{"id":1393,"date":"2024-02-19T12:03:38","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T17:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/?page_id=1393"},"modified":"2025-04-04T13:03:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T17:03:19","slug":"event-report-celebrating-backwoods-broadsides","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/event-report-celebrating-backwoods-broadsides\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Backwoods Broadside Series \/ November 30, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id1393_64e94f-22 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1393_64e94f-22 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id1393_64e94f-22 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}.kb-row-layout-id1393_64e94f-22 > 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91¸£Àû New Writing Series event in celebration of his Backwoods Broadsides Chaplet Series\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/sylvester-pollet.png 489w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/sylvester-pollet-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/sylvester-pollet-105x56.png 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/sylvester-pollet-317x169.png 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/sylvester-pollet-423x226.png 423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,489px\" \/><\/div><figcaption>Sylvester Pollet is shown reading in the 91¸£Àû New Writing Series event in celebration of his Backwoods Broadsides Chaplet Series<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column1393_5ffd8b-c4 > 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Pollet gave an informal history of the broadsides project before reading his \u201cDandelion Sutras\u201d and \u201cFirst Will and Testament.\u201d He was followed by series contributors Tony Brinkley, Kathleen Ellis, Benjamin Friedlander, and Jennifer Moxley. After several more remarks by Pollet, including a tribute to Constance Hunting, the poet Theodore Enslin read from his contribution to the chaplet series, \u201cMad Songs.\u201d A ranging conversation followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the full photoset, visit our Flickr page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/thirdfactory\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Event report On Thursday, 30 November 2006, a capacity audience of seventy people attended a celebration of the Backwoods Broadsides Chaplet Series, published by Sylvester Pollet between 1994 and 2006. 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