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WERU Special 11/29/19: Word Literary Festival Special, Blue Hill, Maine)

Published: Nov. 29, 2019, 2 p.m.

Producer/Host: Phelan Gallagher Poetry, Piano and Vocal Performance, recorded at the Word, the Blue Hill Literary Arts Festival, October 2019, Blue Hill, Maine. Features Poet Richard Blanco, Pianist and Composer Paul Sullivan, and Vocalist Rose Upton Synopsis from the Word Festival website “This festival highlight performance is the premiere of an original, collaborative work created just for the Word festival. This performance piece will explore its creators’ immigrant roots—Paul Sullivan’s Irish heritage and Blanco’s from Cuba. Vocalist Rose Upton, originally from Orland, will sing as well.”