Conference Presentations – Janet Ruth Heller

Janet Ruth Heller will speak about her books for children at the MASL conference in Bay City, Michigan on Friday, October 25, 2024

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:October 20, 2024
Post category:Chapter Book Children's Literature Conference Presentations Creative Writing Education Fiction Historical Fiction Humanities Public Speaking Sibling Rivalry Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators Writing Workshop Young Adult Literature

Janet Ruth Heller will speak about and autograph her books for children at the Michigan Association of School Librarians conference in Bay City, Michigan on Friday, October 25, 2024 at the DoubleTree Hotel from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. She will discuss her school visits and creative writing workshops with librarians 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; 7th edition 2022) and The Passover Surprise (Fictive Press, 2015, 2016), a middle-grade fiction chapter book about sibling rivalry. Janet's website is https://www.janetruthheller.com/ Other Michigan authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults who will speak at this event are Amy Dua, Heather Shumaker, Deb Pilutti, Mimi Olson, Michele Beresford, Matt Faulkner, Melanie Swiftney, Suja Sukumar, Naomi V. Dunsen-White, Kim Childress, and Suzanne Jacobs Lipshaw. All these individuals are members of the Michigan chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. #picturebooks #chapterbooks #schoolvisits #schools #literatureforchildren #childrensbooks #MichiganAssociationofSchoolLibrarians #bullying #bullyingawareness #autographing #creativewriting #workshops #siblingrivalry #youngadultbooks #societyofchildrensbookwritersandillustrators…

Janet Ruth Heller presented a memoir chapter and a literary analysis at the conference of the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature on May 28-30, 2024.

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:June 3, 2024
Post category:Autobiography Body-Shaming Conference Presentations Creative Writing Criticism Family Janet's Speaking Events Memoir Nonfiction Parenting Public Speaking

Janet Ruth Heller presented a memoir chapter and a literary analysis at the conference of the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature on May 28-30, 2024 in East Lansing, Michigan. The title of her memoir chapter is "A Pat on the Back Is Only a Few Inches Away from a Kick in the Pants." This autobiographical essay is about being raised by hypercritical parents. Janet also did an analysis of “An Awakening,” one of the stories in Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio (1919). Her paper was titled "Multiple Awakenings in Sherwood Anderson’s Story 'An Awakening.'” This story has three main characters: the young reporter George Willard; the woman he cares about, Belle Carpenter; and the older man whom Belle loves, the bartender Ed Handby. The story’s title emphasizes the theme of reaching a new awareness about one’s life. As the plot progresses, all three characters wake up to realize their desires, their true power, and their place in Winesburg’s society. #memoir #literarycriticism #SherwoodAnderson #WinesburgOhio #power #parentalcriticism Photo of Janet Ruth Heller by Diane Joy Schmidt

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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.

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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.