Poetry Reading with Samaa Abdurraqib (to celebrate the new book Towards a Retreat) along with Maine Literary Book Award Winner Jefferson Navicky. Reading, book signing, Q&A, and refreshments.

Open to writers in all genres, this unique field trip and workshop combination, led by Maine Poet Laureate Julia Bouwsma and certified Maine Master Naturalist and poet Samaa Abdurraqib, will provide participants with a chance to practice careful observation of the natural world and then to develop those observations on the page.

Author talk at Webster Library with Samaa Abdurraqib and Jennifer Lunden, author of the 2025 READMe nonfiction selection, American Breakdown: Our Ailing Nation, My Body’s Revolt, and the Nineteenth-Century Woman Who Brought Me Back to Life.

Open to writers in all genres, this unique field trip and workshop combination, led by Maine Poet Laureate Julia Bouwsma and certified Maine Master Naturalist and poet Samaa Abdurraqib, will provide participants with a chance to practice careful observation of the natural world and then to develop those observations on the page.

Come celebrate the launch of Truro-based poet Elizabeth Bradfield’s newest collection of poems: SOFAR, from Persea Books, and Maine-based poet Samaa Abdurraqib’s debut chapbook, Towards a Retreat, from Diode Editions. The two poets are friends and collaborators; they will read from their work, chat briefly, and happily sign books.

Join Maine Master Naturalists Samaa Abdurraqib and Shana Stewart Deeds for an informative nature walk led by knowledgeable naturalists but guided by the curiosity and questions of participants.

Join Maine Master Naturalists Samaa Abdurraqib and Elizabeth Walker at Geele Preserve to explore the ecology of the saltmarsh. Look for the characteristic zonation found in marshes, identify common plants and animals, and discuss their unique adaptations for living in this dynamic habitat.

Indigo Arts Alliance will host Samaa Abdurraqib for a live reading of works from her newest collection From Root to Seed at our pop up. She will be accompanied by other poets and authors from her project.