Rayne Carroll Reads the News
READS THE NEWS is a new SPACE civics exercise where distinguished community members share and read selected news items, articles, nonfiction passages, reviews, or other material before a live audience, with musical accompaniment.
This episode of READS THE NEWS features longtime University of Southern Maine English professor Rayne Carroll, with musical accompaniment by Carey/Harrity/Tindall.
SPACE’s Reads the News program positions the humanities as essential tools for collective meaning-making in a moment of widespread information overload, political volatility, and reading burnout. At a time when the news is both difficult to engage with and impossible to ignore, this program shifts the practice of media consumption from the private to the public, allowing for critical reading, historical context and reflection.
Reading lists will be shared and sourced at the event.
Lorrayne Carroll teaches and publishes in the areas of early American literature with a specialty in captivity narratives and indigenous studies. Her book, Rhetorical Drag: Gender Impersonation, Captivity, and the Writing of History was published by Kent State University Press. She is retired Associate Professor from the University of Southern Maine.
Lorrayne Carroll teaches and publishes in the areas of early American literature with a specialty in captivity narratives and indigenous studies. Her book, Rhetorical Drag: Gender Impersonation, Captivity, and the Writing of History was published by Kent State University Press. She is retired Associate Professor from the University of Southern Maine.
Carey/Harrity/Tindall is Patrick Carey, Ron Harrity, and Morgan Tindall.
Patrick Carey is an electronic musician based in Portland, Maine and an art director with Aftersound.
Ron Harrity is a graphic designer, audio recording engineer, photographer and musician. He is the founder of Portland record label Peapod Recordings, the art director with Aftersound Maine, and plays in the band An Anderson.
Morgan Tindall is an electronic musician and audio engineer based in Portland, Maine.