Full Description
How does place impact prose? Here: Women Writing on Michigan's Upper Peninsula explores that very question, drawing on the work of Upper Peninsula authors past and present to create a vibrant kaleidoscope of voices and experiences. Bame-wa-wa-ge-zhik-aquay, Janet Loxley Lewis, Lorine Niedecker, Catie Rosemurgy, and thirty-one other authors important to the region appear in this exceptional and diverse volume. In poetry ("Spring" by Beverly Matherne, "For Those Who Dream of Cranes" by Elinor Benedict, and "Skin on Skin" by Sally Brunk), short fiction ("North Country" by Roxane Gay, "For the Healing of All Women" by April Lindala, and "Winter Mines" by Sharon Dilworth), and novel excerpts (from Once on This Island by Gloria Whelan, South of Superior by Ellen Airgood, and Dandelion Cottage by Carroll Watson Rankin), the unique character of the U.P. materializes on the page. The book also shines a spotlight on powerful emerging voices such as Lisa Fay Coutley, Charmi Keranen, and Saara Myrene Raappana. The first of its kind, this is an anthology for all seasons, an homage to the rich literary heritage of the region.
Contents
Contents Foreword by Alison Swan Introduction Summer/Niibin Bame-wa-wa-ge-zhik-aquay | [Here in my native inland sea] Elinor Benedict | Announcement Ellen Airgood | South of Superior excerpt Fall/Automne Elinor Benedict | For Those Who Dream of Cranes Saara Myrene Raappana | All I know of white, Catie Rosemurgy | Lake Superior Confesses to the Shore of Keweenaw Bay Barbara Henning | Lopsided Charmi Keranen | Seney Lorine Niedecker | Lake Superior Stellanova Osborn | Dusk Elinor Benedict | Sudden Calm at Maywood Shores Amy McInnis | The Next Thing that Begins Gloria Whelan | Once on This Island excerpt Mary Biddinger | My Upper Peninsula Clara Corbett | Sweet Grass Spirit Emily Van Kley | You Aren't Sure & I May Not Emily Van Kley | Vital Signs Roxane Gay | North Country Catie Rosemurgy | Love, with Trees and Lightning Mary Biddinger | Copper Harbor Sharon Dilworth | Mad Dog Queen Lisa Fay Coutley | My Lake Winter/Talvi Sharon Dilworth | Winter Mines Manda Frederick | Evacuations Bonnie Jo Campbell | The Solutions to Brian's Problem Manda Frederick | Absent In Its Arrival Ellen Airgood | Winter Wind Bame-wa-wa-ge-zhik-aquay | Jane's Christmas Gift 25 Dec 1841 Carroll Watson Rankin | Dandelion Cottage excerpt Anne Ohman Youngs | How to Draw a Crow Janeen Rastall | Imprinting Anne Sexton | The Lost Lie Anne Sexton | The Break Away Anne Sexton | The Inventory of Goodbye Jane Piirto | Eighteen Maple Trees Roxane Gay | I Am a Knife Sally Brunk | Skin on Skin Janet Loxley Lewis | The Rocky Islands Gloria Whelan | Incomer Jane Piirto | Here Sally Brunk | Authority Figure Manda Frederick | Waiting on Bats at Dusk Catie Rosemurgy | Winter in Gold River Catie Rosemurgy | New Year's Eve Catie Rosemurgy | Billy Recalls It Differently Andrea Scarpino | Persephone Echoe Deibert | Bones: Okaniman Lorine Niedecker | [What horror to awake at night] Emily Walter | Paradoxical Undressing Lisa Fay Coutley | Errata Bame-wa-wa-ge-zhik-aquay | Mishosha, or the Magician of the Lakes Spring/Primavera Bame-wa-wa-ge-zhik-aquay | Lines Written Under Severe Pain and Sickness Caitlin Horrocks | The Sleep Stellanova Osborn | Censors Beverly Matherne | Spring Diane Sautter | Sleeping in Spirit's Room Janet Loxley Lewis | The Grandmother Remembers Janet Loxley Lewis | The Village Julie Brooks Barbour | The Baby Discovers Beverly Matherne | The Poet's Vision Stellanova Osborn | Postscript Elinor Benedict | For the Chinese People, Who See the Same Stars Elinor Benedict | In a Far City Sally Brunk | Lac Vieux Desert Summer/Niibin Amy McInnis | If One Stands Next to Lake Superior Catie Rosemurgy | Summer in Gold River Judith Minty | Ironing April Lindala | For the Healing of All Women Acknowledgments Permissions Contributors
