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Author Michael Burke will be at the Rangeley Public Library on Wednesday, July 30th at 6:00 PM to share from his most recent book, The Art of the Myth, a book which answers questions about life in Maine. A collection of essays on topics from sea kayaking to maple sugaring, from rural auctioneering to the “tallest lady in the world,” from the lost trains of the Allagash to winter camping, petroglyphs, and the history of hand-colored photographs, it is a work whose subject is whatever caught Michael Burke's attention over a 35 year career of living in and writing about Maine. Michael D. Burke’s publications include the 2024 nonfiction collection, The Art of the Myth, and the memoir/adventure, The Same River Twice (University of Arizona Press). His feature nonfiction and essays have appeared in Down East, Yankee, Islands, Outside, Boston Globe, The New York Times, Maine Décor, AMC Outdoors, The Sunday Times (South Africa), and other national publications. He is also a playwright, having won the 2018 Maine Literary Arts Award for "The Town Meets." For more than 30 years he was a whitewater and wilderness river guide in Idaho, Alaska, Oregon, California, Arizona and Mexico. He is Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing and English at Colby College in Maine. To sign up for this free program, please stop by the Rangeley Public Library or call (207)864-5529.