The New Writing Series features three members of the creative writing faculty at UMaine in a special event, the second of two, designed to showcase the literary talent in our midst. Poets Joanna (Jody) Crouse, Kathleen Ellis, and Leonore Hildebrandt will read from their work in the final event of the fall NWS.
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.
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.
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 […]
Reception with light refreshments will begin at 3:30 p.m. The ceremony starts promptly at 4:30 p.m.
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.
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 […]
Fiction writer Sarah Rose Etter reads from and discusses her work in the first event of the fall 2019 New Writing Series.
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.
Fiction writer and new UMaine faculty member Hollie Adams reads from and discusses her work.
