On Saturday, October 3, 2026 from 2:45–4:00 pm, the Local Buzz Reading Series welcomes poet Kate Kearns and writer Jim Donnelly 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.
Kate Kearns is the author of You Are Ruining My Loneliness (Littoral Books, 2023), and a chapbook called How to Love an Introvert (Finishing Line Press, 2015). Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Prairie Schooner, Appalachian Review, Common Ground Review, Sugar House Review, Maine Sunday Telegram, Maine Public Radio’s “Poems from Here,” and elsewhere. Kate was a finalist for the 2024 Charles Simic Poetry Prize and the 2024 Maine Postmark Poetry Contest. She earned her MFA from Lesley University and BA from Sarah Lawrence College.
Jim Donnelly is a writer and musician. He grew up in the underclass, working at everything from busboy to bus driver, trucker to forklift op, cabby to clerk. He was a regular contributor to The Aquarian, and his prose, poetry, and essays have appeared in the U.S., the UK, and Australia. He and his partner Anna have run the “Lowry’s Lodge” reading series for over two decades, featuring many of Maine’s best writers, including the late, legendary Jay Davis and Peter Manuel who went on to host their own readings. Jim and Anna are program presenters at a half dozen senior centers, specializing in history, literature, and cinema.
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.
