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Maxine Kumin

Maxine Kumin views Tisch Library lobby exhibit of her poetry and books with library staff, Harriet Chenkin and Sherry Harley, who prepared the exhibit.

Maxine Kumin greets Doris Holmes Eyges, widow of John Holmes. Both women are poets and were lecturers in the Tufts English Department early in their careers.

Chair of the Mathematics Department, Todd Quinto; award recipient, Sarah Blick; and Tisch Director, Jo-Ann Michalak pose after the seventh Maxine Newberg Gordon, J70, Book Prize was awarded to Sarah, the Mathematics major selected for her love of reading, literature, and poetry.

Maxine Kumin reads her poetry.

Audience listening to Maxine Kumin’s poetry reading.

Maxine Kumin at book signing, which was co-sponsored by Tufts Bookstore.