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Janet Heller Speaks at the Convention of the Midwest Modern Language Association in Dearborn MI on November 13-14, 2014

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Thursday November 13 and Friday November 14, 2014—Janet Heller will be speaking at the convention of the Midwest Modern Language Association at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel Detroit-Dearborn. The conference theme is "The Lives of Cities." Janet will read her autobiographical essay “Growing Up on the Other Side of Lake Michigan,” which combines poetry and prose, on November 13 from 2:15 to 3:45 p.m. She will also discuss “Capturing Adolescence in Detroit: The Poems of Jim Daniels” from 2 to 3:30 p.m. on Friday, November 14.

Janet is on a Festival of Language panel at the 2014 Midwest Modern Language Association’s conference

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The Festival of Language at the 2014 Midwest Modern Language Association's annual conference in Detroit Conference Theme: "The Lives of Cities" Remixing the City: Remixing Language--Panel will be held on Thursday, November 13 at 2:15 p.m. and will include Jane L. Carman--"The Object((i)fic(a)tion of the City Through Dust-Colored Glasses" Janet Ruth Heller--"Growing Up on the Other Side of Lake Michigan" Joshua M. Murray--"'For a Moment I wondered': Transnational Sites of Memory in the Life Writing of Langston Hughes" William Yarrow--"The Formalization of the Found Object" Also, please Join Us as a Participant! There will also be a reading eXperiment held at 4:00 p.m. made up of 100% audience participation. Bring your writing and your friends--it's sure to be a great time! Location TBA, but both sessions will be in the same room and will last 90 minutes each. Be sure to register for the conference and reserve a hotel room if you plan on attending. Click here to learn more about M/MLA. Click here for information about the annual conference. Festival Writer Festival of Language Events Lit Fest Press Links Reviews Merchandise

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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.