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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American Life in Poetry: Column 273
Equipment. I like to paint and draw, and I own enough art supplies to start my own store. And for every hobby there are lots of supplies that seem essential.
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Now the Barbaras have begun to die, trailing their older sisters to the grave, the Helens, Margies, Nans – who said goodbye just days ago, it seems, taking their leave a step or two behind the hooded girls who bloomed and withered with the century – the Dorotheas, Eleanors and Pearls now swaying on the […]
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One in 250 Cambodians, or 40,000 people, have lost a limb to a landmine. —Newsfront, U.N. Development Programme Communications Office On both sides of the screaming highway, the world is made of emerald silk – sumptuous bolts of it, stitched by threads of water into cushions that shimmer and float on the Mekong’s munificent glut.
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The essence of human existence is our tools, a distinction more apparent on the farm. Some it is said choose this profession solely on the basis of the chance at these tools, some of which are tractors.
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Vanderhoof On Board as New Literary Editor
The Pulse is pleased to introduce their new Literary Editor, Mindi Vanderhoof. A recent graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Vanderhoof majored in English and minored in Women’s Studies.
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Larsen’s Sixth Book on Shelves
Finding Tongues in Trees is the newest publication of Barbara Larsen, well known Door County poet. This is her sixth book and follows All in Good Season which was published in 2005 and well received by area and state readers.
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American Life in Poetry: Column 272
Whether we like it or not, we live with the awareness that death is always close at hand, and in this poem by Don Thompson, a Californian, a dead blackbird can’t be pushed out of the awareness of the speaker, nor can it escape the ants, who have their own yard work to do.
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The Pulse Announces Photography Judges
The Pulse is thrilled to announce that the photography portion of the 2010 Hal Grutzmacher Writers’ Exposé and Photography Jubilee will be judged by a panel of Door County photographers, including Dan Eggert, Dan Anderson, and Kelly Avenson.
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For so many of us, our most indelible memories are those we have of our childhood homes and neighborhoods.
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Call for Submissions Inspired by “On the Road”
Verse Wisconsin is accepting poetry, visual poetry, and/or video poetry inspired by Jack Kerouac’s famous work, On the Road. The deadline for entries is August 1; selected pieces will appear in the online issue in October.
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“The Story of Jules Verne, A Watch Pocket Dog” by area artist Wayne Simmons was recently reviewed by The Midwest Book Review. The review appears in mulitiple places, including the May 2010 library newsletter, “Wisconsin Bookwatch,” as well as the May 2010 online “Internet Bookwatch.
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Knock Magazine of Door County, an art and literary journal, is taking submissions for publication for its eighth issue. Founded by Nik Garvoille in 2007, the magazine strives to bring new artists and writers to the Door County cultural landscape.
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Pulse Announces Judges for Hal Grutzmacher Writers’ Exposé and Photography Jubilee
The Pulse is excited to announce the writing judges for the Hal Grutzmacher Writers’ Exposé and Photography Jubilee. Alex Kuo will judge the fiction and nonfiction submissions, and Marilyn Taylor will judge the poetry submissions.
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Baileys Harbor Poet Featured at Dickinson Series
Nancy Rafal will present her poetry Wednesday, June 9 at 7 pm at the UU Fellowship’s Dickinson Poetry Series in Ephraim. Rafal wrote her first poem in grade school and after moving to Door County more than a dozen years ago, continues to take up the pen.
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Beet top / with no beet
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Authors Invited to Write Poems and Stories Based Upon Paintings
The Flying Pig Gallery and Greenspace and artist Tim Nyberg invite all authors to participate in “Story Starters,” an exhibit that will feature 11 of Nyberg’s paintings along with the stories or poems written in response to each.
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Newport State Park to Establish Poetry Trail
A new feature at Newport State Park in Ellison Bay this summer will be a Poetry Trail. The trail is a collaborative effort between Newport State Park, the Newport Wilderness Society, and three poet groups.
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Cupola House Holds Jensen Book Signing and Reading
Author Trygvie Jensen will be holding a book signing and story telling session for his recently published book, Through Waves and Gales Come Fishermen’s Tales.
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It’s been 32 years since I’ve lived on my family’s dairy farm. I drove past my old home last week; I pulled the car over and parked in the gravel on the shoulder of the road to get a better look.
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American Life in Poetry: Column 269
It is enough for me as a reader that a poem take from life a single moment and hold it up for me to look at. There need not be anything sensational or unusual or peculiar about that moment, but somehow, by directing my attention to it, our attention to it, the poet bathes it in the light of the remarkable.