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LSW ACTIVITIES

April 7, 14, 21 & 28, 6:30 - 8:30 pm - WRITING CLASS - INSIDE-OUT: A WRITING CLASS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LOST A LOVED ONE will be offered from in the Marshall School Annex, 1301 Rice Lake Road, facilitated by Deborah Cooper, Poet & Chaplain. Finding words for our grief & giving voice to it can be an avenue for healing, a way of recovering our balance & deepening our understanding. The act of writing engages us in a process of expressing our heart’s truth, a process that can offer insight, light & resolution. Deborah Cooper is a Certified Chaplain. She has served in a variety of settings in the Twin Ports community over the last twenty years. She is the author of two small collections of poetry. The cost is $60 for members of Lake Superior Writers and $75 for non-members. For info call 218-728-2097.

April 21, Thurs 11:30 am, LSW WRITERS’ SQUARE TABLE, Chester Creek Cafe downstairs. We meet the third Thursday of each month to discuss books, writing, and literary matters. April's topic: Tone in Writing. We will not critique individual manuscripts. Please place your order as you enter, and pick up water, silverware and a napkin. Your lunch order will be brought downstairs to you. This is an open group open to all LSW members, friends, and the Duluth literary community. Pass the word. Please call Mara (728-1253) if you have questions.

April 30, Sat 9 am - 3 pm - LSW LITERARY GARAGE SALE and LSW ANNUAL MEETING.
Sale & fun events are planned in the Marshall School annex meeting room. Shop for chairs, lamps, shelves, and books, books, books! LSW members will write "Dear John" and "Dear Joan" letters, difficult letters, love poems, etc. on the spot for a small fee. Members receive one free book with any purchase. LSW’s Annual Meeting follows at 3:30 p.m. Donations are needed. Drop off your books at the LSW Meeting Room from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 16 and 23, 5 - 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27, and 1 - 3 p.m. on Thursday, April 28. For additional drop times and for pick-up info call 218-722-3094 or check back on website . We’ll take any items related to reading and writing For more info see web page.

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LSW KUDOS News about LSW Members

MARY ELLEN RYALL was published in the April 2005 issue of Senior Focus. Her article “Senior Baker Extraordinaire” and photograph appeared in the monthly newsletter. The Spooner Advocate sponsors Senior Focus and features the Washburn County Unit on Aging and other Washburn County Agencies.

The anthology, Charlotte's Table is one of the finalists in its category for a Minnesota Book Award. The awards will be presented in the evening on April 16 at the Minneapolis Woman's Club. RICHARD FOURNIER, a member of LSW, is both a contributor to the book as well as one of the editors. The book contains a variety of material, fiction, poetry and memoir from nine writers, all members of the 42nd Street Irregulars writing group who established their own publishing company, Piecemeal Publications, to put out the book.

Lake Superior Writers member KATE KYSAR was recently awarded a residency at the Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies to work on her second book-length manuscript of poetry, and her poem "Idaho Potatoes" will be included in Garrison Keillor's second anthology of Good Poems which will be published by Viking Penguin this summer.

INGRID HILL, who won first runner-up in fiction in the Lake Superior Writers Contest in 2000 with an excerpt, "Marjatta," from a novel in progress, published the novel in June 2004. Ursula, Under was published
by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. In October, the novel won the Great Lakes Book Award. The novel was sold to Jonathan Cape (Random House UK) and released on January 6 in London, UK. It will be released in a huge paperback printing, with book club questions and an author interview, by Penguin, in July 2005. Hill’s visit to Duluth for the awards ceremony produced another story, "Gipsy Fisher's Rest," set in Duluth, and was published in the current issue of Image magazine.

AREA EVENTS

April 2, Sat, 1 pm - Ya-Yas in Bloom Lunch - Celebrate the power of women's friendships. Door prizes and Ya-Ya fun. Louisiana-inspired menu. Reservations required. JW Beecroft Books, 3631 Tower Ave., Superior, WI, 218-394-2665, www.jwbeecroft.com.

April 2, Sat, 1 pm - John W. Milton signs The Fallen Nightingale, a novel about musician Enrique Granados. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, 218-786-0710.

April 3, Sun, 5:30 pm, Mystery Book Group Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, 218-786-0710.

April 5: Northern Lights' In-Store Book Group discusses Night of the Radishes by Sandra Benítez. Call us at 218-722-5267 for more information. Northern Lights Books & Gifts, 307 Canal Park Dr., 218-722-5267,
www.norlights.com

April 6, 13, 20 , 27 (Wednesdays) open mic at Beaner's Central, 7-10pm, Beaners, 324 N Central Ave, Duluth, 218-624-5957 www.beanerscentral.com

April 7, Thur, 1 pm - New Fiction/Non-Fiction Book Group - Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, 218-786-0710.

April 7, Thur, 6:30 pm - Duluth poet LOUIS JENKINS will sign his latest collection of prose poems, Sea Smoke. JW Beecroft Books, 3631 Tower Ave., Superior, WI, 218-394-2665, www.jwbeecroft.com.

