Littoral Books is putting on it first Portland Poetry Festival on Saturday.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Brunswick celebrates 12th annual Poem in Your Pocket Day
Brunswick businesses are encouraging people to pick up poems for the town’s annual Poem in Your Pocket Day on April 27.
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Brunswick UU church to host night of poetry
For National Poetry Month, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick is exploring the way that poetry is used in resistance. The church invites those inspired by resistance to hear a night of poems and perspectives. The free night of poetry performances is set for 6 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at 1 Middle St. in Brunswick. […]
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Temporary Splendors: Two new poetry collections embrace the transitory
Claire Millikin’s ‘Elegiaca Americana’ and Ellen Taylor’s ‘Homelands’ tackle similar themes in quite different ways.