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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Celebrating Prose, Poetry and Photography
There is something about the creative mind at work, whether writing, painting, doodling or snapping a photo, an energy and focus radiates. The creator is engrossed in a realm all of their own – something others can’t help but want to share in and understand.
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James Grady, a Door County resident and children’s book author, will return to Book World in Sturgeon Bay, for a book signing of his newly published book, Scary Night Noises.
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American Life in Poetry: Column 368
My mother kept a handwritten record of every cent she spent from the day she and my father were married until the day she died. So it’s no wonder I especially like this poem by Jared Harel, who teaches creative writing at Centenary College in Hackettstown, New Jersey.
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The Friends of Door County Libraries will host their 2012 Summer Book Sale in the basement of the Sturgeon Bay Library. The book sale will begin July 26 from 6 – 8:30 pm for Friends’ members only.
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Friends of Door County Library Present James Mihaley
Aliens, androids and a rhyme-fueled spaceship – talk about an adventure-filled summer read for middle graders! Door County native James Mihaley will lead two upcoming fun-filled family presentations, which will feature reading from his new book, You Can’t Have My Planet, But Take My Brother, Please (published by Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan publishers).
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Word Women Poetry Displayed on Newport Poetry Trail
A new group of poems graces the Newport State Park Poetry Trail, now in its third year. The exhibit features the works of Word Women, a Northern Door poetry critique group.
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Book Signing Event at Cana Island Lighthouse
Mary Hirthe, co-author of Schooner Days in Door County, will be visiting the historic Cana Island Lighthouse on July 21 from 11 am to 3 pm to share tales of her and her late husband’s adventures and challenges in crafting this classic work on Door County maritime history.
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American Life in Poetry: Column 367
I’ve lived on the Great Plains all my life, and if I ever left this region for too long, I would dearly miss it. This lovely poem by Carol Light, who lives in Washington state, reminds me of that.
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A Review: “Relative Strangers”
Katherine Mansfield, the British writer who tried to free herself from “the tyranny of plot,” might admire Margaret Hermes’ short story collection Relative Strangers.
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Michigan’s waves boom / like the kettle drum in a symphonic prelude.
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American Life in Poetry: Column 366
I don’t think we’ve ever published a poem about a drinker. Though there are lots of poems on this topic, many of them are too judgmental for my liking.
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“Through the Cabin Door” Wins Writing Award
Through the Cabin Door by Richard E. Carter has received the Council for Wisconsin Writers Ellis/Henderson Outdoor Writing Award for works published in 2011.
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New Book Celebrates Richness of Midwest
100 Artists of the Midwest takes a fresh look at 100 living artists from the Midwest, including local artist Jim Rose. The book explores the artists’ personal stories and inspirations, along with several examples of their works.
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Hanne Gault: Stranger in Both Worlds
“If I had it to do over again,” Hanne Gault said, “with the wisdom that age begets I wouldn’t have made the move.” In 1955, at age 17, Gault accepted the invitation from an aunt to travel from Denmark to work for one year as a maid in a wealthy home in Massachusetts. “I was […]
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Barbara Larsen Looks Behind the Fine Print
Door County Poet Laureate Barbara Larsen has recently released her chapbook Obits: Reading behind the fine print, her seventh book of poetry. “Obituaries have always interested me,” wrote the poet in the forward to her book.
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American Life in Poetry: Column 363
Psychologists must have a word for it, the phenomenon of shifting the focus of sadness from the source of that sadness to something else. Here’s a fine poem on this subject by Penelope Scambly Schott, who lives in Oregon.
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Where’s Waldo? In Sister Bay, of Course
Waldo’s turning twenty-five this year, and to celebrate, the famous fellow in the striped shirt and black-rimmed specs will visit nineteen Sister Bay businesses throughout July.
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“Verse and Vision II” Features Door County Poets
Last fall, more than 250 poems from all over the state were entered into Stevens Point’s Gallery Q’s “Verse and Vision” contest, including three poems from three Door County poets – Loraine Brink, Sharon Auberle, and Francha Barnard.
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American Life in Poetry: Column 362
Sara Ries is a poet from Buffalo, N.Y., whose parents run a diner. Here’s one of her delightful poems about family life for a short order cook.
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Cynthia Kraack Releases “Harvesting Ashwood: Minnesota 2037”
Award-winning author Cynthia Kraack is celebrating the June release of her new novel, Harvesting Ashwood: Minnesota 2037. This is the second book in the Ashwood trilogy series; it explores social issues from contemporary culture in a different future.