On Saturday, November 7, 2026 from 2:45–4:00 pm, the Local Buzz Reading Series welcomes poet Claire Millikin and fiction author Sarah Braunstein to the Yarmouth History Center, 118 East Elm Street, Yarmouth. The monthly Local Buzz events are co-hosted by poets Linda Aldrich and Marcia F. Brown and feature area writers of poetry and prose reading from their work.
Claire Millikin is the author of eleven poetry collections, including Magicicada, a book about juvenile solitary confinement and winner of the 2024 Foreword Indies Award for Poetry. Other recognitions include a Charles Simic Poetry Prize, Editor’s Choice; the Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize; and the W.B. Yeats’ Society Poetry Prize. Millikin teaches art history for the University of Maine system and the Maine Media Workshops and College, and lives in coastal Maine. Millikin’s newest collections are Nightlight (Unicorn Press 2026) and the forthcoming Ghost Crab (Sea Crow Press 2027).
Sarah Braunstein is the author of two novels—The Sweet Relief of Missing Children and Bad Animals —and the story collection Baby in a Box. Her writing has appeared in The Best American Short Stories, The New Yorker, Harvard Review, Joyland, Playboy, Ploughshares, AGNI, among other publications. She has received a National Book Foundation 5 under 35 prize and the Maine Literary Award. She lives in Maine and teaches at Colby College.
The Local Buzz Reading Series is free and open to all. Parking is available on site and across East Elm Street at Royal River Park.
