter of Lesley Lee Frost, passed away on January 2nd at the age of 94. She was a passionate advocate for her grandfather's poetry and fierce guardian of his legacy. We send our deepest condolences to her family. In lieu of flowers, the family asks remembrances to be sent to the Robert Frost Society: https://libraryfoundationsd.org/robertfrost

To learn more about Lesley's remarkable life, please visit her memorial notice at the following URL:
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/falls-church-va/lesley-francis-12691389