Category: Literature News
Door County writing classes, poetry readings, author appearances, meetups and more. Experience the rich literature community of the Door in inspiring settings.
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Newport Poetry Trail Features Lorine Niedecker
The winter display of poetry at Newport State Park features the work of Lorine Niedecker (1903 – 1970), whose poetry will remain on the Poetry Trail through March.
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Untitled Used & Rare Books Celebrates Two Years in the Book Business
“Untitled” Used & Rare Books, Maps and Ephemera in Sturgeon Bay celebrated two years of business on Jan. 18. Charlie Cheney and Pauli Ryan performed an eclectic lineup of Cheney’s original music while visitors enjoyed wine, snacks, and delicious cake.
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Dickinson Poetry Series Features Gibraltar Student Writers
Five young poets headline the UU Fellowship’s Dickinson Poetry Series on Feb. 13 at 7 pm. The students from Gibraltar High School have been prepared and coached by their English teacher, Lauren Bremer.
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Photo Opportunity at Sturgeon Bay Library
Sturgeon Bay artist Jerry Richter stands with the photo-op signboard he created for the 2013 Door County Reads program. The bee and honeycomb design was inspired by this year’s book, The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie R. King.
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Door County Inspired Recommended Reads
Once you’ve completed this year’s Door County Reads book, stop by your local independent bookseller or nearest library and check out these fairly recent releases featuring local interest, local settings, or the creative genius of a local author.
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“The Legend of Taylor Rapids” Book Signing
Wisconsin author Warren Gerds will read from his new book and other works in a special appearance at Third Avenue Playhouse (TAP) on Jan. 27 at 2 pm. The Legend of Taylor Rapids, a new novel by Gerds, former critic-at-large for Press-Gazette Media, brings readers back to the era of logging, railroads and rugged life in wild Northern Wisconsin in 1914 – 1915.
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Max Garland Selected as 2013 – 2014 Wisconsin Poet Laureate
The Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission recently selected award-winning poet Max Garland of Eau Claire as the Wisconsin Poet Laureate for 2013 – 2014. The commission praised Garland’s poetry for its richness of language, human understanding, and accessibility to broad audiences.
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Door County Reads Selects “The Beekeeper’s Apprentice”
Door County is getting ready to read in 2013 thanks to support from the Door County Library Foundation, the Friends of Door County Libraries, library staff members and volunteers from community organizations and businesses.
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Dickinson Poetry Series Features Estella Lauter
Estella Lauter is the featured Dickinson Poetry Series reader on Jan. 9, 7 pm, at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Since her retirement from teaching in the UW System, Lauter has published two chapbooks with Finishing Line Press in Georgetown, KY.
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Readers Rampant Book Club Announces Schedule
Readers Rampant Book Club of the Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Library will meet on Jan. 8 at 2:30 pm to discuss West With the Night by Beryl Markham. All are welcome and cookies will be served.
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Book Signing for Local Author Valerie Clarizio
Sturgeon Bay author Valerie Clarizio will be signing books of her newly released contemporary romantic suspense novella, Cookies for Santa (Melange Books), at Book World on Dec. 22.
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Amy Hanten Signs New Cookbook at Novel Ideas
The Cooking Mom and television host of Fox 11’s Living with Amy, Amy Hanten, stopped by Novel Ideas on Dec. 12 to sign her new, full-color cookbook, The Cooking Mom Cooks Up Memories.
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Books Signing for Local Author Valerie Clarizio
Sturgeon Bay author Valerie Clarizio will be signing books of her newly released contemporary romantic suspense novella, Cookies for Santa (Melange Books), at Door County Coffee & Tea on Dec. 13, 11:30 am – 4:30 pm.
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Dickinson Poetry Series Features Steven Link
Steven P. Link will be the featured Dickinson Poetry Series reader on Dec. 12, 7 pm, at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Link’s engaging, sporadic, poetic “occurrences” often find him scurrying for pen and paper to capture poetic images.
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Amy Hanten Signs New Cookbook at Novel Ideas
The Cooking Mom and television host of Fox 11’s Living with Amy, Amy Hanten, is coming to Baileys Harbor on Dec. 12. She’ll be signing her new, full-color cookbook, The Cooking Mom Cooks Up Memories, at Novel Ideas from 3:30 – 5 pm.
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Holiday Gift Idea for Poetry Lovers
For poetry lovers, or even people who appreciate the occasional poem, there’s no better gift than the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (WFOP) Wisconsin Poets’ 2013 Calendar.
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Wisconsin Historical Society Press Releases “Jens Jensen: Writings Inspired by Nature”
Wander through the distinctive scenery of revolutionary landscape architect Jens Jensen in the newly released, Jens Jensen: Writings Inspired by Nature.
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Fellowship of Poets Announces Contest Winners
The Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (WFOP) announced its 2012 Wisconsin Triad Poetry Awards at the organization’s fall conference on Nov. 3 in Stevens Point.
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Holiday Book Sale Benefits Door County Libraries
The Friends of Door County Libraries are sponsoring the 5th Annual Holiday Book Sale, because books are gifts that can be opened again and again. The sale is scheduled for Dec. 1, 9 am – 1 pm, in the basement of the Sturgeon Bay Library.
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Contests Open to All Wisconsin Writers
Wisconsin People & Ideas, the Wisconsin Academy’s quarterly magazine of Wisconsin thought and culture, regularly publishes some of Wisconsin’s best fiction and poetry.