Maya Williams

First round of Portland Poet Laureate programming is happening in The New Year! Each month, I'll be working with a different Maine based...

I had the opportunity to read alongside Gibson Fay-LeBlanc for a tree lighting at the Portland Museum of Art last night. I have never...

AME Minister and Founder of Faith Matters Network Rev. Jennifer Bailey has a new book coming out: To My Beloveds. It is a beautiful...

This is my first time participating in the annual writing event Word: Blue Hill Literary Arts Festival! Join me and fellow poets online...

I have wanted this for such a long time. And I am so proud that myself and fellow future pressmates have been selected to publish our...

This was such a good way to conclude Suicide Awareness Month for me listening to this episode released today. I had the honor and...

Ashley Hajimirsadeghi asked me lovely questions about my own poetry work and my adoration for Anis Mojgani's poetry work. You can read...

This is the most INCREDIBLE news I have received all year thus far! After going through a nomination process, making it top three...

I haven't had a spoken word show of this much importance since the PortFringe festival. I would love for you to sit with me virtually for...

Join us Saturday, March 27th to honor the opening of Coded by Young Women of Color (CYWOC) founded by Janay Woodruff in Portland Maine!...

My self and four more New England based artists will be performing a set of stories using our respective artistic disciplines at The...

Tune in Tuesday, March 16th for a workshop on the representation of mental health in storytelling and poetry at 8 pm! More information to...

Mia Willis, a fellow poet and collaborator, and I are so honored to join these lovely humans in the Interfaith Youth Core's Interfaith...

Myles Bullen and I will be working together from March 2021 to December 2021 providing this! A Digital Interactive Experience for...

I am so grateful to Indigo Arts Alliance and Portland Ovations bringing artists of color together for this performance for The Kennedy...

Presidential Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco called this anthology “A powerful, prevalent, and unflinching collection of political protest...

It’ll be great to work with Mad Horse Theatre Company again! Join us September 18th for a virtual chit chat with theater makers, dancers,...

Join us for an hour online September 25th! We’ll be sharing what peace means to us in our faith using music, dance, and poetry. Link to...

Gibson Fay-LeBlanc and I will be facilitating a Page & Stage Poetry Workhsop through Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance (MWPA) via Zoom...

Since we're unable to meet at Stark Brewing Company, I hope you can join us online with Slam Free or Die! Room will open at 7:40pm, and...