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Poet Kate Colby

November 29, 2018 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Poet Kate Colby is the author of seven collections of poetry, including I Mean (2015) and The Arrangements (2018). She was born in Boston, grew up in Massachusetts and currently lives in Providence, where she works as a copywriter and editor. Her reading will be introduced by Steve Evans and followed by a question and answer session with the audience. Free and open to the public.

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The UMaine New Writing Series was founded in 1999 and is sponsored by the English Departmentand 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.

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Details

Date:
November 29, 2018
Time:
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Organizer

Steve Evans
Phone:
207-581-3822
View Organizer Website

Venue

IMRC Center
104 Stewart Commons/UMaine
Orono, ME 04469 United States
View Venue Website
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