Events

Next Up | James Wagner

Poet and translator James Wagner reads in the New Writing Series on Thursday, March 31, at 4:30pm in the Soderberg Auditorium on the University of Maine’s flagship campus in Orono. The event is free and open to the public, though seating is limited.

James Wagner’s books include The False Sun Recordings (2003), Trilce (2006), and the 2010 chapbook Geisttraum (Tales from the Germans). His poems have recently appeared in Abraham Lincoln, Fence, SPD Today, Spring Formal, West Wind Review, and Zoland Poetry. This will be Wagner’s first appearance in the New Writing Series.

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The UMaine New Writing Series is sponsored by the English Department and the National Poetry Foundationwith support from the Lloyd H. Elliott fund, the Milton Ellis Memorial Fund, the Honors College, and the Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Committee. Grateful acknowledgment is made to the Pulp & Paper Foundation for the use of the Soderberg Center. FMI contact Steve Evans at steven dot evans at maine dot edu or at 207-581-3818.

If you have a disability that may require accommodation for a NWS event, please contact Ann Smith in the office of Disability Support Service, 121 East Annex, 581-2319 (Voice) or 581-2311 (TDD).

Events

Update | Irby & Joris Event Postponed

THE NEW WRITING SERIES regrets to announce that due to a recent bereavement the poetry reading by Pierre Joris and Ken Irby originally scheduled for Thursday, March 24, at 4:30pm in the Soderberg Auditorium has been postponed until the fall.

We hope you will consider joining us for one of the four events we have planned for the remainder of the academic year; all are free & open to the general public.

31 MAR JAMES WAGNER
07 APR ROSMARIE WALDROP
14 APR BROCK CLARKE
21 APR GRADY AWARDS EVENT

Check this blog regularly for individual event information & updates.

On Facebook? Consider joining the NWS group here.

The UMaine New Writing Series is sponsored by the English Department and the National Poetry Foundation with support from the Lloyd H. Elliott fund, the Milton Ellis Memorial Fund, the Honors College, and the Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Committee. Grateful acknowledgment is made to the Pulp & Paper Foundation for the use of the Soderberg Center. FMI contact Steve Evans at steven dot evans at maine dot edu or at 207-581-3818.

If you have a disability that may require accommodation for a NWS event, please contact Ann Smith in the office of Disability Support Service, 121 East Annex, 581-2319 (Voice) or 581-2311 (TDD).