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National Endowment for the Arts grants directs $1.2M to 8 Maine organizations

More than $110 million was directed toward arts organizations around the country, including nearly $1.2 million for Maine arts programs. ....

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Conversation with author Machado at Colby College to kick off first Maine Lit Fest

Carmen Maria Machado, who wrote the celebrated "In the Dream House," spoke this week ahead of the festival and weighed in on rising efforts to ban books from school libraries. ....

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Conversation with author Machado at Colby College to kick off first Maine Lit Fest

Carmen Maria Machado, who wrote the celebrated "In the Dream House," spoke this week ahead of the festival and weighed in on rising efforts to ban books from school libraries. ....

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So you think you're a Mainer? Have you read these books?

So you think you’re a Mainer. Have you read these books?
With time on your hands, now is a good time to catch up on some of the must-read books by Maine authors.
Courtesy of the Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival
One thing the pandemic has done is eliminate your excuse for not reading more.
Maine authors have created some of the classic books of all time, along with best-sellers and Pulitzer Prize-winners. Their stories about Maine and their Maine viewpoints are rich and varied. Reading as many as you can only enriches your awareness of the state, your sense of being a Mainer. ....

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