2018 – Page 2 – Janet Ruth Heller

CAN POETRY BE FUNNY? Reading on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at 7 p.m. at the Kalamazoo Public Library

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:November 3, 2018
Post category:Janet's Speaking Events Poetry Poetry Reading

Hear great funny poems at the “CAN POETRY BE FUNNY?” reading on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at 7 p.m. at the Kalamazoo Public Library in the Van Deusen Room on the third floor. Special guest speakers are Don Cooney, Lori Moore, Dennis White, Marshall Washington, Judy Sarkozy, Garrard McLeod, Michael Cockrell, and Bonnie Jo Campbell. This event is free and open to the public. Local poets reading their work are Jennifer Clark, Joe Gross, Elizabeth Kerlikowske, Kit Almy, Janet Ruth Heller, Deborah Gang, Melanie Crow, Margaret DeRitter, Kurt Luchs, Robin Church, Alison Kennedy, and Gemma Wesolowski. This event is sponsored by Friends of Poetry. This reading is free and open to the public. The Kalamazoo Public Library’s address is 315 S. Rose St., Kalamazoo MI 49007. For more information, please e-mail Elizabeth Kerlikowske at mme642@aol.com or phone the Kalamazoo Public Library at 269-342-9837.

Reasons Why You Should Take a Road Trip

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:October 19, 2018
Post category:Cars Interviews Road Trips Travel

Janet Ruth Heller is quoted in the interview article “Seven Best Reasons Why You Should Take a Road Trip," posted on October 12, 2018 at https://www.autoaccessoriesgarage.com/why-take-a-road-trip by Jim Milan. Here are my comments from the article. I enjoy road trips because they give a traveler more flexibility. My husband and I can choose when to leave, when to eat, where to go, etc. We can also lengthen or shorten a trip if we wish without having to worry about airline penalties for changing a ticket, etc. Having a car enables us to see out-of-the-way highlights, such as picturesque small towns, roadside memorials and monuments, minor battlefields, gardens, homes of famous people, etc. I have food allergies and having a car available enables me to bring a cooler with items that I can eat. Also, the car enables me to easily shop for food during the trip. Photos by danoxster,

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I love books by British writers P. D. James, Seamus Heaney, S. T. Coleridge, Jane Austen, William Wordsworth, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Eliot, W. B. Yeats;

American writers Judy Blume, Edna St. Vincent Millay, T. S. Eliot, Maxine Kumin, Jim Daniels, Mong-Lan, Robert Hayden, Langston Hughes, Naomi Shihab Nye, Alberto Ríos, Gail B. Griffin, Jerry Spinelli, Jane Yolen, Kathryn Erskine, Gary D. Schmidt, Adrienne Rich, Judith Minty, Gwendolyn Brooks, Marge Piercy, Grace Paley, Alicia Ostriker, Jaimy Gordon; South African writer Athol Fugard;

Israeli writers Chaim Nachman Bialik, Yehudah Amichai, Rachel Bluwstein, Chaim Guri, S. Y. Agnon; and Hispanic writers Sor Juana, Federico García Lorca, Ruben Darío, Antonio Machado, Jorge Guillén, Pedro Salinas, and Dámaso Alonso.

I also love Japanese haiku, especially those by Matsuo Bashō.

My writing has been influenced by many other authors, including British writers Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Jane Austen, William Wordsworth, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Eliot, W. B. Yeats;

American writers Edna St. Vincent Millay, T. S. Eliot, Maxine Kumin, Adrienne Rich, Judith Minty, Gwendolyn Brooks;

Israeli writers Chaim Nachman Bialik, Yehudah Amichai, Rachel Bluwstein, Chaim Guri, S. Y. Agnon, and Hispanic writers Sor Juana, Federico Garcia Lorca, Ruben Dario, Antonio Machado, Jorge Guillen, Pedro Salinas, and Damaso Alonso.