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Treats for the Soul: Poetry, Prose, and Pastries, A Celebration of Five Women Writers on Sat. August 18 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in Paw Paw

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:July 17, 2018
Post category:Autographing Books Children's Literature Fiction Janet's Speaking Events Literature Multicultural Literature Nonfiction Picture Book Poetry Poetry Reading Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators Young Adult Literature

Saturday, August 18, 2018 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.—Five Southwest Michigan women writers will read from and autograph their published books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry at All Stirred Up! at 404 E. Michigan Avenue in Paw Paw, Michigan 49079. The authors include Judith A. Rypma, Andrea England, Wilma Kahn, Janet Ruth Heller, and Miriam Bat-Ami. This reading is free and open to the public. Families are welcome. Both children's and adult books will be on sale. The five writers will explore the world of nature in its many guises. All Stirred Up! is a dessert shop that sells candy, cupcakes, chocolates, cookies, cakes, dipped pretzels, and wine. It is a sunny and welcoming new store. Its Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/allstirredup Miriam Bat-Ami is a retired WMU English professor who taught English education for over 20 years. Since retirement, she has subbed in the Van Buren schools and acted in Kalamazoo, Paw Paw, and Decatur. She has published four books for children and teens. Dear Elijah (middle grade) was a Spring Pick of the…

Biographies that Change People’s Outlook on Life

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:May 26, 2018
Post category:Autobiography Biography Books Interviews Nonfiction Young Adult Literature

Janet Ruth Heller is quoted in the article "9 Biographies That Will Change Your Outlook on Life" by Nathaniel Fried. The link is https://fupping.com/natty/2018/05/25/8-biographies-that-will-change-your-outlook-on-life/ Here is my paragraph in this article. When I was a teenager, I read the book Teenagers Who Made History, written by Russell Freedman and illustrated by Arthur Shilstone (New York: Holiday House, 1961). It has biographies of various young people who achieved something important as teenagers, including the poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, who won fourth place for her poem "Renascence" in a poetry contest and publication in The Lyric Year in 1912. Many readers praised this poem, and Millay received a scholarship to Vassar College. I wanted to be a writer, and this book encouraged me to pursue my dream.

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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.