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SUMMARY:Maine Irish Poetry Night
DESCRIPTION:In Celebration of National Poetry Month & Seamus Heaney’s Birthday\n\n\nSaturday\, April 11th\n\n7:00pm\nDoors open at 6:30pm\nJoin us for an evening of poetry in celebration of National Poetry Month and Seamus Heaney’s birthday! We will have readings from three incredible poets\, followed by a Q&A with the audience. \nDoors open at 6:30 PM\, and readings begin at 7:00 PM. Admission is free\, and books will be available for purchase at the event \n\n\n\nFeaturing:\n\n\nAudrey Gidman\, Luke Morgan\, Julia Bouwsma\n\n\n\nAbout the Poets:\nLuke Morgan\nLuke Morgan is an Irish poet and filmmaker. He was the recipient of the Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Award 2025\, an award given annually by the University of St. Thomas\, Minnesota. “Blood Atlas”\, his third collection from Arlen House\, was published in 2025 and completed with the assistance of a bursary from The Arts Council of Ireland. His other two collections are “Beast” (2022)\, and “Honest Walls” (2016). As well as poetry\, Luke is also part of an award-winning Irish filmmaker duo\, “Morgan Brothers”\, with his brother\, the composer Jake Morgan. Among their recent work is the film\, “The Boat”\, which was Executive Produced by Brendan Gleeson and longlisted for an Academy Award. He lives and works in Galway\, Ireland.\n\nBooks by Luke Morgan:\nBlood Atlas (2025: Arlen House\, distributed in US by Syracuse University Press)\nBeast (2022: Arlen House\, distributed in US by Syracuse University Press)\nHonest Walls (2016: Arlen House\, distributed in US by Syracuse University Press)\n\n\n\n\nAudrey Gidman\nAudrey Gidman is a queer poet living in the midcoast. She is the author of the chapbooks body psalms (Slate Roof Press\, 2023)\, which won the Elyse Wolf Prize\, and griefnotes (Porkbelly Press\, 2026). She has received fellowships from Out in the Open and Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance\, and her work has been supported by The Sable Project and Vermont Studio Center. She serves as guest editor for Frontier Poetry\, chapbook editor for Newfound\, and occasional manuscript reader for Alice James Books. She is the Poet Laureate of Belfast\, Maine. Connect with her here: audreygidman.substack.com\n\nBooks by Audrey Gidman\nbody psalms (Slate Roof Press\, 2023)\ngriefnotes (Porkbelly Press\, 2026)\n\n\n\nJulia Bouwsma\nJulia Bouwsma lives off-the-grid in the mountains of western Maine where she works as a poet\, homesteader\, editor\, teacher\, and small-town librarian. She is Maine’s sixth Poet Laureate\, currently serving a term from 2021 to 2026\, and is the author of three poetry collections: Death Fluorescence (Sundress Publications\, June 2025)\, Midden (Fordham University Press\, 2018)\, and Work by Bloodlight (Cider Press Review\, 2017). She is also the librettist for the short chamber opera\, Ghost Apples\, created in collaboration with composer Nathan Davis and to be performed by the Halcyon Quartet in the fall of 2025. Bouwsma’s honors include a 2024 Poet Laureate Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets and two Maine Literary Awards. Her work can be found in various publications including Ecotone\, Green Mountains Review\, Kenyon Review\, Plume\, and Poetry Daily. She has taught in the Creative Writing department at the University of Maine at Farmington\, serves on the Community Advisory Board for the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance\, and works as the Library Director for Webster Library in Kingfield\, ME.\n\nBooks by Julia Bouwsma\nDeath Fluorescence (Sundress Publications\, June 2025)\nMidden (Fordham University Press\, 2018)\nWork by Bloodlight (Cider Press Review\, 2017)\n\n 
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LOCATION:Maine Irish Heritage Center\, 34 Gray St\, Portland\, ME\, 04102\, United States
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