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LSW ACTIVITIES

July 21 (3rd Thursday) 11:30 am - THE WRITERS’ SQUARE TABLE will meet downstairs at Chester Creek Cafe. All are welcome. July’s topic: Characterization.

LSW KUDOS News about LSW Members

TIM J BRENNAN’S ten minute play "My Name is Lisa" was accepted for production at Stormy Weather Players 2005 New Plays Festival in August. Brennan's play will be produced August 17 through August 20 on the Cornwall
on Hudson stage in upstate New York.

MARY ELLEN RYALL was published in The Daily Telegram in June. Her essay “Satisfaction Guaranteed” appeared in the Senior Class column. She was also published in the Washburn County Register. The story “Monarch may be in trouble” may be viewed on her website at http://www.happytonics.org//

WRITING GROUPS

The LSW FICTION/POETRY group that has been meeting the 3rd Wednesday of each month at the New London Cafe is taking the summer off, and may return in a different format under new leadership come fall. Watch the E-Calendar for news.

The LSW CREATIVE NONFICTION group that has been meeting on the first Monday
of each month at the Barnes & Noble Café is also taking the summer off. Watch the E-Calendar for info..

See info about LSW Writing Groups

AREA EVENTS

July 5, Tues, 11 a.m. ? Arrowhead Poets Meeting. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, 218-786-0710.

July 6, Wed, 7 pm ? Reading and book signing by Bob Cary, author of “Fear Was Never an Option,” Cary’s new book about World War II. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, 218-786-0710.

July 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

July 5, Tue, 8 pm - In-Store Book Club discusses Susan Vreeland's "Forest Lover.” Northern Lights Books & Gifts, 307 Canal Park Dr., 218-722-5267, www.norlights.com.

July 6, Wed, 4 pm - Booksigning: BOB CARY will be in to sign his latest book. He's written about outhouses, tales in the Ely area, and now a book about war (with a comical approach, of course). Northern Lights Books &
Gifts, 307 Canal Park Dr., 218-722-5267, www.norlights.com.

July 6, Wed, 6:30 pm - Wisconsin author Marshall Cook will sign his new, Wisconsin-set mystery, "MURDER AT MIDNIGHT." JW Beecroft Books, 3631 Tower Ave., Superior, WI, 218-394-2665, www.jwbeecroft.com.

July 10, Sun, 5:30 pm ? Mystery Book Group discusses “Sanibel Flats” by Randy Wayne White. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, 218-786-0710.

July 13, Wed, 6:30 pm ? Classics Book Group discusses “The Big Money” by John Dos Passos. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, 218-786-0710.

July 14, Thur, 1 pm ? New Fiction/Nonfiction Book Group discusses “The Forest Lover” by Susan Vreeland. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, 218-786-0710.

July 15, Fri, 9:30 pm ? Midnight Magic Party. Celebrate the release of “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince” which goes on sale at midnight. Call to reserve a copy at 218-786-0710. Event includes free photos, face
painting, games, crafts, costume contest, prizes, and more. Numbered wristbands will be handed out starting at 9 am on Friday, July 15. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, 218-786-0710.

July 15, Fri 11 pm. Harry Potter Midnight Party at the Depot. Be one of the first to pick up the 6th Harry Potter title: “Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince” and have a fun night at a midnight party with food, games, characters, critters, and trains. Northern Lights Books & Gifts, 307 Canal Park Dr., 218-722-5267, www.norlights.com.

July 16, Sat, 7 am - HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE HOOPLA & TOURNAMENT OF MUGGLES. Doors open at 7:00 a.m,; tournament begins at 8:00 a.m. Games, activities, and contests, including making magic potions, cleaning up the owlerie, guessing the flavor of B. Bott's Beans, and more. Earn extra points by coming in costume. The tournament will culminate in a triva showdown at 9:00 a.m., and breakfast will be available for purchase in our cafe from 7:00 - 10:00 a.m. JW Beecroft Books, 3631 Tower Ave., Superior, WI, 218-394-2665, www.jwbeecroft.com.

July 18, Mon, 6:30 pm - CHILDREN'S WRITERS GROUP MEETING. Writers of fiction and non-fiction for children are invited to attend. JW Beecroft Books, 3631 Tower Ave., Superior, WI, 218-394-2665, www.jwbeecroft.com.

