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LSW ACTIVITIES AND NEWS

Oct 18, 25, Nov 1 and 8; Tuesday, 6:30 pm - WRITING CLASS: “INSIDE OUT: For Those Who Have Lost a Loved One” Lake Superior Writers Meeting Room, 1301 Rice Lake Rd, (next to Sylvan Learning Ctr). $75 Non-Members, $60 members. Scholarships available.218-728-2097

October 20, Thursday, 11:30 a.m. LAKE SUPERIOR WRITERS
SQUARE TABLE meets downstairs at Sara’s Tale. All are welcome. Topic: Involving the Senses in Your Writing. Call Mara at 728-1253 for more info.

Oct 20, Thursday, 7 pm - READING: “Inside Out” with Lisa Angelos, Cal Benson, Deborah Cooper, Dorothy Johns,Yvonne Rutford, Donna Schilling, Emme Sjoberg, Caitlin Taylor, Nicky Williams, and Shirley Wuchter Free, Lake Superior Writers Meeting Room, 1301 Rice Lake Rd, Marshall School Annex (next to Sylvan Learning Center.

Nov 15, Tuesday 7 pm - READING: “New London Writers” with Marty Bigalk, Don Dass, Beth Domholdt, Jeanne Eddy, Kari Hedin, Jill Hinners, and Cheryl Reitan Free, The Playground, 11 E. Superior St. (Tech Village)

GOOD NEWS! This summer, Lake Superior Writers received a $3,500 grant from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, a $1,000 grants from Northern Lights Books, and a $1,000 grant from Minnesota Public Radio to assist with the Lake Superior Writers GREAT NORTHERN FESTIVAL OF WORDS coming in April 2006. Events will include a reading by TERRY GROSS at the College of St. Scholastica Mitchell Auditorium, a film festival and reception for regional filmmakers; a regional publishers book fair; workshops and panel discussions; and co-sponsorship of a poetry reading with Spirit Lake Poetry series. THANK YOU to our generous sponsors, which also includes the College of St. Scholastica. If you are interested in helping with planning for Lake Superior Writers GREAT NORTHERN FESTIVAL OF WORDS please contact Anne Moore at anne_perry_moore@hotmail.com. We're looking for people to help with fundraising and staffing of fundraising events, coordinating volunteers, helping organize and oversee the two event receptions, ushering at the Terry Gross event, and a myriad of details such a significant undertaking entails!

LSW KUDOS News about LSW Members

TIM J BRENNAN’S 10-minute play “My Name is Lisa” was accepted for production and produced at Stormy Weather Players 2005 New Plays Festival in August. The play was produced for the Cornwall on Hudson stage in upstate New York. Tim’s play "Dinner and a Movie" was accepted for production at North Park Vaudeville Theatre in San Diego on October 28 & 29 as part of their 10-minute play festival. Tim will also be reading his poem "blurred boy" at CrossingatCarnegie in Zumbrota on August 13. "blurred boy" was selected for CatC's "Poetography" exhibition.

Blue Pavilion, a manuscript of poems by LSW member MARK MAIRE of Duluth, was named a finalist for the 2005 Weldon Kees Award.

MARY ELLEN RYALL’S story “Conquering the Dream Killers” was selected for the 2005 Tribal College Journal (TCJ) Student Edition. TCJ chose 13 students for the Student Writer of the Year award for a variety of articles and poetry. TCJ is a quarterly magazine published by the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, an organization of 35 tribal colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. The TCJ focuses on new models for Native American higher education and profiles students and alumni who have conquered various obstacles to find success. She was also published in the August 2005 issue of Senior Focus. Her article and photographs "Local Seniors Help Monarch Butterfly" were featured as front page news in the monthly newsletter.

CLEO HUTTON’S book “After a Stroke: 300 Tips For Making Life Easier” was recently published by Demos Medical Publishing. The book provides stroke survivors and their families with helpful tips and information about stroke to help overcome obstacles in the way of successful healing at home. Ms. Hutton is a stroke survivor who has experienced some of the emotions and physical limitations that many stroke survivors experience. Cleo will be a guest on the television show “About Health” with Jeanne Blake in Boston on September 9 and will present "After a Stroke" at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston at 10 AM on September 10. On Sep 24, the “Heart Walk on Lakewalk” in Duluth, MN will feature Cleo Hutton and provide an autographing area where both nationally acclaimed books relating to heart disease and stroke, After a Stroke and Striking Back at Stroke, can be purchased.

