Gathering at Fogler Library Celebrates Maine Literary Magazine
Contact: Gretchen Gfeller, University of Maine Raymond H. Fogler Library, 207-581-1696
ORONO — Several individuals who were there at the beginnings of Maine’s foremost literary journal, the Puckerbrush Review, will gather to tell its story and celebrate its achievements in publishing Maine authors and in bringing international authors to Maine readers over the better part of three decades. The event, A Proliferation of Puckerbrush: Celebrating 28 Years of the Puckerbrush Review, will take place in the Special Collections Department of Raymond H. Fogler Library at the University of Maine, Tuesday, Oct. 17 at 3 p.m.
Several presentations will tell the story of what Puckerbrush Review did for literature in Maine and how the Review connected Maine to the wider literary world, the world of such luminaries as Bloomsbury writer and painter Angelica Garnett, poet Phillip Booth, author Mary McCarthy, and the legendary May Sarton.
The story will be told by several of the journal’s contributors, including writer Sandy Phippen and poet/critic Burt Hatlen, and by some of the authors who Puckerbrush Review launched and published: Tony Brinkley and Sandra Hutchison. Local poet Kathleen Ellis will present a word collage highlighting various aspects of the Review’s many-faceted achievement. Sam Hunting, son of the late Constance Hunting, will speak about the future of the Review. A memorial issue will be presented at the meeting that will be dedicated to Constance Hunting, who began the journal in 1978.
The full program includes:
The Achievement of Puckerbrush Review: Sandra Hutchison
Puckerbrush and Maine Literature: Sandy Phippen
Puckerbrush and Contemporary American Poetry: Burt Hatlen
Puckerbrush and the World: Tony Brinkley
Arts Presentation:Kathleen Ellis and students
The Future of Puckerbrush Review: Sam Hunting
Presentation of Memorial Issue of Puckerbrush Review by Sandy Phippen
The program is sponsored by the Fogler Library Friends. It is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.