The Margaret Chase Smith Library, in the late U.S. senator’s hometown of Skowhegan, has invited me to deliver the annual Leeke-Shaw Lecture there the morning of November 24. Details here…. Read more »
Articles Tagged: Maine
OpEd: America is sliding toward authoritarianism. It’s really unpopular
In an opinion essay in Maine’s Bangor Daily News, Nationhood Lab director Colin warned the United States was already a hybrid regime — no longer a democracy, not yet an… Read more »
Nations Apart Book Tour Dates Announced
I’ll be on book tour this fall, speaking about my new book, Nations Apart: How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America, which goes on sale from Viking/Random House Nov. 4. Kirkus… Read more »
The Lobster Coast finally gets an audiobook edition
My cultural history of coastal Maine, The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier, turned 21 this year and, to celebrate it being of drinking age,… Read more »
Speaking on the importance of community journalism, Belfast, Maine, Oct. 30
The Island Institute is hosting a conference on Trust and Community Journalism October 30th in Belfast, Maine and has kindly asked me to deliver a keynote address. It’s also a… Read more »
Presenting Nations Apart, Freeport, Maine, Dec. 13
I’ll be presenting on my new book, Nations Apart: How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America at my hometown Freeport Community Library in Maine the afternoon of Dec. 13. This event… Read more »
Delivering the Bancroft lecture, York, Maine, Sept. 20
The York Public Library has asked me to deliver their annual Dan Bancroft Memorial Lecture on Civic Leadership and Engagement on the evening of Sept. 20. Details to follow.
Previewing Nations Apart in Blue Hill, Maine, Oct. 25
I’ll be presenting at the 2025 Word Literary Arts Festival in Blue Hill, Maine on my forthcoming book, Nations Apart: How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America on the evening of… Read more »
Nations Apart Launch Party, Portland, Maine, Nov. 3
On the eve of the release of my new book, Nations Apart: How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America, Longfellow Books will be hosting a launch event at Portland, Maine’s storied… Read more »
Presenting to the Maine Public Health Association on the geography of health, Augusta, Maine, Oct. 27 (private)
The Maine Public Health Association has invited me to present on our research on the regional geography of health outcomes, wellness, and longevity as the keynote address of their annual… Read more »
COLIN WOODARD is a New York Times bestselling author, historian and award-winning journalist. He is the author of seven books that have been translated into a dozen foreign languages and inspired an NBC television drama. He is currently Director of Nationhood Lab at the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Affairs at Salve Regina University. As State and National Affairs Writer at Maine's Portland Press Herald, he won a 2012 George Polk Award and was a finalist for a 2016 Pulitzer Prize. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico, The Economist, Smithsonian and dozens of other major publications.