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21st Annual Plunkett Maine Poetry Festival

Featuring Keynote Poet Molly McCully Brown, Award Winning Poet and Essayist April 28, 2023 at 7:30 P.M. Bennett D. Katz Library,Read More

Prof. of English Lisa Botshon to present at Wellesley College Symposium

UMA Professor of English Lisa Botshon has been invited to present a talk, “Mid-Century Maine Rustication Narratives and the MakingRead More

Recent Scholarship from UMA English faculty

Dr. Ellen M. Taylor’s article on Maine poet Kate Barnes, “Daughter of Orion,” is the featured scholarship in The NorthRead More

Faculty Highlight | Kay Retzlaff

Professor Kay Retzlaff, English, has published Duet, a collaboration with artist Susan Camp. Duet is a collection of poems and photographs that exploresRead More

Professor Noel Tague Publishes Article on Wind Development Rhetoric

UMA Assistant Professor Noel Tague‘s article, “The View from Here: Phantasmatic Turbines and the Controversy of Industrial Wind Development,” wasRead More

New English faculty member publication on Maine author

Lisa Botshon, UMA Professor of English, recently published “Louise Dickinson Rich’s Middlebrow House in the Big Woods” in Legacy: ARead More

Book Launch for “Homelands” by Dr. Ellen Taylor

The UMA Libraries present a book launch for UMA English faculty member Dr. Ellen Taylor’s new poetry book, Homelands. JoinRead More

Faculty Highlights | Kay Retzlaff

Kay Retzlaff, Professor of English, recently published Redefining Irishness in a Coastal Maine City, 1770 –1870: Bridget’s Belfast. The publication,Read More

New Venue for 20th Annual Plunkett Maine Poetry Festival

This year’s festival will offer a variety of events throughout April, including a panel discussion on April 22, and culminatesRead More