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February 2019
Workshop on Rape Culture led by Lynn Melnick
Poet and activist Lynn Melnick leads a workshop on "rape culture" as part of her visit to campus to read in the New Writing Series.
Find out more »New Writing Series Welcomes Poet Lynn Melnick
Poet, editor, and activist Lynn Melnick reads in the New Writing Series, cosponsored by the English Department and the Center for Poetry and Poetics (formerly the National Poetry Foundation). Free and open to the public.
Find out more »May 2019
2019 Grady Awards
This year’s Grady Awards were judged by Kate Colby (poetry) and Martin Riker (fiction), both recent visitors to the New Writing Series. In the undergraduate division, Riker selected Katherine Skvorak’s manuscript for first place. Micah Valliere was runner-up. At the graduate level, Tori Hood was the winner and Morghen Tidd runner-up. For undergraduate poetry, Colby awarded Noah Loveless first place and Brieanna Welch runner-up. The winner at the graduate level was Martin Conte. Elizabeth Northcote, no longer in the program,…
Find out more »Department of English Awards Reception and Ceremony
Reception with light refreshments will begin at 3:30 p.m. The ceremony starts promptly at 4:30 p.m.
Find out more »September 2019
Department Meeting
The first meeting of the new academic year. Full-time faculty are expected to attend; part-time faculty and graduate students are welcome but not required to attend.
Find out more »English Department Open House
To celebrate the beginning of the new academic year, the English Department will host an open house for current and prospective students on Thursday afternoon from 3pm to 4:30pm. There will be light refreshments starting at 2pm in the Wicks Reading Room (adjacent to the department office in Neville 304) and the Writing Center (Neville 402), and many faculty members will be in their offices throughout the afternoon. Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to drop by and get acquainted…
Find out more »New Writing Series Hosts Fiction Writer Sarah Rose Etter
Fiction writer Sarah Rose Etter reads from and discusses her work in the first event of the fall 2019 New Writing Series.
Find out more »October 2019
New Writing Series: Poets Sara Nicholson and Sarah Green
The New Writing Series, now celebrating its 20th anniversary season, welcomes poets Sara Nicholson and Sarah Green to campus for a reading and discussion of their work hosted by Jennifer Moxley.
The reading is free and open to the public and will be followed by a question and answer session.
Find out more »New Writing Series Hosts Fiction Writer and New Faculty Member Hollie Adams
Fiction writer and new UMaine faculty member Hollie Adams reads from and discusses her work.
Find out more »November 2019
Cristina Rivera Garza
Mexican writer Cristina Rivera Garza, who has lived and taught in the US since 1989, reads from and discusses her work in an event that is free and open to the public.
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