Thu, Nov 06
|Portland
Author Event - Writing Rural with Michelle Lewis & Dennis Camire
Join two Maine writers for an unflinching look at how rural life shapes the stories we tell and the ones we keep hidden.
Time & Location
Nov 06, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Portland, 643 Congress St, Portland, ME 04101, USA
Guests
About the event
What makes Maine such fertile ground for poetry and memoir...and what truths lie beneath its postcard surface? How does rural life shape the stories we dare to tell, and the ones we keep hidden?
Michelle Lewis, author of Spare—winner of the Barrow Street Prose Prize for nonfiction—joins Maine poet Dennis Camire for an unflinching conversation about writing from the margins of geography, class, and culture. Together, they’ll explore the craft and courage it takes to turn small-town grit, secrecy, and resilience into powerful literature.
Ideal for writers and readers alike, this intimate event blends candid conversation, audience questions, and live readings, and invites you to look deeper at the untold stories of rural Maine.