Wipf and Stock just published Nature’s Olympics, a book of nature poems

Wipf and Stock has just published my new book of nature poems entitled Nature’s Olympics.  Nature’s Olympics is a book of concise poems about plants, animals, and birds in wilderness areas and in cities.  This book focuses on the flora and fauna of the Midwest.  Nature’s Olympics has four sections dedicated to the different seasons:  Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Spring.  Poetic forms include haiku, tanka, sonnets, and free verse.  Like many writers, I find that the natural world inspires insight into human life.  Nature’s Olympics has an accessible style and approach to poetry.  Also, this book includes some poems about the intersection of political issues, feminism, and religion with nature.  Lori McElrath Eslick did the cover art, and Keith Everett Jones designed the book. Here is a link to the book.  https://wipfandstock.com/9781666730739/natures-olympics/ #poetry #nature #newbook #seasons Cover for Nature's Olympics; artist is Lori McElrath Eslick

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Janet Ruth Heller will speak & autograph her books for children at the conference of the Michigan Association for Media in Education at the Delta Hotel in Kalamazoo on Thursday, October 14, 2021

Janet Ruth Heller will speak and autograph her books for children at the conference of the Michigan Association for Media in Education at the Delta Hotel in Kalamazoo on Thursday, October 14 from 2:05 p.m. to 3:35 p.m.  She will discuss her school visits and creative writing workshops with media specialists from different Michigan schools.  She will sign copies of her award-winning fiction picture book about bullying, How the Moon Regained Her Shape (Arbordale, 2006; 6th edition 2018) and The Passover Surprise (Fictive Press, 2015, 2016), a middle-grade fiction chapter book for children.   Heller’s website is https://www.janetruthheller.com/ #picturebooks #chapterbooks #schoolvisits #schools #literatureforchildren #childrensbooks #MichiganAssociationforMediainEducation #bullying #bullyingawareness #autographing #creativewriting #workshops Cover of How the Moon Regained Her Shape by Janet Ruth Heller; artwork by Ben Hodson

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