LSW board member DEBORAH COOPER’S writing group has just had a collection of poems published by Calyx Press of Duluth. "THE MOON ROLLS OUT OF OUR MOUTHS" includes poetry by Candace Ginsberg, Ann Niedringhaus, Ellie Schoenfeld, Anne Simpson & Deborah Cooper. The authors will perform a book release Reading, on Sun, October 2, 7:00 pm, At Sara's Table in Duluth.

BRUCE HENRICKSEN’S short story collection, Ticket to a Lonely Town, will be published in September by Atomic Quill Media. For more on this book visit www.brucehenricksen.com. His poem "Solitude" will appear in Chance of a Ghost: An Anthology of Ghost Poems (Helicon Nine Editions), also to appear in September.

A memoir by SARAH CHAPMAN was selected for the second issue of Relections.

AREA LITERARY EVENTS

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Oct 18, 25, Nov 1 and 8; Tuesday, 6:30 pm - WRITING CLASS: “INSIDE OUT: For Those Who Have Lost a Loved One” Lake Superior Writers Meeting Room, 1301 Rice Lake Rd, (next to Sylvan Learning Ctr). $75 Non-Members, $60 members. Scholarships available.218-728-2097

October 2, Sunday, 5:30 pm - Mystery Book Group discusses “Through the Grinder” by Cleo Coyle. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, 218-786-0717.

October 4, Tuesday, 11:00 am - Arrowhead Poets Meeting in the Café. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, 218-786-0717.

October 5, Wednesday, 4:00 pm - “I Am Who I Am” Series: Disability and Accessibility to a College Education. CLEO HUTTON from Duluth, MN, graduate of the University of Minnesota Duluth Campus and member of Lake Superior Writes, is a well-respected author, speaker, nurse, stroke survivor, and advocate for stroke awareness and recovery. She lectures around the world and uses her heart, humor, and experience to deliver a message of hope and healing. Cleo has also coauthored with Louis R. Caplan, MD, “Striking
Back at Stroke: A Doctor-Patient Journal.” Open to the Public and Free of Charge. University of Minnesota Duluth Campus, Kirby Center, Rafters.

October 5, Wednesday, 7:00 pm - Discussion/Book Signing of “After a Stroke: 300 Tips For Making Life Easier” by Cleo Hutton. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, 218-786-0717.

October 6, Thursday, 1 pm - New Fiction/Non-Fiction Book Group discusses “The Egyptologist” by Arthur Phillips. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, 218-786-0717.

October 7, Friday, 6:30 pm - Betsy Bowen will be signing her illustrated new edition of the classic tale, “GREAT WOLF AND THE GOOD WOODSMAN.” At 7 pm.m she will be reading aloud at Pajama Story Time. JW Beecroft Books, 3631 Tower Ave., Superior, WI, 218-394-2665, http://www.jwbeecroft.com.

October 10, Monday, 7:00-9:00 pm - THIS IS YOUR LIFE: NONFICTION STORY WRITING: Cleo Hutton will be giving an 8-week workshop at Woodland Middle School Community Ed. This course will present the fundamentals of plot, sturcture, voice, description, character development, and dialogue. Lectures, writing exercises, and analyses are used to illustrate these concepts. Fee is $45. For information call the Woodland Community Ed Office at 218-728-7463.

October 11, Tuesday, 7:00 pm - Beecroft Writer’s Group meeting. JW Beecroft Books, 3631 Tower Ave., Superior, WI, 218-394-2665, http://www.jwbeecroft.com.

October 12, Wednesday 6:30 pm - Classics Book Group discusses “The Painted Bird” by Jerzy Kosinski. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, 218-786-0717.

October 13, Thursday, 7:00 pm - REGIONAL WRITER’S NIGHT: Several regional authors will present their books, including Dottie Lou Bolme with “DADDY’S GIRL,” Bruce Henrichsen with “TICKET TO A LONELY TOWN,” Donna Schilling and Shirley Wuchter with “GROWING UP ON MEMORY LANE,” Jack Salmela with “THE MESSIAH MEDALLIONS,” Richard Scott
with “I’M AN IDIOT, YOU’RE AN IDIOT,” and Margaret Olson Webster with “ARE ALL THE HEROES GONE?” JW Beecroft Books, 3631 Tower Ave., Superior, WI, 218-394-2665, http://www.jwbeecroft.com.

