The Take Heart reading series celebrates the publication of Take Heart: Poems from Maine, an anthology that gathers together the first two years of  Maine Poet Laureate Wesley McNair’s popular weekly newspaper column of the same name. Every Take Heart event features contributing poets reading not only their own poems from the anthology, but also selected work by other poets in the collection.
 
+ SUNDAY, MAY 19 at 11:00 a.m.
Where: Royal Bean Coffee and Tea House, Yarmouth
Poets: Bruce Guernsey, Preston Hood, Mariana Tupper, and George Van Deventer

The Take Heart reading series celebrates the publication of Take Heart: Poems from Maine, an anthology that gathers together the first two years of  Maine Poet Laureate Wesley McNair’s popular weekly newspaper column of the same name. Every Take Heart event features contributing poets reading not only their own poems from the anthology, but also selected work by other poets in the collection.
 
+ SATURDAY, JUNE 1 at 3:00 p.m.
Where: Left Bank Books, Belfast
Poets: Lynn Ascrizzi, Bob Brooks, Linda Buckmaster, Elizabeth Garber, Carolyn Locke, Tom Moore, Dave Morrison, and Pat Ranzoni

An Out-of-Control Reading with Steve Almond & William Giraldi
Longfellow Books in Portland
Saturday, June 1 at 7:00 p.m.
Free!
 
STEVE ALMOND is the award-winning author of ten books of fiction and nonfiction, three of which he published himself. His most recent book is the story collection God Bless America. Almond’s fiction has appeared in the Best American Short Stories 2010, McSweeney’s, New England Review, Playboy, Tin House, and many other publications. He has also contributed articles to the Believer, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, GQ, Poets & Writers, The Sun, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and countless other magazines and newspapers. stevealmondjoy.com
 
WILLIAM GIRALDI is the author of a novel, Busy Monsters, published by W.W. Norton (2011). He is a Senior Editor for the journal AGNI, and is a regular contributor to The New York Times Book Review. He has been a finalist for a National Magazine Award in the category of Essays and Criticism, and has been a recipient of a Pushcart Prize. His nonfiction and fiction have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Dissent, Commentary, The Daily Beast, Georgia Review, Bookforum, Salon, Southern Review, the Believer, Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, Yale Review, The American Scholar, The New Criterion, Salmagundi, and The Wall Street Journal, among others. williamgiraldi.com

The Take Heart reading series celebrates the publication of Take Heart: Poems from Maine, an anthology that gathers together the first two years of  Maine Poet Laureate Wesley McNair’s popular weekly newspaper column of the same name. Every Take Heart event features contributing poets reading not only their own poems from the anthology, but also selected work by other poets in the collection.
 
+ THURSDAY, JUNE 13 at 7:00 p.m.
Where: Longfellow Books, Portland
Poets: Robin Merrill, David Moreau, and Martin Steingesser

The Take Heart reading series celebrates the publication of Take Heart: Poems from Maine, an anthology that gathers together the first two years of  Maine Poet Laureate Wesley McNair’s popular weekly newspaper column of the same name. Every Take Heart event features contributing poets reading not only their own poems from the anthology, but also selected work by other poets in the collection.
 
+ FRIDAY, JUNE 14 at TBD
Where: Owl & Turtle Bookshop, Camden
Poets: Carol Bachoffner, Linda Buckmaster, Elizabeth Garber, Kristen Lindquist, Bob McLaughlin, Robin Merrill, Dave Morrison, and Elizabeth Tibbetts

The Take Heart reading series celebrates the publication of Take Heart: Poems from Maine, an anthology that gathers together the first two years of  Maine Poet Laureate Wesley McNair’s popular weekly newspaper column of the same name. Every Take Heart event features contributing poets reading not only their own poems from the anthology, but also selected work by other poets in the collection.
 
+ MONDAY, JUNE 17 at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Carver Memorial Library, Searsport
Poets: Linda Buckmaster, Kristen Lindquist, Carl Little, and Elizabeth Tibbetts