Readings and Lectures

Alexandra Socarides, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English at the University of Missouri, will describe the materials that she found in the Maine Women Writers Collection in the summer of 2011 and explore how those resources have transformed her investigations of 19th-century American women

Portland poet and director of the Stonecoast MFA Program at the University of Southern Maine, Annie Finch, visited the Maine Women Writers Collection at the beginning of National Poetry Month to read from and discuss her new book, "Spells: New and Selected Poems." This video gives the reading portion of the event.

Portland poet and director of the Stonecoast MFA Program at the University of Southern Maine, Annie Finch, visited the Maine Women Writers Collection at the beginning of National Poetry Month to read from and discuss her new book, "Spells: New and Selected Poems." This video gives the discussion portion of the event.

Jennifer Finney Boylan, Maine writer and Colby College Professor, spoke on "Stuck in the Middle with You: a discussion of parenthood in three genders" on March 31, 2012 as part of MWWC's 2012 Academic Conference.

Susan Franzosa, Ph.D., Dean of the Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions at Fairfield University, spoke on "Kate Douglas Wiggin and the Garden of Childhood" at MWWC on June 12, 2008 as part of MWWC's Author Series.

Martha Tod Dudman, author of several novels including "Augusta, Gone: A True Story," read from "Black Olives" at MWWC on May 1, 2008 as part of MWWC's 2008 Spring Author Series.

Jenny Siler, critically acclaimed author of six novels, read from "The Prince of Bagram Prison" (written under the pseudonym Alex Carr) at MWWC on April 17, 2008 as part of MWWC's 2008 Spring Author Series.

Monica Wood, author of four works of fiction, most recently the ABA bestseller "Any Bitter Thing," spoke on the creative process and depositing her papers at MWWC on April 3, 2008 as part of MWWC's 2008 Spring Author Series.

Elizabeth De Wolfe, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of the history department at UNE, spoke on "The Murder of Mary Bean and Other Stories" on March 6, 2008 as part of MWWC's 2008 Spring Author Series.