Now More Than Ever: A Book Launch Celebration

Join three accomplished and award-winning Maine poets Julia Bouwsma, author of Death Fluorescence (Sundress Publications, July 2025), Samaa Abdurraqib, author of Towards a Retreat (Diode Editions, August 2025), and Maya Williams, author of Feminine Morbidity (The Headlight Review, October 2025) for a trifecta book launch celebrating their latest collections. Alongside readings of their poems, Bouwsma, Abdurraqib, and Williams—who each actively work at the intersection of poetry and community in Maine—will engage in a conversation that ranges from explorations of creative processes to questions of why and how poetry might help us, both individually and collectively, to navigate these uniquely challenging times.