“What Her Diary Reveals: Daily Narratives and Untold History” is the new exhibit in the MWWC’s display case in Marcil Hall on the Biddeford Campus, created by Elia O’Hara (English and Political Science double major ’25) in collaboration with Education and Outreach Archivist Cathleen Miller. The exhibit includes diaries from the MWWC’s holdings from the […]
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Donna Loring Lecture
Reading by Morgan Talty
October 5, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library, Biddeford
This year’s Donna Loring Lecture will be a reading by Morgan Talty, author of Night of the Living Rez October 5, 2023 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library, UNE Biddeford CampusFree and open to the public; refreshments providedFree books available for UNE students with student ID (while supplies last)Event will be recorded as […]
American Breakdown: A Conversation with Jennifer Lunden
American Breakdown: A Conversation with Jennifer Lunden
September 28, 2023
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Online
Online on Zoom and livestreamed on une.edu/live; free and open to the public This event will celebrate the publication of Lunden’s book, American Breakdown: Our Ailing Nation, My Body’s Revolt, and the Nineteenth-Century Woman Who Brought Me Back to Life (Harper Wave 2023), and will include a reading, facilitated conversation, and Q&A. American Breakdown is a Silent Spring for the human […]
living w ghosts / Devon Kelley-Yurdin
living w ghosts
October 20, 2019
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
MWWC, Abplanalp Library, Portland Campus
“living w ghosts” will be the culminating event of Devon Kelley-Yurdin’s time as Creative Fellow at the Maine Women Writers Collection. We will hear from Devon about their time in the archive and where that process led, and we will collectively explore a range of memory practices with the purpose of creating an “archive” of […]
Writing to Heal workshop with Catharine H. Murray
Writing to Heal workshop with Catharine H. Murray
July 24, 2019
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Blewett 115
When Catharine H. Murray lost her six year old son to cancer, she thought that she would never recover. Fifteen years later, she inspires audiences with her story of healing through writing, and offers a way through grief. As a workshop leader and writing coach, Murray invites us to delve into our own losses, reminding […]