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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…

CAN POETRY BE FUNNY? Reading on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at 7 p.m. at the Kalamazoo Public Library

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:October 5, 2016
Post category:Humanities Janet's Speaking Events Literature Poetry Poetry Reading

Hear great funny poems at the “CAN POETRY BE FUNNY?” reading on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at 7 p.m. at the Kalamazoo Public Library. Special guest speakers are Don Cooney, Lori Moore, Joanna Parzakonis, Joe Gross, Rev. Ruth Moerdyk, Mike Helms, Garrard McLeod, Dean Hauck, and Michael Cockrell. This event is free and open to the public. Local poets reading their work are Bonnie Jo Campbell, Jennifer Clark, Elizabeth Kerlikowske, Kit Almy, Lynn Pattison, Janet Heller, Elizabeth Clem, Marion Boyer, and Deborah Gang. This reading is sponsored by Friends of Poetry. 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.

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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.