Honoring Maya Williams

2024 Public Humanities Prize

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Honoring Myron M. Beasley, Ph.D

2024 Public Humanities Prize

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Marpheen Chann’s

Moon in Full

Read ME 2024

Shannon Bowring’s

The Road to Dalton

Read ME 2024

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Books, Poetry, & Big Ideas

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About the MHC

We’re a statewide nonprofit that uses books, poetry, and big ideas to bring people together to discuss issues of importance. We’re a program partner, grant-maker, and connector of people and communities.

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Programs

For all Maine people

We work with individuals and organizations across the state of Maine to connect people with books, communities with ideas, and strangers with one another.

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Grants

Funding for humanities programs and projects

Our grants support projects with well-developed humanities content, strong participation from a scholar or topic expert, robust support from partners in the community, and plans to reach a broad and diverse public audience.

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Apr 17, 2024

2024 Major Grant Awards

Over $88,000 supporting 12 projects across Maine.
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Apr 17, 2024

Announcing 2024 Public Humanities Prize-winners

Portland Poet Laureate and Bates College Professor Awarded Maine’s Public…
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Jan 29, 2024

Read ME 2024 Books

Announcing the Featured Books for Summer 2024!Recommending Author Jaed Coffin…
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Dec 04, 2023

Fall 2023 Arts & Humanities Grant Awards

$5,000 supporting five projects across maineCivil Rights Club at Scarborough…
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