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March 25, 2005
April will be a month for poetry buffs, writers and readers at the University
of Southern Maine.
USM's English Department will host its annual Celebrate Writers series
beginning with a free public reading by poets Betsy Sholl and Annie Finch
at 7 p.m., Monday, April 11, on the Seventh Floor of USM's Glickman Family
Library, Portland.
Sholl is a lecturer in English at USM and author of "Late Psalms" (University
of Wisconsin, 2004). Finch is the new director of USM's Stonecoast Low
Residency M.F.A. in Creative Writing, and is the author of "Calendars"
(Tupelo, 2003), which was short listed for the Foreword Poetry Book of
the Year award. This will be the first opportunity to hear Finch read
at USM since her move to Maine last fall. For background on Finch, please
see http://www.anniefinch.com.
Books by both poets will be available for purchase at the event.
Celebrate Writers continues at 12 noon, Tuesday, April 12, in Room B
of USM's Woodbury Campus Center, when USM writing faculty will read from
their work. Readers include Jessica Anthony, Brenda Edmands, Amy Havel,
and David Walker, among others. This event is also free and open to the
public.
Celebrate Writers is designed to recognize USM faculty as well as USM's
student writers. Wednesday, April 13 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., students from
USM's creative writing classes will read their own prose and poetry in
the Woodbury Campus Center Amphitheater, Portland.
Contributors from the 2005 edition of "Words & Images" also will read
in the Woodbury Campus Center Amphitheater on the 13th from noon-1 p.m.
"Words & Images" was established 25 years ago as a student-published journal
of literary and visual arts. The journal is based on open-call submissions
for poetry, prose and art, and includes interviews with nationally recognized
writers and artists who have contributed significantly to their respective
fields.
The "Words & Images" release party will take place from 7-9 p.m., Monday,
April 18, in Space Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland. The party will
feature readings from Anne-Marie Oomen, author of "Pulling Down the Barn:
Memories of a Rural Childhood" (Great Lakes Books), and Lewis Turco, author
of "The Book of Forms: A Handbook of Poetics" (University Press of New
England). Selected artwork from the publication will be on display, and
the winners of the Andre Dubus Short Fiction Contest will also be announced
at the release party. "Words & Images 2005" will be available for purchase
at the party. There will be a reception and cash bar at the event.
The Glickman Family Library is celebrating Poetry Month this April by
hosting readings by contributing poets from "Words & Images" and "The
Southern Maine Review" at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 26, on the Seventh
Floor of the Library. "The Southern Maine Review" is published annually
by USM to provide a forum for USM and University of Maine System communities,
and the public.
Betsy Sholl will be on hand to present the "Words & Images" Stephen Dunn
Poetry Awards to first-place winner Linda Dove, who writes and ranches
in Skull Valley, Az., and second-place winner Katie Kingston, recipient
of the Colorado Council on the Arts Literary Fellowship in Poetry. Both
winners will read from their work. Other readers include "The Southern
Maine Review" poets Kenneth Nye, a USM faculty member from Falmouth, and
Carolyn Padula, a USM alumnus from Gorham
Schedule of Readings at USM in April:
Celebrate Writers:
7 p.m., Monday, April 11
7th floor, USM Glickman Library, Forest Ave., Portland
Poets Annie Finch and Betsy Sholl read. Reception.
12 noon, Tuesday, April 12
Room B, USM Woodbury Campus Center, Portland
USM writing faculty Jessica Anthony, Brenda Edmands, Amy Havel, and David
Walker read from their work.
10 a.m.-2 p.m., Wednesday, April 13
USM Woodbury Campus Center Amphitheater, Portland
Students from USM's creative writing classes will read from their work.
Contributors to USM's arts journal "Words & Images" will read from 12
noon-1 p.m.
"Words & Images" Release Party
7-9 p.m., Monday, April 18
Space Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland
"Words & Images" release party featuring readings by Anne-Marie Oomen
and Lewis Turco, presentation of the Andre Dubus Short Fiction Contest
awards, selected artwork from the 2005 edition, music and a cash bar.
Poetry Month Celebration at USM's Glickman Family Library
12:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 26
7th Floor, Glickman Family Library, Forest Ave., Portland
Poetry readings by contributors to "The Southern Maine Review" and "Words
& Images." Stephen Dunn Poetry Awards presented to Linda Dove from Arizona,
and Katie Kingston from Colorado.
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