Shakespeare expert to hold Stephen E. King Chair in Literature, BDN reports
The Bangor Daily News reported Shakespeare scholar Caroline Bicks has been named to fill the University of Maine’s new Stephen E. King Chair in Literature. Bicks will leave her job at Boston College, where she has been an English professor since 2002, to take on the new UMaine post in September. Bicks grew up in New York City, but spent summers growing up with her family in Castine, the BDN reported. “I remember reading every Stephen King book that they had at the Castine Public Library,” Bicks said. “His writing taught me early on that an artfully composed story can make a powerful and lasting impression. I still can’t sleep with the closet door open thanks to ‘The Boogeyman.’” The Associated Press, Maine Public and WABI (Channel 5) also reported on the position. The Washington Post, New York Daily News and Portland Press Herald carried the AP report.