Synopses & Reviews
Seventy poems by contemporary poets such as Heid E. Erdrich, Kimberly Blaeser, James Armstrong, and Sara Thomsen, et al. who live near and/or have been inspired by Lake Superior. A gallery of full color images of Lake Superior adds to this unique presentation of culturally rich writings.
From "The Great Lake" by Linda Glaser:
Feel how this shining world
magnifies the sky
the quiet
the wild
Jim Perlman, Deborah Cooper, Mara Hart, and Pamela Middlefehldt live in Duluth, Minnesota.
Review
"Lake Superior would devour prose that tries to contain it. Only concise droplets of poetry can survive upon its surface and reflect its true, multifaceted soul. Through many voices and styles, this anthology celebrates the Big Lake, its varied moods and individual meanings. For a true taste of the Sweetwater Sea, drink deeply of these verses relevant and real, frightful and fantastic, mischievous and mystic."--Konnie LeMay, Editor,
Lake Superior Magazineand#147;Place is story. Place holds histories, and the Big Water conducts, magnifies, and preserves. We walk its beaches, squat its rock ledges. Release. Absorb. Our ears open as caves. The poems gathered here are gifts of receiving. They will point you toward the mystery of the water, a mystery inseparable from your own slight self.and#8221;--Danielle Sosin, author of The Long-Shining Waters
Synopsis
Seventy poems, by a variety of poets, who have been inspired by Lake Superior, the world's largest freshwater lake.
Synopsis
A compelling poetry anthology that includes seventy poems by contemporary poets who live near and/or have been inspired by Lake Superior. The poems represent a variety of viewpoints: historical, cultural, political, and otherwise by such notable writers as Heid Erdrich, Sara Thomson, James Armstrong, et al. A gallery of inserted color images of Lake Superior will add to the presentation.
About the Author
JIM PERLMAN was born in Minneapolis where his interest in poetry began in high school. In 1977, after editing various local literary magazines, he founded Holy Cow! Press. He edited the poetry anthology Brother Songs: A Male Anthology of Poetry (1979) and, with Ed Folsom and Dan Campion, co-edited Walt Whitman: The Measure of His Song (1981, rev. ed., 1997). He and his family moved to Duluth, Minnesota in 1988, where he co-founded the Spirit Lake Poetry series, and helped establish the Duluth poet laureate project in 2005. With co-editors Deborah Cooper, Mara Hart, and Pamela Mittlefehldt, Beloved on the Earth: 150 Poems of Grief and Gratitude was published in 2009; The Heart of All That Is: Reflections on Home was published in 2013.
DEBORAH COOPER has been writing poetry for over twenty years and has worked collaboratively with visual artists, musicians and dancers. She and her husband, Joel, who is a printmaker, have exhibited their collaborative images throughout the Midwest. Deborah co-edited the anthology Beloved on the Earth: 150 Poems of Grief and Gratitude (Holy Cow! Press) and she frequently teaches writing classes for those who are grieving the loss of a loved one. She also teaches Sacred Poetry classes, and mentors inmates at the St Louis County Jail. Deborah is the author of five collections of poems, most recently Under the Influence of Lilacs published by Clover Valley Press. She was the 2012-2014 Duluth Poet Laureate.
MARA HART has been a university librarian, has taught English and Women's Studies at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, and has been a poetry editor of three literary periodicals. She writes memoirs in poetry and prose, teaches memoir writing, edits, and mentors writers. She edited Lovecraft'sd New York Circle published by Hippocampus Press, New York, in 2007, and was a co-editor of Beloved on the Earth, published by Holy Cow! Press. Her most recent book, So Many Lovely Days, was published by Kirk Press in 2013.
