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Poetry Reading by Stefania Heim and Kristen Case

IMRC Stewart Commons 104, Orono, Maine

The New Writing Series welcomes poets Stefania Heim and Kristen Case to the fifth and final event of its twentieth-anniversary fall season.

Lisa Robertson

Poet, essayist, and novelist Lisa Robertson reads in the first event of the spring 2020 New Writing Series. Free and open to the public.

Deborah Willis

IMRC Stewart Commons 104, Orono, Maine

The UMaine New Writing Series continues its 20th-anniversary season with a public reading by Canadian fiction writer Deborah Willis, author of Vanishing and Other Stories (2009) and The Dark and Other Love Stories (2019).

Laird Hunt

Novelist Laird Hunt returns to UMaine to give a public reading followed by a Q&A.

Hollie Adams, Greg Howard, and Jennifer Moxley

IMRC Stewart Commons 104, Orono, Maine

The New Writings Series returns from its pandemic hiatus on Thursday, September 30, with an event showcasing new work by Creative Writing faculty members Hollie Adams, Greg Howard, and Jennifer Moxley. The event, which is free and open to the public, starts at 4:30pm in the Allen and Sally Fernald APPE Space (Stewart Commons 104). […]

Millay Poetry Prize Reading

IMRC Center 104 Stewart Commons/UMaine, Orono, ME, United States

The New Writing Series celebrates the Millay Poetry Prize with a reading featuring Kathleen Ossip (external judge), Kat Dubois (first prize), and Paul Eaton (second prize).

Fiction Reading by Katie Lattari and Morgan Talty

IMRC Stewart Commons 104, Orono, Maine

Fiction writers Katie Lattari and Morgan Talty are featured in the fourth event of the fall 2021 New Writing Series. The event, which is free and open to the (masked) public, is co-sponsored by the Honors College as part of their Honors 180: Cultural Odyssey.

Millay Prize Poetry Reading

Adam Ray Wagner and Christopher Thomas read with Rae Armantrout in a Zoom event celebrating the 2021 Millay Prize for Poetry.

English Department Recognition Ceremony

The Writing Center Flagstaff Road, Orono, Maine

We celebrate the accomplishments of the academic year with a recognition ceremony to be held in the Writing Center (fourth floor of Neville Hall) on Monday afternoon, May 2, starting at 4pm.

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