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Next up in the NWS | Fiction by Eugene Lim

September 27, 2018 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

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The New Writing Series celebrates its nineteenth year of literary programming at the University of Maine this year. The Series kicks off on Thursday, September 27, with a reading by fiction writer Eugene Lim. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be introduced by Greg Howard. Doors at the Allen and Sally Fernald APPE Space (Stewart Commons 104) open at 4pm, the reading starts at 4:30pm.

You can read Hua Hsu’s appreciation of Lim’s “uncanny sense of what it feels like to be alive right now” at the New Yorker.

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The UMaine New Writing Series was founded in 1999 and is sponsored by the English Department and the National Poetry Foundation with support from the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, The Fiddlehead Fund, the New Writing Series Fund, the Lloyd H. Elliott Fund, the Milton Ellis Memorial Fund, the Honors College, the Clement & Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center, and the Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Committee. Grateful acknowledgment is made to the IMRC, and to donors Allen and Sally Fernald, for use of the Fernald APPE space.

If you have a disability that requires accommodation for a NWS event, please contact the office of Student Accessibility Services, 121 East Annex, 581-2319 (Voice) or 581-2311 (TDD).

The authors who appear in the NWS write for adult audiences and make use of a wide spectrum of language and subject matter. We are happy to advise parents and secondary school teachers about the suitability of specific events for their children or students. Just contact Series coordinator Steve Evans at steven dot evans at maine dot edu or at 207-581-3822 a few days in advance.

The University of Maine does not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, including transgender status and gender expression, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, genetic information or veteran’s status in employment, education, and all other programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding nondiscrimination policies: Director, Office of Equal Opportunity, 101 North Stevens Hall, 207-581-1226.

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September 27, 2018
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4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
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IMRC Center
104 Stewart Commons/UMaine
Orono, ME 04469 United States
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