October 18, Tuesday, 7:00 pm - Celebrate the release of the new Lemony Snicket book. JW Beecroft Books, 3631 Tower Ave., Superior, WI, 218-394-2665, http://www.jwbeecroft.com.

October 18, Tuesday, 5:00 pm - Educator Reception: Guest Speaker will be author/artist Betsy Bowen. Book signing following presentation. Refreshments will be served. Call to pre-register at 218-7860710. Barnes & Noble Booksellers,
1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, 218-786-0717.

Oct 20, Thursday, 7 pm - READING: “Inside Out” with Lisa Angelos, Cal Benson, Deborah Cooper, Dorothy Johns,Yvonne Rutford, Donna Schilling, Emme Sjoberg, Caitlin Taylor, Nicky Williams, and Shirley Wuchter Free, Lake Superior Writers Meeting Room, 1301 Rice Lake Rd, Marshall School Annex (next to Sylvan Learning Center.

October 20, Thursday, 11:30 a.m. LAKE SUPERIOR WRITERS
SQUARE TABLE meets downstairs at Sara’s Tale. All are welcome. Topic: Involving the Senses in Your Writing. Call Mara at 728-1253 for more info.

October 22, Saturday, 11 am - Book signing: Jim Klobuchar, author and journalist, signs “WALKING BRISKLY INTO THE SUNSET.”Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, 218-786-0717.

October 24, Monday, 7:30 pm - Science Fiction Book Group: “CAMOUFLAGE” by Joseph Haldeman. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, 218-786-0717.

October 26, Wednesday, 7:00 pm - Book signing: Pat McGauley and Mark Munger sign “THE HIBBING HURT” and “THE SHORT LIFE OF DOC THE BUNNY AND OTHER TALES: FURTHER STORIES OF LIVING OUT.” Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, 218-786-0717.

October 27, Thursday, 7:00 pm - Twenty Years of Reverberation from Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence. Rosemary Keefe (Curb) and Nancy Manahan, editors of “LESBIAN NUNS: BREAKING SILENCE,” share their experiences, insights, and ongoing political lessons twenty years after the publication of their landmark book on identities, silences and finding voice. Reception and book signing follow. Original editions will be available for purchase. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the UW-Superior Office of Women and Gender Issues, 394-8405. Multicultural Center, 232 Old Main, UW Superior.

October 29, Sunday, 11:00 pm - Book Signing: Rebecca Stouffer will sign “SOUL’S GARDEN.” Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, 218-786-0717.

October 29, Saturday, 2:00 pm - Veteran food writer Beatrice Ojakangas will discuss her two newest books, “GREAT OLD-FASHIONED AMERICAN RECIPIES” and “COOKING WITH CONVECTION. She will answer questions and sign books. JW Beecroft Books, 3631 Tower Ave., Superior, WI, 218-394-2665, http://www.jwbeecroft.com.

October 29, Saturday, 7:30 pm, at Somers Lounge at the College of St. Scholastica. Spirit Lake Poetry Series: Poet Paul Zarzyski. Zarzyski, from Hurley, Wisc., recited at the National Storytelling Festival, the National Folk Festival, the Library of Congress and on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion. He considers the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada, his second home, and has been featured performer there annually since 1987. His published work includes The Make-Up of Ice (University of Georgia Press, 1984), All this Way for the Short Ride (Museum of New Mexico Press, 1996) which received the Western Heritage Award for Poetry, Blue Collar Light (Red Wing Press, 1998) and Words Growing Wild (Jim Rooney Productions, 1998)--a spoken-word CD. Paul lives west of Great Falls, Montana, where poetry is his full-time work.

