poetry
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PublishedNovember 5, 2023
A poet offers an intimate, meandering picture of rural life in Maine
Baron Wormser's memoir, 'The Road Washes Out in Spring,' was reissued in March. Its sharply observed, compassionate vignettes of his own off-the-grid life and the lives of those around him endure.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2023
Deep Water: ‘My Brother’s Thirteenth Halloween,’ by Ken Craft
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2023
Ambling through Old Orchard Beach, poet makes connections to past
Robert Gibbons' latest collection is based in his adopted hometown.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2023
Portland publisher launches new poetry festival
Littoral Books is putting on it first Portland Poetry Festival on Saturday.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2023
One of Maine’s most famous poets was a brilliant and witty charmer … with an edge
A complex portrait of Edna St. Vincent Millay emerges from two new collections of her letters and diaries.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2023
Poet Rita Dove to receive an honorary National Book Award medal for lifetime achievement
Besides the Pulitzer, she has received both a National Humanities Medal and National Medal of Arts, an NAACP Image Award, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize from the Poetry Foundation and a National Prize for Poetry from the Library of Congress.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2023
Vitality Ghosted by Pain: A New Poetry Collection from Betsy Sholl
In 'As If A Song Could Save You,' Maine's former poet laureate writes of grief at the loss of her husband to COVID.
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PublishedMay 24, 2023
Amanda Gorman’s poem for Biden’s inauguration banned by Florida school
While book bans are not new, they are happening much more frequently, especially in Florida – where Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has championed policies that allow the censorship of books.
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PublishedApril 28, 2023
Local writer to give reading at library with student poets
Jeri Theriault will visit South Portland Public Library on April 29.
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PublishedApril 20, 2023
Vermont capital springs to life through poetry each April
Montpelier, the smallest capital city in the country, goes all out for National Poetry Month.
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