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The latest news in the literature scene in Door County along with reviews, creative writing and news about The Hal Prize.

  • Empty

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    At first it was as if / you just stepped away. Everything as always: / framed family photos / lining packed bookshelves, / teapot filled for another sip

  • Cedarwild Resort

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    Eleven run-down cabins / on two good walleye lakes, / the resort owner tells fishing folk.

  • Door County Poets’ Retreat Redux

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    “The retreat reminded me that I am a poet,” said Appleton writer Barb Germiat, “and that I want to focus my efforts more on poetry and be a poet every day again.

  • American Life in Poetry: Column 352

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    Here’s a moving poem about parenthood, about finding one’s self to be an adult but still trying to care for the child within. Mark Jarman teaches at Vanderbilt University.

  • WI Fellowship of Poets Announce Poetry Awards

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    The Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (WFOP) awarded its 2012 Wisconsin Chapbook Prize and 2012 Muse Prize for Excellence in Poetry at the organization’s conference on April 27 and 28 in Madison.

  • Magill Weber Featured at Book and Author Event

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    The Friends of Door County Libraries will host a Book and Author event on May 20 at 1 pm at the Baileys Harbor Town Hall. The event features Magill Weber, author of Door County Outdoors, A Guide to the Best Hiking, Biking, Paddling, Beaches, and Natural Places published by University of Wisconsin Press.

  • Bill Brophy, Hal Grutzmacher

    A Look at the Life of Harold (Hal) Grutzmacher

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    An influential member of the Door County community, the late Harold (Hal) Grutzmacher was an avid reader, writer, poet, columnist, critic, editor, and owner of Passtimes Books in Sister Bay who influenced a number of writers and inspired the name for Peninsula Pulse’s annual literary contest:  Hal Grutzmacher’s Writers’ Expose. Born in Chicago in 1930, […]

  • Canceled Sharp

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    Darren slowly opened the door to his music room. As he had expected, the floor had disappeared. Staff paper, photographs, web pages, texts, loose sheets with scribblings covered the carpet.

  • “The Fault in Our Stars”

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    Adolescent literature has become less childish in recent years. A genre that once upon a time dealt with issues of making the team and getting a date to prom now often takes on grim realities of life rather than fairytale romance. Such is the case with John Green’s latest novel, The Fault in Our Stars.

  • Verse Wisconsin Seeks Protest Poetry

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    Verse Wisconsin is currently seeking poetry submissions for their online issue, which will be published this fall. Verse Wisconsin’s commitment to community led them to theme the issue around protest poetry, and titled it “It’s Political.”

  • Dickinson Poetry Series Features Larry J. Eriksson

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    Larry J. Eriksson will read his works that explore life’s mysteries through poetry at the UU Fellowship’s Dickinson Poetry Series on May 9 at 7 pm. Eriksson is a Wisconsin writer and poet living in Madison and Ellison Bay with his wife, Karen.

  • Poetry Trail Showcases New Poems

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    New poems are gracing the Newport State Park Poetry Trail. The current exhibit, which will run through the month of June, features the works of 19 high school students.

  • Seeking Submissions for Hal Grutzmacher’s Writers’ Expose and Photography Jubilee

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    Summer is fast approaching and it is again time for the Hal Grutzmacher Writers’ Exposé and Photography Jubilee. This year’s literary issue will come out on Friday, August 3, 2012.

  • Door Community Auditorium Hosts Wisconsin Poet Laureate

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    The Friends of Gibraltar and the Gibraltar School Library will present Bruce Dethlefsen, Wisconsin Poet Laureate, for a poetry reading and open mic event on April 25 at 7 pm at the Door Community Auditorium in Fish Creek.

  • Artists

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    we chase the moon / too hard sometimes / and stumble in the stars

  • Ugly is as Ugly Does

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    Sam didn’t know from ugly / though he was judged the ugliest dog / in the world three times.

  • My Mother

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    Her hair long and lush / Countless vines wisp / From her head down to her wrinkled raisin shoulders.

  • Frankie’s Book

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    “A successful man is one who has learned to live content with what he can obtain honestly.” ~ Frank A. Schneider, c. 1930. These words were written by a 14-year-old Frank Schneider while a student at Milwaukee Vocational School.

  • American Life in Poetry: Column 350



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    The persons we are when we are young are probably buried somewhere within us when we’ve grown old. Denise Low, who was the Kansas poet laureate, takes a look at a younger version of herself in this telling poem.

  • Wisconsin Writers Awards Announced

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    The Council for Wisconsin Writers announced winners of the Wisconsin Writers Awards for work published in 2011. Each will receive $500 and a weeklong writer’s residency at Shake Rag Alley or Maplewood Lodge in Mineral Point.