MacMahan Reads 2021

For our July selection we are joining Read ME, a statewide summer reading program offered by the Maine Humanities Council and the Maine State Library.

July 15, 2021, 10:00a.m. at a cottage TBA Discussion of Mill Town by Kerri Arsenault
Arsenault explores mill town culture (focusing on Mexico, Maine) and the human cost of its irreplaceable
prosperity. (non-fiction)

July 15, 2021 6:00p.m. – 7p.m. The Playhouse. We will gather for cocktails and a Zoom discussion with
the author of Mill Town.

August 19, 2021. 10:00a.m. at a cottage TBA. Discussion of Empire Falls by Richard Russo. Winner of
the Pulitzer Prize in 2002.
An exploration of a once prosperous industry town in Maine and the struggles of the people who must
adapt to the new post-industrial reality. (fiction)

August 19, 2021 — 8p.m. at the Playhouse. Movie — Part 1 of the HBO series of Empire Falls
August 20, 1921 — 8p.m. at the Playhouse. Movie — Part II of the HBO series of Empire Falls

Thank you.
The Literary Committee