A Place Called Maine

What is it like to live and write in Maine? Wesley McNair, Maine's premier anthologist, asked authors who are new to Maine as well as natives to answer this question. They wax lyrical on everything from encounters with neighbors and wildlife to embracing Maine's rich natural landscape, and they take a philosophical look at the state of being in Maine. Among the authors included are Carolyn Chute, Richard Ford, Bill Roorbach, Richard Russo, and Monica Wood.

Introduction	p. 7
Settling In
I'm New Here	p. 11
From The Road Washes Out in Spring	p. 17
Cold Spring Nights in Maine, Smelts, and the Language of Love	p. 27
Settling Twice	p. 39
"Why Don't You Write a Book?", from We Took to the Woods	p. 57
Sightings
Edging Up on It, from The Edge of Maine	p. 73
A Traveling Companion and Adams Hill, from A Year in the Maine Woods	p. 89
Neighborhood Deer	p. 99
Of Moose and a Moose Hunter	p. 105
Shitdiggers, Mudflats, and the Worm Men of Maine	p. 123
The Past and the Present
From The Saltwater Farm and the Spleeny Yowun	p. 155
Dana Hamlin, from Temple	p. 167
An Allagash Girlhood	p. 177
Autumn	p. 187
My Mexico	p. 191
Big Jim	p. 203
Once More to the Lake	p. 223
Affirmations
Logging Truck	p. 233
The World from Bellevue Street	p. 235
The Ogre and I	p. 241
Winter, from Northern Farm	p. 251
Not Winter	p. 261
Ship, Dream, Pond, Talk	p. 267
from The Sense of Wonder	p. 285
About the Contributors	p. 295
Acknowledgments	p. 299
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