WATERVILLE- Renowned Maine author Carolyn Chute will kick off a new literary series, Two Cent Talks, at the Waterville Opera House, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, by reading from her latest novel, “Treat Us Like Dogs and We Will Become Wolves,” which won the PEN New England Award. Chute is the author of “The School on Heart’s Content Road,” a New York Times Notable Book of the Year; “The Beans of Egypt, Maine;” “Letourneau’s Used Auto Parts;” “Snow Man;” and “Merry Men.” She has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Thornton Wilder Fellowship. There is no charge for this general admission event.