Here : women writing on Michigan's Upper Peninsula / edited by Ronald Riekki.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Riekki, R. A., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Women authors.

American literature.

American literature--Michigan--Upper Peninsula.

Upper Peninsula (Mich.)--Literary collections.

Upper Peninsula (Mich.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How does place impact prose? Here: Women Writing on Michigan's Upper Peninsula explores that very question, drawing on the work of Upper Peninsula authors past and present to create a vibrant kaleidoscope of voices and experiences. Bame-wa-wa-ge-zhik-aquay, Janet Loxley Lewis, Lorine Niedecker, Catie Rosemurgy, and thirty-one other authors important to the region appear in this exceptional and diverse volume. In poetry ("Spring" by Beverly Matherne, "For Those Who Dream of Cranes" by Elinor Benedict, and "Skin on Skin" by Sally Brunk), short fiction ("North Country" by Roxane Gay, "For the Healing of All Women" by April Lindala, and "Winter Mines" by Sharon Dilworth), and novel excerpts (from Once on This Island by Gloria Whelan, South of Superior by Ellen Airgood, and Dandelion Cottage by Carroll Watson Rankin), the unique character of the U.P. materializes on the page. The book also shines a spotlight on powerful emerging voices such as Lisa Fay Coutley, Charmi Keranen, and Saara Myrene Raappana. The first of its kind, this is an anthology for all seasons, a homage to the rich literary heritage of the region.

Contents:

Here is my native inland sea / Bame-wa-wa-ge-zhik-aquay

Announcement / Elinor Benedict

South of Superior excerpt / Ellen Airgood

For those who dream of cranes / Elinor Benedict

All I know of white / Sara Myrene Raappana

Lake Superior confesses to the shore of Keweenaw Bay / Catie Rosemurgy

Lopsided / Barbara Henning

Seney / Charmi Keranen

Lake Superior / Lorine Niedecker

Dusk / Stellanova Osborn

Sudden calm at Maywood Shores / Elinor Benedict

The next thing that begins / Amy McInnis

Once on this island excerpt / Gloria Whelan

My Upper Peninsula / Mary Biddinger

Sweet grass spirit / Clara Corbett

You aren't sure & I may not ; Viral signs / Emily van Kley

North country / Roxane Gay

Love, with trees and lightning / Cate Rosemurgy

Copper Harbor / Mary Biddinger

Mad dog queen / Sharon Dilworth

My lake / Lisa Fay Coutley

Winter mines / Sharon Dilworth

Excavations / Manda Frederick

The solutions to Brian's problem / Bonnie Jo Campbell

Absent in its arrival / Manda Frederick

Winter wind / Ellen Airgood

Jane's Christmas gift 25 Dec 1841 / Bame-wa-wa-ge-zhik-aquay

Dandelion cottage excerpt / Carroll Watson Rankin

How to draw a crow / Anne Ohman Youngs

Imprinting / Janeen Rastall

The lost lie ; The break away ; The inventory of goodbye / Anne Sexton

Eighteen maple trees / Jane Piirto

I am a knife / Roxane Gay

Skin on skin / Sally Brunk

The rocky islands / Janet Loxley Lewis

Incomer / Gloria Whelan

Here / Jane Piirto

Authority figure / Sally Brunk

Waiting on bats at dusk / Manda Frederick

Winter in Gold River ; New Year's Eve ; Billy recalls it differently / Catie Rosemurgy

Persephone / Andrea Scarpino

Bone: Okaniman / Echoe Deibert

What horror to awake at night / Lorine Niedecker

Errata / Lisa Fay Coutley

Mishosha, or the Magician of the Lakes / Bame-wa-wa-ge-zhik-aquay

Lines written under severe pain and sickness / Bame-wa-wa-ge-zhik-aquay

The sleep / Caitlin Horrocks

Censors / Stellanova Osborn

Spring / Beverly Matherne

Sleeping in spirit's room / Diane Sautter

The grandmother remembers ; The village / Janet Loxley Lewis

The baby discovers / Julie Brooks Barbour

The poet's vision / Beverly Matherne

Postscript / Stellanova Osborn

For the Chinese people, who see the same stars ; In a far city / Elinor Benedict ; Lac Vieux Desert / Sally Brunk

If one stands next to Lake Superior / Amy McInnis

Summer in Gold River / Catie Rosemurgy

Ironing / Judith Minty

For the healing of all women / April Lindala.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62895-230-X

1-60917-458-5

OCLC:

903861157