Category: Literature
The latest news in the literature scene in Door County along with reviews, creative writing and news about The Hal Prize.
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The sun hits the water creating sparkles, / Water trickles over the rocks…
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American Life in Poetry: Column 377
Julie Suk is a North Carolinian who, like all good writers, has taught herself to pay attention to what’s happening right under her nose. Here’s a good example of her poetry.
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Emma Straub Spends “Quite a Day” in Door County
Donning her signature bright lipstick, Emma Straub, author of the recently released novel Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures, spent September 17 gallivanting throughout Door County, the childhood home of her central character, Elsa Emerson, whose parents own a summer theater, the Cherry County Playhouse.
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Local Student Places Third in National Writing Contest
Door County can certainly boast its share of heralded authors. From Norb Blei, writer of 17 books of non-fiction, fiction, poetry and essays, to Richard E. Carter, winner of the Ellis/Henderson Outdoor Writing Award for Through the Cabin Door, the list of published poets and writers who call Door County home is impressive.
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American Life in Poetry: Column 374
The following poem by Kathryn Stripling Byer is the second in a series of related poems called Southern Fictions. Despite all the protective barriers we put up between us and the world, there’s always a man with a wink to rip right through.
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Write On, Door County! Hosts Community Events
On Sept. 29, 1 – 5 pm, Edgewood Orchard Galleries will host an opening reception for children’s book author Nancy Carlson as a part of Write On, Door County!, an initiative to facilitate and promote writing in Door County.
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Celebrate the Start of the Season with “The Cheesehead Devotional”
The Cheesehead Devotional, the Kick-off Edition, by Ellison Bay resident Judy DuCharme, is now available on Amazon.com, and will soon be in local bookstores.
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A Door County Local Librarian: Marcia Carr
There is no better place to find literature of all kind than your local library, and no one better to help you find what you’re looking for than the librarians.
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American Life in Poetry: Column 373
The paintings of Georgia O’Keefe taught us a lot about bones in the desert, but there’s more to learn, and more to think our way into. Here’s a fine poem by Jillena Rose, who lives in Michigan.
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Local Third Grader Earns National Recognition
Twelve children, including Sturgeon Bay’s Elliott Feldman, have been selected as winners of the national PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest. The contest is part of an initiative designed to promote the advancement of children’s reading skills through hands-on, active learning.
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Contests Announced for Wisconsin Writers
Wisconsin People & Ideas regularly publishes fiction and poetry from around the state, and is searching for emerging writers to become a part of Wisconsin’s new literary canon.
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Dickinson Poetry Series Features Christine Swanberg
Christine Swanberg is the featured poet for the Emily Dickinson Poetry Series on Sept. 12 at 7 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Ephraim.
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We went to the beach at Coronado Island last summer – my mom, grandma and me. My name is Violet. The first day we got there Mimi and I took a walk by ourselves beside the ocean. Mimi is my grandma and she knows lots of cool stuff – like how starfish are really animals […]
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As an English major, many people find my lack of interest in authors such as Shakespeare or Chaucer surprising. While I do enjoy a good book over sunrise and morning coffee, it is not always the most acclaimed literary scholars that capture my attention in a text.
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The Search Begins for 2013 – 2014 Wisconsin Poet Laureate
The Poet Laureate Commission of Wisconsin recently announced the opening of the application/nomination process for selection of the Wisconsin Poet Laureate for 2013-2014.
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Harold Thorpe Releases First Novel
Giddyap Tin Lizzie, The Long Road Back to the Plow is the story of Will O’Shaughnessy’s rise from poor farmer to successful businessman in pre-depression America.
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David K. Dodd Releases “Star Dawning”
Local author David K. Dodd has released his second novel, Star Dawning, a family drama that is a sequel to his previous novel, Star Shooting. Set in the prison town of Leavenworth, Kansas, the story reveals how three separate families, striving to survive, interconnect in ways that are unpredictable and heartwarming.
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American Life in Poetry: Column 372
We’ve published a number of engaging poems about parenthood in this column, and we keep finding more. Here’s Wendy Videlock, who lives in Colorado, taking a look into a child’s room.
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Door County Poet Profile: John Patrick Redell
Favorite poet: My favorite poets are the ones I know and read and listen to from the Door. The Dickinson Poetry Series at the Unitarian Fellowship in Ephraim has been instrumental in my interest in local poets and in continuing my own writing.
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American Life in Poetry: Column 371
Dana Gioia, who served as Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, did a marvelous job of bringing the arts to Americans, arguably the best job that anyone in that position has done. He was a fine poet before he took that job, and he is a fine poet after. Here’s an example of his recent work.