PAMELA MITTLEFEHLDT is a poet, writer, editor, and fiddler who has found home in Duluth, Minnesota. She is Professor Emerita of American Studies/Community Studies at St. Cloud State University, where she taught courses on place, diversity, sustainable communities, and creativity. She is revising a mystery, working on a collection of essays about the meaning of place, and beginning a cross-genre project on the body as place. The focus of her work is on the power of story to transform our lives as individuals and as communities.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents, Amethyst and Agate: Poems of Lake Superior
and#147;Solstice," and#147;At the Koitto Boarding House, 1947and#8221; by Angela Ahlgren
and#147;Ologothrophicand#8221; by James Armstrong
and#147;Windbound with Dostoevskyand#8221; by Milton J. Bates
and#147;Counterpointand#8221; by Samuel Black
and#147;Slippage," and#147;Eloquence of Earthand#8221; by Kimberly Blaeser
and#147;After Sailing,and#8221; and#147;Dance at Dawnand#8221; by Gary Boelhower
and#147;The North (After Borges)and#8221; by Jeffrey D. Boldt
and#147;Gichigamiand#8221; by Dan Campion
and#147;Angling for Whitefishand#8221; by Taina Maki Chalal
and#147;The Ice is Coming in like an Animal to the Shoreand#8221; by Sharon Chmielarz
and#147;Sailing in the Moon's Wake,and#8221; and#147;After Matthew Arnold's Dover Beachand#8221; by David R. Clowers
and#147;In Dreamsand#8221; by Carolyn Colburn
and#147;Across the Borderand#8221; by Deborah Cooper
and#147;After All of My Lifeand#8221; by Florence Dacey
and#147;Superior at the Shoreline: February,and#8221; and#147;Levitating Toward Duluthand#8221; by Norita Dittberner-Jax
and#147;Water Colors,and#8221; and#147;Wishing for Lake Superiorand#8221; by Deborah H. Doolittle
and#147;Freights Slide Byand#8221; by Barbara Draper
and#147;Manidoo Giizhikens: Little Spirit Cedar Tree,and#8221; and#147;Gitche Inigaming, Grand Portageand#8221; by Heid E. Erdrich
and#147;Wooded Road, Lake Superiorand#8221; by Michelle Bonczek Evory
and#147;Lake Superior Spring,and#8221; and#147;The Work of Waterand#8221; by Terry Falsani
and#147;Crossing the Continental Divideand#8221; by Lynda M. Ferguson
and#147;Voyagerand#8221; by Phil Fitzpatrick
and#147;Lake Droughtand#8221; by Magrot Fortunato Galt
and#147;Northwestern Ontarioand#8221; by Julie Gard
and#147;Watermarkand#8221; by Jane George
and#147;Crossing Overand#8221; by Candace Ginsberg
and#147;The Great Lakeand#8221; by Linda Glaser
and#147;Night Skyand#8221; by Tom Hansen
and#147;Messagesand#8221; by Gwen Hart
and#147;After Forty-three Yearsand#8221; by Mara Hart
and#147;Gooseberry Falls, Lake Superiorand#8221; by Susan Carol Hauser
and#147;Lake Superiorand#8221; by Susan Hawkinson
and#147;I Tell the Lake a Story,and#8221; and#147;There is work to do within nothingnessand#8221; by Eva Hooker
and#147;Into All Things We Enterand#8221; by Ann Iverson
and#147;Speaking to the Eldersand#8221; by Janet Jerve
and#147;Hawk Ridgeand#8221; by Jim Johnson
and#147;To Begin Againand#8221; by Meridel Kahl
and#147;In Concert, the Fluencyand#8221; by Maggie Kazel
and#147;Spirit Little Cedarand#8221; by Susan Deborah King
and#147;Late Iceand#8221; by Mary F. Lee
and#147;Easter Dawn on Superiorand#8221; by Cecilia Lieder
and#147;Shovel Pointand#8221; by Judy Lindberg
and#147;Key Sequences Missingand#8221; by Micky McGilligan
and#147;Lake Superior Poemand#8221; by Lisa McKhann
and#147;Poet Laureate of Duluthand#8221; by Pamela Mittlefehldt
and#147;Sailing Superiorand#8221; by Yvonne Pearson
and#147;Temperance 2020and#8221; by Susan Perala-Dewy
and#147;Stockton Island,and#8221; and#147;Apostle Falland#8221; by Kenneth Pobo
and#147;The Big Sing,and#8221; and#147;Yooper Rockhoundsand#8221; by Mary Riley
and#147;Lake Superior Poem #3and#8221; by George Roberts
and#147;Welderand#8221; by Mary Kay Rummel
and#147;Fishingand#8221; by Yvonne Rutford
and#147;An Unrefined Northern Metaphor,and#8221; and#147;Morningand#8221; by Ellie Schoenfeld
and#147;Mining Countryand#8221; by Steven Sher
and#147;Some Distance Off-shoreand#8221; by Phillip Sterling
and#147;Lake Superior Beachcombingand#8221; by Amy Jo Swing
and#147;Lake Superiorand#151;A Love Song from the Lakeand#8221; by Sara Thomsen
and#147;A Random Gust from the Northand#8221; by Connie Wanek
and#147;Cartography,and#8221; and#147;metisand#8221; by Laurelyn Witt
and#147;Making the Lake My Northand#8221; by Morgan Grace Willow
and#147;Night Swim Lake Superiorand#8221; by Patricia Zontelli