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Morgan Talty

Hi, I’m Morgan, a citizen of the Penobscot Indian Nation in Maine and an assistant professor of English here at the University of Maine. I teach Creative Writing, Native American Literature, and contemporary courses in fiction. As a teacher, I love talking “shop” about books: how they work, how they succeed, how they fail, and […]

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Rosalie Purvis

Hello writers and scholars! I am starting my third year as Assistant Professor of Theatre and English here at the University of Maine. This means that I get to teach, research and create within my two areas of passion: performance and literature. Within our English department, I have taught LGBTQ American Dramatic Literature and Queer […]

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This Week in English | Feb. 16 – 25

Mid-February is here with a vengeance, yet we all keep sniffing spring in the air.  In the English Department, lots happening! Please read on for an update: Our First New Writing Series event of the semester takes place next Thursday at 4:30PM in the FERNALD APPE SPACE, 104 STEWART COMMONS. Katy Kelleher, author of The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Essays on […]

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This Week in English | Feb. 2 – 9

We are all bundling up for what may be the coldest days on record in the Bangor area this weekend. Meanwhile, there are still events to catch and people to help. Please read on for details.   STORIED has its first open mic night of the semester on Saturday. The event will be at 5 PM in the […]

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This Week in English | Nov. 3-Nov. 13

Please don’t forget to vote next Tuesday! We have a supplemental Week in English this week, needed because so many things are happening starting today and through next week. Please read on! THE NEW WRITING SERIES Features fiction writer Giada Scodellaro, today, reading from her acclaimed book Some of Them Will Carry Me. This event is free and […]

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This Week in English | Oct. 31-Nov. 6

Happy Halloween! Here are some events and announcements for our community as we turn away from bright fall towards darkling November. Please don’t forget to vote next Tuesday! Alumnus Ryan Stovall to read from new book: English graduate, former Green Beret, two-time Purple Heart awardee, and adventurer Ryan Stovall has published a book of poetry, […]

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This Week in English | November 15-21, 2021

You’ll find a dozen items in this week’s “double issue” of the bulletin (making up for a skip last Monday). TL;DR, you think? Au contraire! Things to do, money to make (think: paid internships), publications to celebrate, covers to reveal, poems to read. And if you have an item for next time, send it our […]

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Heather Falconer

If there is one thing you should know about me, it’s that I strongly dislike labels and boundaries. In fact, the fastest way to get me to do something is to tell me that it’s not possible or allowed! I believe that, if we are willing to challenge what we think we know and what […]

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This Week in English | October 25-31, 2021

This week’s bulletin includes information about the department’s undergraduate literary journal, internship opportunities in the spring and beyond, an event commemorating a Quebecois poet’s legacy, an update from an emeritus professor, a glimpse into the first-year composition program, a preview of an upcoming fiction reading, and a link to the Maine Campus‘s coverage of a […]

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Hollie Adams

Hi, I’m Hollie and I teach Creative Writing, Canadian Literature, and courses in contemporary fiction here at UMaine. I recently taught a graduate-level course called After Postmodernism in which we examined a variety of contemporary novels that have been labeled “post-postmodern” (among other labels including “meta-modernism,” “New Sincerity,” and “digimodernism”). I am currently teaching ENG […]

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