A Visit with Author, Michael Burke

Michael D. Burke is the author of a nonfiction collection, The Art of the Myth, and of a memoir/adventure, The Same River Twice (University of Arizona Press). His feature nonfiction and essays have appeared in Down East, Yankee, Islands, Outside, Boston Globe, The New York Times, Décor Maine, AMC Outdoors, The Sunday Times (South Africa), and other national publications. He is also a playwright, having won the 2018 Maine Literary Arts Award for “The Town Meets.” For more than 30 years he was a whitewater and wilderness river guide in Idaho, Alaska, Oregon, California, Arizona and Mexico. He is Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing and English at Colby College in Maine, where he served as the Director of Creative Writing.
Michael will be sharing his book of essays The Art of the Myth: Maine Essays.

You may also like the following events from Jay-Niles Memorial Library:

• Next Monday, 30th June, 05:00 pm, Silver Circus Performance in Jay
• Next month, 7th July, 05:00 pm, Children's Summer Reading Program: Yummy Art Party in Jay
• Next month, 14th July, 05:00 pm, Summer Reading Program: Teachers Lounge Mafia in Jay

Also check out other Arts events in Jay, Literary Art events in Jay, Trips & Adventurous Activities in Jay.