The Literary Map of Maine is a partnership between the Maine Sunday Telegram and several library and humanities groups in Maine. Newspaper readers were asked to nominate Maine books and authors for the
project; an eight-member
committee worked to
narrow the list of reader-submitted titles and their own nominations to the 50 places on this map. The committee also compiled quotes from the selected books, as well as the capsules of information about the literature.
A print version of the map was published in the Aug. 31, 2008 edition of the Maine Sunday Telegram, but this online map will continue to grow.
Special thanks to the literature committee. Its members are:
William David "Bill" Barry — writer, historian, Maine Historical Society;
Sarah Cecil — Maine Festival of the Book/Maine Reads;
Paul d'Alessandro — former reference librarian, Portland Public Library;
Terry P. Gruener — adjunct professor of children's literature, University of Maine System;
Cally Gurley — archivist, Maine Women's Writers Collection, University of New England ;
Shirley Helfrich — district consultant, Southern Maine Library District/Maine State Library;
Erik Jorgensen — executive director, Maine Humanities Council;
Sanford Phippen, — writer, English teacher, critic;
Thanks also the following readers who submitted titles that were used for the map. In some instances, the committee used the same authors, but different titles than ones suggested . The first reader who suggested a title or author is listed, although there may have been several other readers who suggested the same title or author at later dates. David Alexander; Christine Bertsch; Katherine Birnie; Dawn Brown; Christina Caron; Sandra Collins; Renee DesRoberts; Gail Dransfield; Angelo Fichera; Ned Gruener; Melissa Hayes; Dean Lyons; Susan McLaughlin; Glenda Metcalf; Alison Metcalfe; Dr. Joyce Miller; John Morgan; Peggy O’Kane; Wendy Pirsig; Dawn Porter; Louis Proctor; Betsy Spence; Lyn Sudlow; Patty Temple; Mary Anne Wallace
