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 255
A honeymoon. How often does one happen according to the dreams that preceded it? In this poem, Wesley McNair, a poet from Maine, describes a first night of marriage in a tawdry place.
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Several months ago, when Nancy Rafal and I headed down to Fort Atkinson to attend the First Ever Lorine Niedecker Poetry Festival, we went to an open mic connected to the festival. Robert Nordstrom was one of the poets who read and, in an evening of excellent poets reading excellent poems, I found Robert’s work particularly moving.
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Wisconsin Essayist and “Peninsula Pulse” Contributor Releases New Book
Kyle L. White, essayist and occasional contributor to the Literature pages of the Peninsula Pulse, has had his collection, Wisconsin River of Grace, published by Cornerstone Press of Stevens Point.
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Dickinson Poetry Series on Feb. 10
Retired research engineer Larry Eriksson will share his poetry at the next Dickinson Series event February 10, 7 pm, at the UU Fellowship, Ephraim. Eriksson is a Wisconsin writer and poet living in Ellison Bay and Madison with his wife, Karen.
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Friends of Lorine Niedecker Receive Grant from the Poetry Foundation
The Friends of Lorine Niedecker were surprised by an unsolicited grant from the Poetry Foundation. The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, is an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture.
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The three new bar stools came from EasyMart each with its own compact box. Some engineer with considerable ingenuity had packaged the legs, seat cushion, and other pieces inside the seat back.
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Cats die, that much is known. That they do not die easily is suspect. Nine lives the standard appropriation to cats. Christianity and Islam both advertize immortal life, my suspicion is the attempt is to out-do or at least out-bid cats.
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January sun comes through the window And warms my skin. Weeds poking through snow covered meadows That once were the fields and pastures That fed the cows, pigs and chickens That fed us.
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So there Greg sat, not saying a word, as he slowly turned the pages of The Cat in the Hat for his daughter, Linda, who was snuggled against him.
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Olson Next in Dickinson Series
Rolf Olson presents his original poetry at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County (UUFDC) on January 13 at 7 pm as the next featured poet in the Emily Dickinson Poetry Series.
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Poets and Writers invited to read at “Word Meets Art”
Peninsula School of Art invites all poets and writers to participate in “Word Meets Art” during the eighth annual Guenzel Gallery Salon party, January 23, 6 – 9 pm.
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Council for Wisconsin Writers Sponsors Contests
The Council for Wisconsin Writers (CWW) is accepting submissions and nominations for a number of contests as 2009 comes to a close and 2010 kicks off.
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The Big Read Door County 2010: Willa Cather’s My ءntonia
The Big Read Door County, now in its third year, has quickly become a cherished Door County tradition. Anticipation of this year’s celebration and exploration of Willa Cather’s remarkable My Ántonia is so great that all of the 650 free books provided by the Friends of Door County Libraries have already been taken by eager readers.
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In seven years, we’ve got a whole new body. – Li-Young Lee, Breaking the Alabaster Jar
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From Saturday Nights at the Crystal Ball
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A Review: Door County’s Islands
The string of very good Burton books remains unbroken. It continues intact with Door County’s Islands, the fifth contribution to the Door County bookshelf from this prolific husband and wife writing team.
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In the last year we have had a group of quality writers contributing reviews for publication in the literature section.
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He marched into her classroom with that air of confidence particular to ten-year-old males. After two decades in Room 106 – 4th grade she could detect it.
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My grandfather Eugene Fletcher, like the man he was, reduced Christmas to its essence. Being a humble man didn’t mean to reduce Christmas to its essence, but he did it anyway.
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As in the past, we continue to seek contributions of literary essay for inclusion in the literature pages. Literary essay can take many forms, and we have been fortunate to have some great variation from the writers we have featured.