Ground Truth: Writing Towards Justice with Maya Williams

Working together with Claire Millikin, Mihku Paul, and Karin Spitfire, we spent eighteen months gathering and editing writings from Maine writers and activists addressing our contemporary social landscape. Their book represents the work of some forty writers, including queer and trans writers Arisa White, Rylan Hynes, Jude Marx, Lauren Saxon, Sampson Spadafore, and Kylie Groat. Come hear a group of the authors who contributed to this book can read aloud from their work and host audience questions and discussion about the book. Former Maine Poet Laureate Juilia Bowsma writes of Ground Truth, "This is a collection resplendent with hope—not the hope of grand gesture or sweeping promise, but a daily, gritty, messy, determined hope. This is the hope that shows up and keeps showing up, which is to say: this is the hope we need." A portion of our proceeds will also be going to the Maine Solidarity Fund. Free and open to the public, with books available for purchase!