University of New England

Poet Megan Grumbling to give reading at UNE’s Maine Women Writers Collection March 2nd

As part of the University of New England’s Maine Women Writers Collection’s Spring 2006 Event Series, poet Megan Grumbling will give a reading on Thursday, March 2, 2006, at 7:30 p.m. at the MWWC Sarton Room, Josephine S. Abplanalp ’45 Library on the Westbrook College Campus, 716 Stevens Avenue in Portland.

Photo by Somira Sao

A 2004 winner of the Robert Frost Award and 1999 winner of UNE’s Bluestocking Award, Grumbling’s latest work is Booker’s Point, a book-length portrait in verse about a quintessential Maine codger, selections of which appear in the January 2006 issue of the famed Poetry Magazine. She is currently working on a collection of poetry titled Animal Lust, three poems of which will be presented in the spring issues of Seneca Review and Passages North. (see Poetry Magazine for her poem "Raking Near Great Works")

Megan is the daughter of Owen Grumbling, UNE professor of Environmental Studies. She is a 2003 graduate of New York University where she earned her master’s in cultural reporting and criticism and is currently the theater critic for the Portland Phoenix. Her work has also appeared in The MacGuffin and Frost Notes.

The Maine Women Writers Collection Spring 2006 Event Series will also feature:

Dava Sobel, Author of Galileo's Daughter and Longitude
April 19th, Sarton Room, Abplanalp Library, Westbrook College Campus, 7:30 p.m.
April 20th, St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library, University Campus, noon.

Susan Davis, President of the Stanley Museum in Kingfield, Maine
“Chansonetta Stanley Emmons, Maine Photographer.”
June 10th , Sarton Room, Abplanalp Library, Westbrook College Campus, 2:00-4:00 p.m..

All lectures are free and open to the public. For more information on this event, and upcoming events, please visit the MWWC website at www.une.edu/mwwc or call Cally Gurley at 207-221-4324 or email cgurley@une.edu.

(Press release issued Feb. 16, 2006)