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University of Southern Maine, We Will Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night

Since I posted my open letter to the University of Southern Maine about their plan to sell the Stone House where I attended the Stonecoast MFA program, a lot has gone down.  This week’s Portland Phoenix explains that the University is delaying its plans to lay off faculty, and from my contacts at Stonecoast it …

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Literary Death Match Throws Down in Portland

Portland’s art calender is filled with poetry readings.  From Port Veritas to Rhythmic Cypher, Portlandites can get their poetry fix a few nights a week.  But what about us prose guys?  Those of us who write and read in lines that wrap around the far edge of the page? You’re right, we have Word Portland.  …

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