Seeds of ‘Sunnybrook Farm’ were planted on Gorham Campus
The classroom that inspired Kate Douglas Wiggin to write a classic of children’s literature is still in use by USM students in the Art program.
Literature and Culture in the Digital Age
How are digital technologies impacting reading, writing, literature, and culture? This is the central question that Professor John Muthyala’s Senior Seminar English 441–The Digital … Read More
Stonecoast’s Elizabeth Hand takes on Hill House in new novel
Hand is the first writer authorized to continue the world of Shirley Jackson’s “The Haunting of Hill House.”
Donated children’s books welcome New Mainer families
Thanks to a partnership between the University of Southern Maine and Portland nonprofit I’m Your Neighbor Books, about 100 Saco students will get new books.
Macronalaysis and Literary History: Digital Humanities Scholar Matthew Jockers at USM
In April 2014, Matthew Jockers, a nationally renowned digital humanities scholar, visited Portland as USM Libra Professor, a prestigious recognition confirmed by the University … Read More