LAUNCH EVENT TITLE: The Unfastening: A Poetry Hour With Wes McNair
DATE: Wednesday, 25 April 2018
LOCATION: Robinson Room, Special Collections, Colby College Libraries
TIME: 4-5 pm with wine/beer reception following the reading
EVENT DESCRIPTION:
“In a dark time, unfastened by loss and despair, how does one find one’s way back to the world again? Former Maine Poet Laureate Wes McNair’s new collection, The Unfastening, seeks to answer this question through poems of sorrow, and hope, and joy.” (quoted from back cover)
McNair read selected poems and talked about the complex, unexpected process through which the book reached its final form. This event also served to launch The Unfastening web site, the latest digital collaboration between McNair, Special Collections and Academic ITS at Colby. McNair’s remarks, preceded by an introduction from Patricia Burdick, were recorded and are now available for viewing. Enjoy!