Poet Christian Barter Will Read at Hidden Barn Books' May 18 Opening

Christian Barter, former Poet Laureate of Acadia National Park, will read from his new collection of poems, The Ends, on May 18th at 4:00 pm at Hidden Barn Books in Bar Harbor, a new bookstore opening on that date.

These poems are about a life lived in Downeast Maine from childhood to middle age and about searching for meaning in the “woods’ cathedral” of its environs. The book includes his poem “The Venture,” delivered on the centennial of the founding of Acadia, and a poem commissioned by the Academy of American Poets for the centennial of the National Park Service, “Île des Monts Déserts.”

Barter has received numerous awards including The Maine Literary Award for best poetry volume and a Hodder Fellowship in Creative Writing from Princeton University. His poetry has been published widely and shared on The PBS Newshour website as well as read on NPR’s The Writer's Almanac. Other events, as well as information about ordering the book and more on the author, are listed on his website, christianbarterpoetry.org

Hidden Barn Books will be at 31 Kennebec Place in Bar Harbor.