April 13, Wed, 7-9 pm - Lake Superior College Minnesota Writers' Series event on this month's calender: Will Weaver will be reading in the Minnesota Room in the library-- 2101 Trinity Road, Duluth.

April 13, Wed, 6:30 pm, Classics Book Group, Seize the Day by Saul Bellow. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, 218-786-0710.

April 16, Sat, 7:30 pm - SPIRIT LAKE POETRY SERIES - Ilze Mueller will read from Gate, her new collection of poems, at the College of Saint Scholastica, Somers Lounge. Mueller emigrated from Latvia during World War II, lived on four continents, and has made her home in Minnesota for the past 30 years. Her poetry reflects her range of language, her experiences with different cultures, and her interest in travel. Mueller taught for many years at Macalester College and has also worked as a translator, interpreter, and proofreader. Mueller's poems have appeared in magazines and anthologies such as Calyx, Water-Stone, and Looking for Home: Women Writing About Exile. Her literary translations include Christa Reinig's Idleness is the Root of All Love from German and Vizma Belsevica's poems from Latvian. Complementary music from the Baltic Sea region will be provided by Barb Hanka. Refreshments will be served. Admission is free and open to the public. A booksigning will follow the reading. For info call Dorothea Diver, 218-723-6718.0

April 16, Sat, 1 pm, Jim and Allen Richardson sign Gonzo Science. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, 218-786-0710.

April 17, Sun, 7 - 9:30 pm. Silver Memorial Interfaith Lecture Series "Welcoming the Stranger: Stories from the Bible" to be held at Temple Israel,1602 East Second Street, Duluth, MN. The event will feature internationally-known Jewish storyteller Diane Wolkstein, accompanied by three local storytellers, from the African American, Anishinaabe, and Scandinavian/Russian communities. A panel discussion and interfaith dialogue on sacred storytelling will follow the presentations. Free and open to the public. Reception in the Overman Hall later that evening. Co-sponsored by the Arrowhead Interfaith Council and the Kaplan Fund. Visit http://www.dianewolkstein.com for more info.

April 17, Sun, 7 - 9:30 pm. Silver Memorial Interfaith Lecture Series "Welcoming the Stranger: Stories from the Bible" to be held at Temple Israel,1602 East Second Street, Duluth, MN. The event will feature internationally-known Jewish storyteller Diane Wolkstein, accompanied by three local storytellers, from the African American, Anishinaabe, and Scandinavian/Russian communities. A panel discussion and interfaith dialogue on sacred storytelling will follow the presentations. Free and open to the public. Reception in the Overman Hall later that evening. Co-sponsored by the Arrowhead Interfaith Council and the Kaplan Fund. Visit http://www.dianewolkstein.com for more info.

April 19, Tue, 7 pm, Notable Book Group Liberating Paris by Linda Bloodworth Thomason. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, 218-786-0710.

April 23, Sat. 1 pm - Kian Dwyer signs Living Your Chosen Eulogy: Live today how you want to be remembered in the end. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, 218-786-0710.

April 25, Mon 7 pm - Science Fiction Book Group discusses “Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, 218-786-0710.

April 27, Wed, 6:30 pm - Book Discussion - J.W. Beecroft hosts a discussion of this year's One Book, One Community selection, Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein." Everyone who has read the book is invited to attend. JW Beecroft Books, 3631 Tower Ave., Superior, WI, 218-394-2665, http://www.jwbeecroft.com.

April 30, Sat, 6 pm - FRANCINE STERLE will participate in Images: 30 on 30, collaboration of visual artists and writers, at MacRostie Art Center, 405 NW 1st Ave., Grand Rapids, MN 55744. Reception begins at 5 pm, reading begins at 6 pm. Call (218) 326-2697 for more info.

RESOURCES: For information on additional contests, retreats, publications and more see this new webpage: http://www.lakesuperiorwriters.org/lswresources.html

MN LIT: Minnesota Literature is a statewide, monthly newsletter ($10/10 issues) that provides the literary community with information about workshops, residencies, new publications, grants, awards, contests, and a monthly calendar of readings. Minnesota Literature, 2224 Stinson Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55418, mnlit@frontiernet.net.

REFLECTIONS, a journal/forum for artists, dedicated to artists worldwide announces a call for 2-D and literary artists for the spring issue. Postmark deadline: April 2, 2005. THEME: reflection; creation of an image using a mirrored object, an image bounced back from a reflective surface. Artists can interpret this theme loosely, abstractly, or realistically. The only caveat is that submissions can be reproduced into a magazine and/or web page. For more info or to download a complete prospectus go to http://www.reflectionmag.com SASE to: Reflections, 2620 5th Ave E., Hibbing, MN 55746-2222. Contact editor@relectionmag.com for more info.

