Next Up | Poet Prageeta Sharma

The New Writing Series welcomes poet Prageeta Sharma to the University of Maine campus for a reading on Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 4:30pm in the Allen and Sally Fernald APPE space (104 Stewart Commons). The reading, which is free & open to the public, will be followed by an audience Q&A with the author.

Sharma is the author of Undergloom (2013), Infamous Landscapes (2007), The Opening Question (2004), and Bliss to Fill (2000). She is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Montana and organizer, with Joanna Klink, of Thinking Its Presence: Race, Creative Writing, and Literary Study. Her visit to UMaine is co-sponsored by the Honors College as part of their “Honors Odyssey” program.

  

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The UMaine New Writing Series was founded in 1999 and is sponsored by the English Department and the National Poetry Foundation with support from the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, The Fiddlehead Fund, the New Writing Series Fund, the Lloyd H. Elliott Fund, the Milton Ellis Memorial Fund, the Honors College, the University of Maine Humanities Center, and the Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Committee. Grateful acknowledgment is made to the IMRC, and to donors Allen and Sally Fernald, for use of the Fernald APPE space.

If you have a disability that requires 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).

The authors who appear in the NWS write for adult audiences and make use of a wide spectrum of language and subject matter. We are happy to advise parents and secondary school teachers about the suitability of specific events for their children or students. Just contact Series coordinator Steve Evans at steven dot evans at maine dot edu or at 207-581-3818 a few days in advance.

The University of Maine does not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, including transgender status and gender expression, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, genetic information or veteran’s status in employment, education, and all other programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding nondiscrimination policies: Director, Office of Equal Opportunity, 101 North Stevens Hall, 207-581-1226.

Next Up | Memoirist & Scholar Michael Clune

The New Writing Series welcomes memoirist and scholar Michael Clune to the University of Maine for a reading on Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 4:30pm in the Allen and Sally Fernald APPE space in 104 Stewart Commons. The reading will be introduced by poet Jennifer Moxley and followed by a Q&A with the author. It is free and open to the public.

Clune is the author of Gamelife: A Memoir (2015), White Out: The Secret Life of Heroin (2013), Writing Against Time (2013), and American Literature and the Free Market (2010). He is currently Professor of English at Case Western Reserve University, and lives in Shaker Heights, Ohio.

Clune’s previous memoir, “White Out: The Secret Life of Heroin,” played out like a Proustian meditation on drug addiction. “Gamelife” is told in a similar fashion: a series of vignettes, each refracted through a single computer game. Together, they capture this kid’s emotional vulnerability as he tries to crack the code of fitting in. Getting invited over to a kid’s house after school proves more vexing than blowing up Hitler’s bunker in Beyond Castle Wolfenstein…. From wintry heartbreak overlaid by a trace of pixels comes the redemption of a lonely boy’s imagination. — Ethan Gilsdorf, New York Times

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The UMaine New Writing Series was founded in 1999 and is sponsored by the English Department and the National Poetry Foundation with support from the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, The Fiddlehead Fund, the New Writing Series Fund, the Lloyd H. Elliott Fund, the Milton Ellis Memorial Fund, the Honors College, the University of Maine Humanities Center, and the Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Committee. Grateful acknowledgment is made to the IMRC, and to donors Allen and Sally Fernald, for use of the Fernald APPE space.

If you have a disability that requires 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).

The authors who appear in the NWS write for adult audiences and make use of a wide spectrum of language and subject matter. We are happy to advise parents and secondary school teachers about the suitability of specific events for their children or students. Just contact Series coordinator Steve Evans at steven dot evans at maine dot edu or at 207-581-3818 a few days in advance.

The University of Maine does not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, including transgender status and gender expression, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, genetic information or veteran’s status in employment, education, and all other programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding nondiscrimination policies: Director, Office of Equal Opportunity, 101 North Stevens Hall, 207-581-1226.

UMaine New Writing Series Spring 2016 Lineup

The New Writing Series provides a showcase for innovative contemporary writing on the University of Maine’s flagship campus in Orono on selected Thursdays at 4:30pm. All events are held in the Allen and Sally Fernald APPE Space in 104 Stewart Commons and are free & open to the public. Please mark your calendars, tell your friends, and come help us make it new!

February 18
MICHAEL CLUNE
Fiction & creative non-fiction writer, scholar | learn more

March 3
PRAGEETA SHARMA
Poet | learn more
In collaboration with the Honors College

March 24
GRADY AWARDS FOR CREATIVE WRITING
Winners of the 2016 Grady Awards in Poetry and Fiction

April 7
JOANNA WALSH
UK-based fiction writer, journalist, illustrator | learn more

April 14
MA THESIS READING
Fiction by candidates for the Master’s Degree in English/Creative Writing

April 28
EMILY FRIDLUND
Fiction writer | learn more

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On Facebook? Consider joining the NWS group here.

The UMaine New Writing Series was founded in 1999 and is sponsored by the English Department and the National Poetry Foundation with support from the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, The Fiddlehead Fund, the New Writing Series Fund, the Lloyd H. Elliott Fund, the Milton Ellis Memorial Fund, the Honors College, the University of Maine Humanities Center, and the Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Committee. Grateful acknowledgment is made to the IMRC, and to donors Allen and Sally Fernald, for use of the Fernald APPE space.

If you have a disability that requires 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).

The authors who appear in the NWS write for adult audiences and make use of a wide spectrum of language and subject matter. We are happy to advise parents and secondary school teachers about the suitability of specific events for their children or students. Just contact Series coordinator Steve Evans at steven dot evans at maine dot edu or at 207-581-3818 a few days in advance.

The University of Maine does not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, including transgender status and gender expression, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, genetic information or veteran’s status in employment, education, and all other programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding nondiscrimination policies: Director, Office of Equal Opportunity, 101 North Stevens Hall, 207-581-1226.