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Franco American influence on culture

Historical photo of a young boy, assumedly a worker, inside a manufacturing plant
University of Maine Franco American Collection
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Franco American contributions to American literature are significant and influential, but the Franco American dimension of such work has too often remained invisible. We’ll learn about Résonance, a recent project founded by a collective of writers, poets and academics, that seeks to bring visibility to Franco Americans and their creative work.

Panelists:

Jane Martin, fiction editor, Résonance; adjunct professor, University of Southern Maine; former Fulbright student at McGill University

Susan Pinette, director, Franco American Programs, professor of modern languages, University of Maine; general editor, Résonance

Steven Riel, editor-in-chief, Résonance; author of five books of poetry; retired librarian who worked at Harvard University Library.

VIP callers:

Elizabeth Kadetsky, associate professor of creative writing, Pennsylvania State University; author, The Memory Eaters; winner, creative nonfiction, Juniper Prize

Jeri Theriault, poet; former chair, department of English, International School of Prague

Abby Paige, writer and theater artist with roots in northern Vermont and eastern Canada

Resources:

Click hereto read the latest issues of Resonance

The intimacy of home in Maine-based poet’s new collection

The Memory Eaters | Elizabeth Kadetsky

Book Talk: Jeri Theriault (yarmouthmehistory.org)

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