FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington is set to present poet Nathan McClain as the third reader of the 2024-25 season of its Visiting Writers series.

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McClain will read from his work at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 14, in The Landing in the UMF Olsen Student Center on South Street. The reading, free and open to the public, will be followed by a book signing with the author.

McClain is recipient of fellowships from The Frost Place, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference and Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and is a Cave Canem fellow. He is creating a collection of craft essays that incorporate literary criticism, cultural criticism, close reading and personal narrative, according to a news release from the university.

In his latest release, “Previously Owned,” McClain investigates myth, culture and the responsibility inherent in the collective inheritance. The collection was long-listed for the Massachusetts Book Award. His poems and prose have appeared in The Common, Poetry Northwest, and Guesthouse.

McClain teaches at Hampshire College and is the poetry editor of the Massachusetts Review.

“Previously Owned” is available for purchase at the University Store on the UMF campus and Devany, Doak, and Garret Booksellers.

The Visiting Writer Series is sponsored by the UMF Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program.

For more information email Amy Neswald, UMF professor of creative writing, at amy.neswald@maine.edu.

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