Mihku Paul to speak about “20th Century PowWow Playland ” at the Portland Public Library’s Friday Local Author Series

Portland, Maine - Mihku Paul will speak at the Portland Public Library on Friday, April 5th at noon about her book 20th Century PowWow Playland.  The talk will be in Meeting Room #5 on the Lower Level of the Library.  Historian, visual artist and poet rolled into one, Mihku Paul tells lively stories of Maliseet heroes throughout the millennia; vividly maps a territory encompassing old canoe routes and aunties’ work tables; and sings in every register from the mythic to the modern. This beautiful chapbook lights up the Native presence that has always permeated Maine and the Maritimes. Paul joins the ranks of other important Wabanaki poets--Alice Azure, Carol Bachofner, Joseph Bruchac, Carol Dana, and Cheryl Savageau—dedicated to preserving and updating their literary traditions.