DULUTH WRITERS’ WORKSHOP at University of Minnesota Duluth, August 11-17, 2005. Creative writing sessions in poetry, fiction, and the memoir and personal essay. Workshop participants will work with TED KOOSER, the U.S. Poet Laureate and acclaimed Nebraska poet, author of “Delights and Shadows” and “Weather Central”; PATRICIA WEAVER FRANCISCO, author of “Telling: A Memoir of Rape and Recovery,” “Cold Feet,” and “Village Without Mirrors;” and ROBERT OLEN BUTLER, author of ten novels and three volumes of short stories, including “A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain,” which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The Workshop Director is Joseph Maiolo, professor of English at UMD and a fiction writer whose work has been published in The Sewanee Review, Ploughshares, Shenandoah, and other magazines. For information and an application, visit http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/writers

From MNARTISTS.ORG - In celebration of poetry, and in the desire to make it an integral part of mnartists.org, we are running a contest to select 6 poems to feature as "poem of the week" in April and May. Deadline is Friday, March 25; winners will be announced by April 11; and one poem will be posted each week after this through May. Poems will be featured on the front page of mnartists.org; plans are afoot for further publication and performance of the featured poems. We are thinking of this as a pilot project, and hope that we can continue it beyond this initial version. Please send poems as attached Word files to: editor@mnartists.org. Each submission should consist of the following items: --Your name, address, and contact information --No more than 5 poems (total page limit of submissions, 20 pp.) --A brief biographical piece that can also act as a writer's statement Submissions that do not adhere to these guidelines may be rejected at the discrimination of the editor. Submissions will be evaluated by a panel of 3 readers. This panel will be composed of a mix of a publishing professional, a writer, and a reader of poetry.

CALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women’s fourth annual Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize. Final judge: Chitra Divakaruni. Publication plus $300 award. Submissions: March 1 through May 31. Entry fee: $15 (3 poems, 6 pages total). Calyx, Lois Cranston Prize, Box B, Corvalis, OR 97339. Guidelines: www.proaxis.com/~calyx

BLUE EARTH REVIEW, biannual publication, accepts original poetry, fiction, non-fiction, photography and graphic art through May 1. Submit bio (50 words), address, phone and email to Blue Earth Review, Thomas Maltman, Minnesota State Univ., Mankato, Student Union 192, Mankato, MN 56001. Contact wordmucker@yahoo.com, or Thomas.Maltman@mnsu.edu

KUMQUAT Meringue is a strange acorn of poetry dedicated to the memory of Richard Brautigan. Send your quirky minutiae of love, sex, syrup, life, and death. If there's a connection to Richard Brautigan, so much the better. Sample: $6. Three issue subscription: $12. P.O. Box 736, Pine Island, MN 55963, http://www.kumquatcastle.com, moodyriver@aol.com

LAKE SUPERIOR WRITERS INFORMATION

VOLUNTEER WITH LAKE SUPERIOR WRITERS! You've thought about it and now we really need you. Join a vibrant and dynamic group of people. We need help with the WEB SITE [Contact Cheryl Reitan, 728-3154], FLYERS and NEWSLETTER [Jim Perlman, 724-1653], MEMBERSHIP [Call Bernadette, 525-3898], and FINANCES [e-mail Lake Superior Writers at: writers@lakesuperiorwriters.org].

CALL FOR VOLUNTEER DATABASE ENTHUSIASTS! LSW needs an individual or individuals to help with the membership database and quarterly reports. If you enjoy detail and accuracy, we want you! Enter information from new members, make corrections as they come in and publish reports as requested by committees and the Board. Please send an email to calendar@lakesuperiorwriters.org, if you are interested.

WRITING COACH. Experienced Writers: Would you like to earn $25/an hour, and at the same time encourage a fellow writer- Lake Superior Writers will act as a clearing house for those who feel qualified to be a writing coach, and those who wish help. If you wish to participate, please send a letter of intent stating your area(s) of expertise, a brief resume, and $10 for Website maintenance. Your name and a brief resume will be posted on the LSW Website. See www.lakesuperiorwriters.org for info. Send information to LSW, 1301 Rice Lake Road, Suite 132, Duluth, Minnesota 55811, Att'n. Mara.

LSW MISSION: to foster writing communities, to provide an audience for literature, and to further the artistic development of writers through workshops, readings, and publications.

Lake Superior Writers prohibits discrimination in its programs, membership, and board of directors participation on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, beliefs, sexual orientation, marital status or family status.

Lake Superior Writers Calendar

THIS CALENDAR is a benefit of your membership in Lake Superior Writers.
We are a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the literary arts. We welcome information from you regarding events, classes, kudos or announcements to be included in upcoming calendars.We reserve the right to edit all submissions.

TELL US ABOUT IT! Have you just been published? Received a grant or an award? Let us know! Have an event to publicize? We love to celebrate the events and successes of the members of our writing community. E-mail your news items to calendar@lakesuperiorwriters.org.

We have two e-mail addresses: writers@lakesuperiorwriters.org a special e-mail for this calendar at calendar@lakesuperiorwriters.org