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22nd Annual Poets/Speak!

22nd Annual Poets/Speak! In-Person

Writing the Watershed: celebrating National Poetry Month in the Heart of Maine!

Come early to browse books, and enjoy live music and refreshments.

Program

  • Welcome: Kathleen Ellis, host
  • Readings by University of Maine students
    • Molly Dyer, Ava Evans, Ben Grossman, Gabe McKenney, Emily Mundy, Brinley Seward
  • Maine Poetry Out Loud winner. (Not confirmed.)
  • Anthologizing the Penobscot Watershed: Readings from the Rivers of Ink Anthology
    • Steven Long, 12 Willows Press
    • Linda Buckmaster, Leslie Moore, Gary Rainford, Karin Spitfire
  • Art of Penobscot Bay by Carl & David Little
    • Presentation and reading
  • Hollie Adams: poems from her year-long Acadia Writer-in-Residence at Schoodic Point
  • A Coastal Companion: celebrating the reissue
    • Catherine Schmitt, editor
    • Readings by Annaliese Jakimides, Kathleen Ellis, and Cheryl Daigle
  • Conversation, Q&A, book sales and signings

 

Image: Ghosts of the Forest by Marsden Hartley https://digitalmaine.com/marsden_hartley/32/

Date:
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Time:
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location:
Norman Minsky Lecture Hall
Audience:
  Adults  
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  Arts & Culture     Books & Authors     Featured