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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.

  • UUF Announces 2011-2012 Dickinson Poetry Series Lineup

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    The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County is pleased to announce an exciting list of featured poets for the 2011-2012 season of the Dickinson Poetry Series.

  • Somewhere It Is Snowing

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    “Somewhere it is snowing.” That phrase came to mind while I was splitting wood on a mild January afternoon, air temp 21 degrees, so windless the snow drifted nonchalantly, if arguably, elegantly.

  • My Window

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    You are my window, / my only escape from this hell. / You let in enough light / to show that I can be happy, / that there is something more than this. / And when I touch you, I’m so close.

  • Trust Is Like Innocence

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    Trust is like innocence; / once lost, it’s almost impossible to gain back. / What was at one point capable of mending the most unstable bridges / and bringing light to the darkest times, / now holds the power to crush the entire world, / like a hurricane does to a city.

  • PSA Presents Dr. Villarroel for Door County Reads

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    The Peninsula Art School in Fish Creek will present a lecture by Dr. Gratzia Villarroel as a part of Door County Reads on Thursday, Feb. 10 at 7 pm.

  • An Adventure in the Snow

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    A snowshoe adventure at Newport State Park with a couple novices.

  • American Life in Poetry: Column 304

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    After my mother died, one of the most difficult tasks for my sister and me was to take the clothes she’d made for herself to a thrift shop. In this poem, Frannie Lindsay, a Massachusetts poet, remembers a similar experience.

  • Young Poets Featured at Dickinson Series

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    Six accomplished Gibraltar High School poets will read their poetry on Wednesday, Feb. 9 at 7 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Ephraim. The young poets are multi-talented and involved in a variety of extra-curricular activities.

  • Door County Reads “Fahrenheit 451”

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    Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451 is the chosen book for “Door County Reads 2011.” Courtesy of the Friends of Door County Libraries, free copies of the book are currently available at all Door County libraries.

  • Elements

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    What lasts? Not our bodies, / that survive for decades in life but soon enough / go back to earth when breathing stops.

  • Remember my Face

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    My village had prospered, green in the desert, / ignored by the world until we were attacked.

  • American Life in Poetry: Column 302

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    In Iowa in the 1950’s, when we at last heard about pizza, my mother decided to make one for us. She rolled out bread dough, put catsup on it, and baked it.

  • Event Schedule for Door County Reads

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    Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451 is the chosen book for “Door County Reads 2011.” Courtesy of the Friends of Door County Libraries, free copies of the book are currently available at all Door County libraries.

  • A Review: “You Know When the Men Are Gone”

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    Changing the channel and forgetting the war in the Mideast has been easy for many of us because a volunteer army has limited its personal impact on society. Slap a “Support Our Troops” magnet on the rear of our SUV, and we feel we’ve done our part for the war effort.

  • Dear Moon

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    I saw you only twice last month – once full / on a Beijing morning when the smog let up / and once in your crescent form on the Yangtze / after a rare sunny day with clear skies.

  • Noteworthy Read: “Non-Violence: The History of a Dangerous Idea”

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    War and violence have been an integral, almost constant part of the world’s history; in fact, in Mark Kurlansky’s book Non-Violence: The History of a Dangerous Idea, he states that philosophers Will and Ariel Durant determined in 1968 “that of the previous 3,421 years, only 268 had been without war.”

  • American Life in Poetry: Column 299

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    Here’s a poem by Christopher Todd Matthews that I especially like for the depiction of the little boy who makes more of a snowball than we would have expected was there.

  • Dickinson Poetry Series Features Gary Jones

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    Gary Jones will be the featured poet in the UU Fellowship’s Dickinson Poetry Series on January 12 at 7 pm. For much of his life Jones has written poetry for his own satisfaction, and occasionally for that of contest judges and journal editors.

  • Door County Reads “Fahrenheit 451”

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    The public is welcome, and encouraged, to attend and participate in reading, discussing, and thinking about Ray Bradbury’s book Fahrenheit 451 as a part of “Door County Reads.”

  • Dead Thing

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    My gaze leaves the dark blue October sky / Settling on the newly bared branches of trees / Patiently setting buds for the coming winter.