Puckerbrush Review Receives $5,500 Grant from Maine Community Foundation
Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571
ORONO — The University of Maine English Department recently received a $5,500 grant from the Maine Community Foundation to support the continued publication of “Puckerbrush Review,” a literary magazine founded in 1978 by the late Constance Hunting, who taught creative writing at the university for many years. The magazine is published twice each year during the school year, and anyone can submit manuscripts.
Hunting named her magazine “puckerbrush,” because it means new growth after the trees have been forested. She was most interested in launching new writers; and that is still the mission of “Puckerbrush Review,” along with providing a first-class, Maine-oriented literary journal for all of Maine and beyond. As Paul Dorion, Editor-in-Chief of DOWN EAST magazine, recently said, “‘Puckerbrush’ is important to Maine.”
Sanford Phippen, a writer who teaches in the English Department, has been appointed editor. Phippen worked closely with Hunting on the publication from the time of its inception. The editorial board advising Phippen consists of: Burt Hatlen, Tony Brinkley, Farnham Blair, Martha Tod Dudman, Kathleen Ellis, Sandra Hutchison, Betsy Graves Rose, Margo Lukens, and Sam Hunting.
A statewide organization with offices in Ellsworth and Portland, the Maine Community Foundation works in partnership with donors and community groups to strengthen Maine. For more information, visit the Foundation’s website at www.Maineecf.org or call toll-free 1-877-700-6800.