July 18, Mon, 7:30 pm ? Science Fiction Book Group discusses “Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Share, Gossip and Follow the Golden Rule” by Michael Shermer (this is a nonfiction book.) Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, 218-786-0710.

July 19, Tue, 5:15 pm - BEECROFT WRITERS GROUP MEETING. Writers of poetry and short stories are invited to attend. JW Beecroft Books, 3631 Tower Ave., Superior, WI, 218-394-2665, www.jwbeecroft.com.

July 19, Tue, 7 pm ? Notable Books Group discusses “The Language of Sycamores” by Lisa Wingate. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, 218-786-0710.

July 21, Thurs, 7 pm - MEET AUTHOR CHARLES BAXTER "Contemporary master" Charles Baxter will read from and sign his works, which include the National Book Award finalist "THE FEAST OF LOVE," "SAUL AND PATSY," "BELIEVERS," and "FIRST LIGHT." JW Beecroft Books, 3631 Tower Ave., Superior, WI, 218-394-2665, www.jwbeecroft.com.

July 22, Fri, 7 pm - PAJAMA STORY TIME WITH WENDY MCCORMICK Author Wendy McCormick will read her book "DANIEL AND HIS WALKING STICK," about a young girl who "adopts" a new grandfather. Young readers are invited to come in pajamas and bring a pillow or blanket. JW Beecroft Books, 3631 Tower Ave., Superior, WI, 218-394-2665, www.jwbeecroft.com.

July 23, Sat, 1 pm - Booksigning: CONSIE POWELL author of "Leave Only Ripples: A Canoe Country Sketchbook." Consie's journal notes, sketches, and hand-colored woodcuts transport you to Canoe Country. Northern Lights Books & Gifts, 307 Canal Park Dr., 218-722-5267, www.norlights.com.

July 27, Wed, 7 pm - Book Signing: ARVID WILLIAMS signs “Hawk's Valley: a good place to die.” This book is the first in a series of historical fiction set in Minnesota in the late 1800's. Barnes & Noble Booksellers,1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, 218-786-0710.

July 30, Sat 1 pm. Booksigning: Chuck Logan and John Sandford Attention mystery lovers! Come to this dual author event. Regional mystery writers Chuck Logan with "Homefront" and John Sandford with "Broken Prey." Call Northern Lights Books & Gifts, 307 Canal Park Dr., 218-722-5267, www.norlights.com.

Aug 2, Tues, 8 pm - In-Store Book Club "Death at La Fenice" by Donna Leon will be discussed. Special discount on club books. Northern Lights Books & Gifts, 307 Canal Park Dr., 218-722-5267, www.norlights.com.

Aug 6, Sat 1 pm - Booksigning: MARY ALICE HANSEN author of "Sawbill: History and Tales." It's a great resource to learn about this beautiful and interesting part of northeastern Minnesota. Northern Lights Books &
Gifts, 307 Canal Park Dr., 218-722-5267, www.norlights.com.

Aug 11, Thurs, 7 pm, UMD Griggs Center - Three Duluth Poets: Louis Jenkins, Connie Wanek, Barton Sutter. The kick-off presentation of the Duluth Writers' Workshop: In Praise of the Book. This event is co-sponsored by Lake Superior Writers. Free.

Aug 12, Friday, 7 pm, UMD Kirby Student Center Rafters - Robert Olen Butler Reading. Part of the Duluth Writers' Workshop: In Praise of the Book. Robert Olen Butler has published ten novels and three volumes of short stories, one of which, A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His latest book of stories, Had a Good Time, is based on his collection of antique picture post cards. His short fiction has appeared in such publications as The New Yorker, Esquire, The Atlantic Monthly, Harper’s, Zoetrope, GQ, The Paris Review, Ploughshares, McSweeney’s and Glimmer Train. They have also been chosen for inclusion in four annual editions of The Best American Short Stories, eight annual editions of New Stories from the South, and numerous college literature textbooks. His book of prose poems, Severance, debuts with Rivages in France in April 2005, to coincide with a ballet based upon it that will be performed in Lyon. Also appearing in 2005 is his book of lectures on the creative process, From Where You Dream. Free.

