The Way North Collected Upper Peninsula New Works / edited by Ron Riekki.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Riekki, R. A.

Series:

Made in Michigan writers series.

Made in Michigan Writers Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Michigan--Upper Peninsula.

American literature.

Upper Peninsula (Mich.)--Literary collections.

Upper Peninsula (Mich.).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 262 pages )

Place of Publication:

Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Michigan's Upper Peninsula is distinct from the rest of the state in geography, climate, and culture, including a unique and thriving creative writing community. In The Way North: Collected Upper Peninsula New Works, editor Ron Riekki presents poetry, fiction, and non-fiction from memorable, varied voices that are writing from and about Michigan's Upper Peninsula. In all, this unique anthology features new works from forty-two writers, including rising star Ellen Airgood, Edgar Award-winner Steve Hamilton, Rona Jaffe Award-winner Catie Rosemurgy, Jonathan Johnson of Best American Poetry, Michigan Notable Book Award-winner Keith Taylor, and Michigan Author Award-winner John Smolens. In 49 poems and 20 stories-diverse in form, length, and content-readers are introduced to the unmistakable terrain and characters of the U.P. The book not only showcases the snow, small towns, and idiosyncratic characters that readers might expect but also introduces unexpected regions and voices. From the powerful powwow in Baraga of April Lindala's "For the Healing of All Women" to the sex-charged basement in Stambaugh of Chad Faries's "Hotel Stambaugh: Michigan, 1977" to the splendor found between Newberry and Paradise in Joseph D. Haske's "Tahquamenon, " readers will delight in discovering the work of both new and established authors. The contributors range widely in age, gender, and background, as The Way North highlights the work of established writers, teachers, students, laborers, fishermen, housewives, and many others. The Way North brings the U.P.'s literary tradition to the awareness of more readers and showcases some of the most compelling work connected to the area. It will be welcomed by readers interested in new fiction and poetry and instructors of courses on Michigan writing.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Introduction

POEMS

The Ugliest Fish in North America

As the Deer: A Psalm

Whatever Dance

Aubades for the North

Reading

Lac Vieux Desert

The Ritual of Fry Bread

haiku

Post-Storm

Belly, Carry You

Lent

Hotel Stambaugh: Michigan 1977

Waterways

Evacuations

Boating to the Dreamland Bar and Grill

At the Bishop Baraga Shrine

Wawashkeshgiwis

Etienne Brulée

Tahquamenon

Look at the Pretty Clouds

In Cannabis Veritas

Cinder Girl

For Amy

Ontonagon

To Myself at Five Years Old

23 Skidoo

Trackless Law

Wetmore Landing

Rotkäppchen

Behind

The Only Thing to Do This Fall Day

Stuck

Unimproved

Yellow Dog Year

After They Leave

Founded 1903

Ghost Dog

Figure Four Deadfall

Love as Taconite

Picnic Rocks

Drummond Island Fossils

Ways to Hunt Deer

My Father's Datebook

Island Poem No. 23

Predator and Prey

Things Mama Says

The Books We Found in the Attic Tell Us

Midwest

STORIES

Systematic Botany

The Wanderer

The Possibility of Wolves

Endnotes for Cudighi

Elements of the Pasty

Watching Us

Una Corda

On Highway 23

Turn Right

All Imperfect Things

Notes from the End of My Occupational Life

I Know How Lemmings Winter

The Hitchhiker

Deadfall

For the Healing of All Women

Amira

Tug

Plastic Fantastic

We Tried to Sacrifice Ed to the Devil

Mezzanotte

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES

Back_Cover.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780814338667

0814338666

OCLC:

870647344