Maine Speaks featured speaker: Jefferson Navicky. Sponsored by the Maine Humanities Council.
Saturday, February 28 at 1pm at Vassalboro Public Library
Sally (Sarah) Sayward Barrell Keating Wood (1759-1855)– “Madam Wood” – lived more than nine decades, authored four novels and one collection of tales, and was renowned as Maine’s first novelist. Poet and Archivist
Jefferson Navicky will talk about Wood’s life, and her impact on Maine as a novelist. He will focus his talk on Wood’s 1827 book, Tales of the Night, which consists of two novellas, “Storms and Sunshine” and “The Hermitage.”
