The Past Is Not Past: Embracing the Politics of Memory - Anthony Walton

Schedule

Mon Dec 08 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:15 pm

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UNE Center for Global Humanities | Portland, ME

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Free and open to the public. There will be a reception with food and drinks at 5 P.M.
Lecture Description
Anthony Walton will build off his recent book The End of Respectability: Notes of a Black American Reckoning with His Life and His Country.
Speaker Biography
Anthony Walton is an acclaimed poet and essayist, as well as the editor and author of several books, including Brothers in Arms: The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, which he co-wrote with NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Mississippi: An American Journey. When he visits UNE, Walton will build off the ideas in his latest book, The End of Respectability: Notes of a Black American Reckoning with His Life and His Nation. In addition, Walton’s poems and essays have appeared in numerous magazines, journals, and anthologies, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and the Oxford American magazine. Walton is a professor and writer-in-residence at Bowdoin College where his research interests include modern and contemporary poetry; postcolonial literature and theory; African American literature; Irish literature; and Ralph Ellison. He holds an M.F.A. from Brown University and a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame.
716 Stevens Avenue
Portland, ME 04103
United States
https://www.une.edu/events/2025/past-not-past-embracing-politics-memory
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