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Conversations from the Pointed Firs | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesConversations from the Pointed Firs 2/3/23: Dean Lunt, Editor-in-Chief, Islandport Press on the writings of Ruth MooreHost:Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger Music by Casey Neill Conversations from the Pointed Firs is a monthly audio series with Maine-connected authors and artists discussing new books and creative projects that invoke the spirit of Maine, its history, its ecology, its culture, and its contribution to community and quality of life. This month: Dean Lunt, Editor-in-Chief, Islandport Press on the writings of Ruth Moore. Guest/s: DEAN LUNT is founder and the editor-in-chief at Islandport Press, an award-winning publisher of books and other media that strives to tell stories that are rooted in the sensibilities of Maine and...
2023-02-0358 min
Conversations From the Pointed FirsSamaa AbdurraqibThe guest this month on Conversations from the Pointed Firs is Samaa Abdurraqib, Executive Director of the Maine Humanities Council, educator, poet, writer, advocate and justice organizer.
2023-01-1758 minConversations from the Pointed Firs | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesConversations from the Pointed Firs 1/6/23: Samaa AbdurraqibHost:Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger Music by Casey Neill Conversations from the Pointed Firs is a monthly audio series with Maine-connected authors and artists discussing new books and creative projects that invoke the spirit of Maine, its history, its ecology, its culture, and its contribution to community and quality of life. This month: Samaa Abdurraqib Guest/s: SAMAA ABDURRAQIB is the Executive Director of the Maine Humanities Council, a position she has held since 2021. Before MHC she taught in the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program for three years at Bowdoin College, teaching courses on Muslim memoir, Is...
2023-01-0658 min