Shannon A. Mullen and Janet Mills in conversation
Sun, Nov 16
|Pascal Hall
Governor Janet Mills and Islandport author Shannon A. Mullen will gather to celebrate the release of IN OTHER WORDS, LEADERSHIP in paperback for the first time
Time & Location
Nov 16, 2025, 4:00 PM
Pascal Hall, 86 Pascal Ave, Rockport, ME 04856, USA
About the book
"A remarkable story of work, worry, art, faith, community, life, and hope. An instant classic." — Heather Cox Richardson, author of Democracy Awakening
In March 2020, Governor Janet Mills was on the brink of signing a harrowing declaration to shut down the state of Maine as COVID-19 spread around the globe. It was the first in a marathon of politically unpopular restrictions that made national news and exposed deep divisions among her constituents. An hour away, Ashirah Knapp wrote a letter of support from her woodland homestead, launching a year-long correspondence that became a lifeline for both women despite their vastly different lives.
As opposition to Maine’s pandemic response turned to outright defiance, Ashirah filled her weekly letters with hilarity, heartbreak, and grace from the trials of parenting and her family’s fight to save their small business. Governor Mills wrote back with gratitude and candor between the urgent demands of…