Poetry Reading: Samantha DeFlitch, Acadia Artist-in-Residence

Acadia National Park Artist-in-Residence Samantha DeFlitch will read from her in-progress manuscript Singing Ground at 6 pm Thu Nov. 6 at the Wendell Gilley Museum 4 Herrick Rd Southwest Harbor ME 04679Following the reading she will lead a brief writing exercise in whic......More

Acadia National Park Artist-in-Residence Samantha DeFlitch will read from her in-progress manuscript Singing Ground at 6 pm Thu Nov. 6 at the Wendell Gilley Museum 4 Herrick Rd Southwest Harbor ME 04679Following the reading she will lead a brief writing exercise in which participants will write their own poems guided by her documentary process. Drawing from items such as specimen tags lectures trail guides assessments and surveys participants will leave with a draft piece and prompts to strengthen their own process of noticing journaling and writing. Samantha DeFlitch is the author of Confluence (Broadstone Books 2021). Her poems have appeared in New England Review The Missouri Review and Colorado Review among others. Her work has been supported by the Vermont Studio Center Bread Loaf Environmental Writers' Conference Audubon Artist Residency at Hog Island and University of New Hampshire. Her second manuscript in-progress has been a finalist for the Autumn House press Prize Akron Poetry Prize and Gatewood Prize among others. She lives in New Hampshire.  Samantha's work is informed by documentary poetics making use of found materials such as specimen tags regulations and reports in both prose and lyric poetry. She is interested in how different registers of speech amplify the tension between loss & hope and her work emphasizes the importance of perception in addressing environmental crises.More at samanthadeflitch.com

Wendell Gilley Museum, 4 Herrick Rd, Southwest Harbor, ME 04679