UMA English Program

11/18/2025

04/24/2025

The amazing McArthur/Pulitzer winning poet *Natalie Diaz* will be keynoting the Plunkett Festival this *Saturday, April 26*! This is free and open to the public. Please register in advance, though, so we can get an accurate head count!

Plunkett Maine Poetry Festival Upcoming FestivalHistoryArchive Mark your calendars: the 2025 Plunkett Poetry Festival will be on Saturday, April 26 Featuring keynote speaker Natalie Diaz Diaz is a Pulitzer-prize-winning Mojave poet, language activist, and educator. We're thrilled to bring her to Mai...

02/12/2025

Registrations are open for the Plunkett Poetry Festival! All are free and open to the community. Sign up now for workshops, open mic, and Natalie Diaz's reading.

Plunkett Maine Poetry Festival Upcoming FestivalHistoryArchive Mark your calendars: the 2025 Plunkett Poetry Festival will be on Saturday, April 26 Featuring keynote speaker Natalie Diaz Diaz is a Pulitzer-prize-winning Mojave poet, language activist, and educator. We're thrilled to bring her to Mai...

01/29/2025

So excited to announce three workshops at the Plunkett Poetry Festival this year: One by our keynote, Natalie Diaz, and two others by stellar Maine poets, Mihku Paul and Jeri Theriault. Stay tuned to our Plunkett Festival website in the coming weeks to register, as space will be limited.

Plunkett Maine Poetry Festival Upcoming FestivalHistoryArchive Mark your calendars: the 2025 Plunkett Poetry Festival will be on Saturday, April 26 Featuring keynote speaker Natalie Diaz Diaz is a Pulitzer-prize-winning Mojave poet, language activist, and educator. We're thrilled to bring her to Mai...

01/08/2025

This year is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/cyv3rv6evd3o #:~:text=And%20in%202025%20a%20statue,250th%20anniversary%20of%20her%20birth.

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12/11/2024

RIP Nikki Giovanni

As a writer, she tackled race, gender, s*x, politics and love. She was also a public intellectual who appeared on television and toured the country.

12/02/2024

"Brain rot" is Oxford University Press's word of the year?

After more than 37,000 votes on our shortlist, we're pleased to announce that the Oxford Word of the Year for 2024 is 'brain rot'.

11/22/2024

Please come to the English Department's pizza party and book swap on *Thursday, Dec. 5* on both the Augusta (Danforth Gallery in Jewett Hall) and Bangor (Writing Center, Belfast Hall) campuses!
Questions? Contact Ellen Taylor ([email protected]).

11/22/2024

Percival Everett won this year's National Book Award for fiction. His novel _James_ is a retelling of _Huckleberry Finn_ from Jim's perspective.

Everett's novel James is a retelling of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn. The prestigious literary prize also awards the best in non-fiction, poetry, translated literature and young people's literature.

11/18/2024

Mark your calendars: the 2025 Plunkett Poetry Festival will be on Saturday, April 26, and feature Natalie Diaz.
Diaz is a Pulitzer-prize winning Mojave poet, language activist, and educator. We're thrilled to bring her to Maine, so let's fill the auditorium~

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