Conversations from the Pointed Firs 5/6/22: Julia Bouwsma- Poet Laureate of Maine and author of “Midden”

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger Music by Casey Neill Conversations from the Pointed Firs: A monthly series with Maine-connected authors and artists about new books and creative projects that invoke the spirit of Maine, its history, its ecology, its culture, and its contribution to community and quality of life. The guest for this month is Julia Bouwsma, poet laureate of Maine and author of “Midden”, an award-winning collection of poems published by Fordham University Press in 2018, an intimate and raw set of poems addressing a dark and important piece of Maine history that transpired on Malaga Island in Casco Bay in 1912. Key Discussion Points: -racism -forcible eviction -Maine islands -Casco Bay -Maine poetry -poet laureate -collection of poems About the host: Peter Neill is founder and director of the World Ocean Observatory, a web-based place of exchange for information and educational services about the health of the ocean. In 1972, he founded Leete’s Island Books, a small publishing house specializing in literary reprints, the essay, photography, the environment, and profiles of indigenous healers and practitioners of complimentary medicine around the world. He holds a profound interest in Maine, its history, its people, its culture, and its contribution to community and quality of life. The post Conversations from the Pointed Firs 5/6/22: Julia Bouwsma- Poet Laureate of Maine and author of “Midden” first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.