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Poetry Reading by Kalamazoo Area Community Poets on Saturday, April 20, 2024 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:April 4, 2024
Post category:Janet's Speaking Events Kalamazoo Poetry Festival Poetry Poetry Reading

Please join us for a free poetry reading by Kalamazoo area community poets on Saturday, April 20, 2024 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The theme is “Magic.” A reception with snacks will follow this event. This event will take place at the Northside Association for Community Development at 612 N. Park Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007. Individuals and groups reading their poems are Shonda Buchanan, Markeva Love, Kyle Brautigam, Kinetic Affect, Buddy Hannah, Anessa, Janet Ruth Heller, Giuliana Tartari-Bush, Alexander Long, Ashley Watkins, Leslie Barajas, The Price Family (Zahra, Destiné, and Kim), Vidal Wilger, and the Friends of Poetry Community Poem Readers. This event is part of the Kalamazoo Poetry Festival of 2024. Other free events include the following: MAGIC: A Thematic Poetry Workshop for Middle School and High School Aged Youth on Saturday, April 6, 2024 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Read & Write Kalamazoo, 802 South Westnedge Avenue in Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008. The MAGIC Open Mic by Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative and the Kalamazoo Poetry Festival on Friday,…

SORMAG Online Book Festival on December 1 through December 3 of 2023

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:December 10, 2023
Post category:Advice for Writers Books Chapter Book Children's Literature Conference Presentations Creative Writing Fiction Interviews Janet's Speaking Events Literature Marketing Books Multicultural Literature Nature Nonfiction Novels Picture Book Poetry Publishing Manuscripts

Janet Ruth Heller spoke at the SORMAG Online Book Festival on December 1 through December 3, 2023. On December 1, she participated in a panel discussion of authors of books for children. The topic was "Ask Us Anything about Children's/Middle-Grade/Young Adults Books." You can access the recording of that session at https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=SORMAG+Online+Book+Festival&qpvt=SORMAG+Online+Book+Festival&FORM=VDRE On Saturday, December 2, she spoke during a panel of authors entitled “Ask Us Anything about Writing” at 12 p.m. You can access the recording of that session. On Sunday, December 3, Janet answered questions about writing and publishing her work. Her answers are on the SORMAG Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/SORMAGBookFestival/posts/ There is no charge for this conference. Many authors spoke at this festival. There will be another SORMAG Book Festival in 2024. #bookfestival #writing #author #adviceforwriters

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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.