Aug 13, Sat, 3:30 pm, UMD Weber Music Hall - Ted Kooser Reading. Part of the Duluth Writers' Workshop: In Praise of the Book. Ted Kooser is one of Nebraska’s most highly regarded poets and the country’s newest Poet Laureate. A professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, he is the author of eleven full-length collections of poetry, including Delights and Shadows (Copper Canyon Press, 2004) and Weather Central (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1994). Over the years his works have appeared in many periodicals including The Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, Poetry, The Hudson Review, The Nation, The American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, Prairie Schooner, and Antioch Review. Koosers’ poems are included in textbooks and anthologies used in both secondary schools and college classrooms across the country. He has received two NEA fellowships in poetry, the Pushcart Prize, the Stanley Kunitz Prize, The James Boatwright Prize, and a Merit Award from the Nebraska Arts Council. Free.

Aug 14, Sun, 1:30 pm, UMD Kirby Student Center Rafters - Literary Panel: Ted Kooser and Carol Bly. Part of the Duluth Writers' Workshop: In Praise of the Book. Free.

Aug 14, Sun, 7 pm, UMD Kirby Student Center Rafters - Patricia Weaver Francisco. Part of the Duluth Writers' Workshop: In Praise of the Book. Patricia Weaver Francisco is the author of TELLING: A Memoir of Rape and Recovery (HarperCollins, 1999, 2000), for which she was awarded a Minnesota Book Award, a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, and a Loft-McKnight Award of Distinction. Francisco has also published a play (Lunacy, Dramatic Publishing Company), a novel (Cold Feet, Simon & Schuster, 1988) and a book of essays (Village Without Mirrors, Milkweed Editions, 1989). She teaches in the MFA program in creative writing at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Since the publication of TELLING she has been active in speaking to colleges, high schools, and service providers on the subject of sexual violence and in conducting workshops on writing the memoir of crisis. Free.

Aug 15, Mon, 7 pm, UMD Kirby Student Center Rafters - Joseph Maiolo. Part of the Duluth Writers' Workshop: In Praise of the Book. UMD professor Joseph Maiolo's short stories have been published in The Sewanee Review, Ploughshares, and Shenandoah. Several of his stories and a novella have won national awards, including citation in The Best American Short Stories, a Pushcart Prize, three PEN/Syndicated Fiction Awards, and two National Endowment for the Arts Literary Fellowships. Maiolo's work has also received a Bush Artist Fellowship and a Loft-McKnight Award of Distinction in Fiction. "The Girl and the Serpent," an excerpt from his memoir in progress, was published in 2001 by Beacon Press in Resurrecting Grace: Remembering Catholic Childhoods. Free.

Aug 20, Sat, 1 pm - Booksigning: BETSY BOWEN, wood cut artist and illustrator from Grand Marais signs her new book "Great Wolf and the Good Woodsman" is her latest illustrated book. 2 pm Booksigning: BECKIE PRANGE Printmaker and naturalist, Beckie has illustrated the colorful book, "Song
of the Water Boatman and other Pond Poems." Northern Lights Books & Gifts,
307 Canal Park Dr., 218-722-5267, www.norlights.com.

Aug 22, Mon, 1 pm - Booksigning: WILLIAM KENT KRUEGER, signs "Mercy Falls." Northern Lights Books & Gifts, 307 Canal Park Dr., 218-722-5267, www.norlights.com.

Aug 27, Sat, 3 pm - Book & CD Signing: Meet Great Lakes folk musician LEE MURDOCK and pick up “Lake Between Two Worlds.” Northern Lights Books & Gifts, 307 Canal Park Dr., 218-722-5267, www.norlights.com.

Register now for writing classes during fall semester at Lake Superior College. Sheila Packa, MFA, poet, ARAC and Loft McKnight Award winner, will be teaching a Wednesday night INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE: POETRY. (English 1140). Students will learn about the elements of poetry: voice, word choice, stanza and line breaks, metrics, forms, and more and students will read classic and contemporary poetry. The text: Frances Mayes' THE DISCOVERY OF POETRY: A FIELD GUIDE TO READING AND WRITING POEMS published by Harcourt, c2001.

NEWS / CONFERENCES / SUBMISSIONS

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.

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