Poet Christian Barter @Gilley & Online In-Person / Online
The Wendell Gilley Museum and the Southwest Harbor Public Library are teaming up to host poet and park ranger Christian Barter at the Wendell Gilley on Tuesday, Sept. 23 from 5:30 to 6:30pm as part of an occasional series called Reading with Wings.
Registration for the in-person and online program AT THE Gilley HERE.
An award-winning poet, Barter explores nature and human nature in his verse, and he has a critically lauded new collection called “The Ends” that he will share that night. In “The Ends,” Barter explores both the landscape of Maine and the lives lived there. In “Champlain,” a poem that imagines the discovery of Mount Desert Island where Barter has lived most of his life, and in “Acadia,” a poem written in honor of the park, he addresses the issue of our stewardship of the earth; in a series of sonnets dedicated to the outsider artist James Hampton, he explores what it means to devote a lifetime to the creation of a work of art.
Barter has served as poet laureate of Acadia National Park, and works on the trail crew for Acadia National Park planning and overseeing construction and rehabilitation of hiking trails.
- Date:
- Tuesday, September 23, 2025
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 7:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Offsite, Online, Wendell Gilley Museum (Map )
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Event URL:
- https://www.wendellgilleymuseum.org/events/25-0923-RwW3-CB
- Audience:
- Adults General Adults Older Youth
- Categories:
- Reading / Book Talk