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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Door County Reads “The Heart is the Lonely Hunter”
The chosen “read” for the 2012 Door County Reads program is Carson McCullers’ first novel, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, a book that touches on isolation, poverty, friendship, and racism in a 1930s Georgia mill town.
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Q Gallery to Feature Local Poet
Loraine Brink’s poem, “Lives Long Lived,” will be included in the “Verse and Vision Project” at Q Gallery in Stevens Point during May. A resident of Ephraim, Brink is a member of Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets.
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96 hours and blood on the street / 10 years and 100 thousand plus lives / 96 hours and blood on the street
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American Life in Poetry: Column 346
It seems to me that most poems are set in spring or summer, and I was pleased to discover this one by Molly Fisk, a Californian, set in cold midwinter.
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Pulse Contributor Nabs Writing Honors
Gary Jones, a regular contributor to the Peninsula Pulse, was recognized in two categories of the 62nd Annual Jade Ring Creative Writing Contests, sponsored by the Wisconsin Regional Writers Association (WRWA).
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WP&I Announces Short Story and Poetry Contest
Wisconsin People & Ideas and the Wisconsin Book Festival are offering over $1,500 in prizes, publication in an award-winning magazine, and a reading at the Wisconsin Book Festival for winners of their 2012 Short Story Contest and 2012 Poetry Contest.
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VW Releases New Issues, Accepting Poetry Submissions
Verse Wisconsin (VW) 107 is now available online and in print. The issue features “Earthworks.”
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December Dickinson Series Features Marybeth Mattson
Marybeth Mattson is the featured poet in the UU Fellowship’s Dickinson Poetry Series on Dec. 14 at 7 pm. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay (UWGB), Mattson majored in creative writing, dabbled in fiction, but always returned to poetry as a second home of sorts.
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Whatever you believe, / whatever you do not, / there are sacred rites / you must perform / in dark December.
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The forecaster deploys us to the market / where we march up and down aisles, / commandeer food and supplies, / fill carts to the brim / and stand in checkout lines / with military precision.
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Door County Libraries’ Holiday Book Sale
The Friends of Door County Libraries invites all to its 4th Annual Holiday Book Sale, which takes place from 9 am – 1 pm on Saturday, Dec. 3 at the Sturgeon Bay Library, located at 107 S.
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Door County Resident Releases “Starting Over”
Recently published, Starting Over is the first in a series of Andy McLeod mystery novels written by Baileys Harbor resident Bob McCurdy. Novel Ideas of Baileys Harbor will host a book signing from 1:30 – 3:30 pm on Dec. 10.
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Katie sips tea at the counter showcasing new evergreen and Santa-red yarns. Amber sways with a chubby-cheeked, five-month-old baby on her hip, gazing out the knitting shop window.
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American Life in Poetry: Column 343
Most of us have received the delayed news of the death of a family member or friend, and perhaps have reflected on lost opportunities.
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Door County’s Poet Laureate, Barbara Larsen
These winter-themed poems by Door County’s Poet Laureate showcase her talent, as well as the power of poetry. Final Curtain Some days sun settles into the bay gently, spreading her delicate chiffon scarves over the pale sky and silken water like the pure melodic line of a Chopin nocturne. Other times she is Carmen who […]
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American Life in Poetry: Column 340
I like birds, and poems about birds, and several years ago I co-edited an anthology of bird poems called The Poets Guide to the Birds. I wish Judith Harris had written this lovely description of a mockingbird in time for us to include it, but it’s brand new.
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Door County’s Untitled Bookstore Hosts Poetry Reading
Untitled Used & Rare Books will host “The ‘Untitled’ Poetry Reading” on the third Thursday of each month. The bookstore will kick off this new Sturgeon Bay poetry tradition with a dessert potluck followed by an evening of poetry on Nov. 17.
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A Ghostly Tale of the Paranormal
From the creative mind of Door County author Jeff Steinberg comes an original, new comic play of the supernatural set in Door County. Buttercup: The Butchered Bovine of Baileys Harbor features murder, intrigue, romance, and a cow!
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A point in the year passes when the outdoor report no longer mentions the fall color encouraging the tourist to visit the north woods. The index here is fashion-show colors, Crayola box colors, those lit-fuse colors of October, not November colors.
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American Life in Poetry: Column 339
People have been learning to cook since our ancient ancestors discovered fire, and most of us learn from somebody who knows how. I love this little poem by Daniel Nyikos of Utah, for its contemporary take on accepting directions from an elder, from two elders in this instance.