Nov 15, Tuesday 7 pm - READING: “New London Writers” with Marty Bigalk, Don Dass, Beth Domholdt, Jeanne Eddy, Kari Hedin, Jill Hinners, and Cheryl Reitan Free, The Playground, 11 E. Superior St. (Tech Village)

WRITING GROUPS

LSW WRITING GROUP UPDATE
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CREATIVE NON-FICTION - Meets at 6:30 pm the first Monday of the month at Barnes & Noble café, from September to May. Open to new members. Contact Gail at 728-1354 or e-mail gailwill@chatermi.net. She sends an e-mail to everyone on the list every month. For summer meeting times and locations, contact Gail.

FICTION/POETRY - Meets from 6-8 pm on the third Wednesday of the month, from September to May at the New London Café, 4721 E. Superior St. Contact Jill Hinners (218-728-3154) or Cheryl Reitan (218-728-3154, creitan@d.umn.edu) for information.

MEMOIR - Meets from 3-5 pm on the third Sunday of every month at Chester Creek Café, at Sara’s Table (downstairs room). Contact Mara Hart (218-728-3154, mhart2@d.umn.edu) for information.

WRITING FOR CHILDREN - Meets at 6:30 pm on the third Monday of the month at J.W. Beecroft Books & Coffee, 3631 Tower Avenue. For more information call 715-394-2665.

SPECULATIVE FICTION GROUP - (Science Fiction, Fantasy, and/or Horror) led by Lacey Louwagie. Meets at 7 pm on the fourth Monday of every month at Chester Creek Café. People interested in joining can contact Lacey at the_real_sedeara@yahoo.com.

NEWS / CONFERENCES / SUBMISSIONS/ OPPORTUNITIES

Deadline: October 15, 2004
BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY announces the deadline for submissions for "Dust & Fire" the Annual Anthology of Women's Writing & Art published by the Women's Studies and English Department. Submissons accepted through October 15, 2005 with the decisions announced in December. Writers and artists will be published in Dust & Fire and will receive two complementary copies of the anthology. Writers and artists are invited to read and present their work at the Dust & Fire Publication Reading and Reception. Must be a resident of Minnesota or contiguous state or province to apply. Contact Susan Carol Hauser, English Department, 1500 Birchmont Drive NE, Bemidji State University, Box 23, Bemidji, MN 56601, shauser@bemidjistate.edu, 218-755-3355. http://www.bemidjistate.edu/dustandfire

TO HAVE CHILDREN OR NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN: THAT IS THE QUESTION
Two editors: Tracy Gilsvik and Lacey A. Louwagie are looking for writers who want to share their experiences deciding whether or not to have kids. Did you make your decision after a lifetime of deliberation or did you go through an accelerated decision-making process when you found yourself unexpectedly pregnant? Their goal is not to decide which decisions are best, but simply to explore the sometimes exciting, often painful decisions people have to make. Please send your 1,000-3,000 word essay by November 1, 2005 to: tracynewmoon1@frontiernet.net (e-mail submissions preferred). Or: Tracy Gilsvik/614 Hermanson Rd/Two Harbors, MN 55616. Include your complete name, complete address, age, phone number, and e-mail address with your submission.

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

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Reading Partners wanted! Volunteer to read with your elementary aged "Reading Partner" for the upcoming school year. Spend one hour/week sharing your love of books with a student at Grant Language and Arts Magnet School in Duluth. Call Jay Newcomb at 723-6552.

Spirit Lake Poetry Series has announced their calendar for 2005-2006: October 29, 2005: Poet Paul Zarzyski; November 19, 2005: Poet Jim Johnson; February 18, 2006: St. David's Day Open Reading; March 25, 2006: Poets Ellie Schoenfeld, Deborah Cooper, Ann
Niedringhaus, Anne Simpson, and Candace Ginsburg; April 22, 2006: Poet Laureate of Wisconsin Denise Sweet. All performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Somers Lounge at the College of St. Scholastica.

LAKE SUPERIOR WRITERS INFORMATION

VOLUNTEER WITH LAKE SUPERIOR WRITERS
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You’ve thought about volunteering, 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, Pamela Mittlefehldt 525-3693, or pjmarch4@aol.com), and FINANCES (e-mail Lake Superior Writers at: writers@lakesuperiorwriters.org). Want to become more involved with Lake Superior Writers? Interested in helping to create a lively community of writers? The LSW Membership Committee would welcome a few new members. The committee is responsible for maintaining member lists, coordinating writing groups, and monitoring the mentoring program. Your energy and ideas are needed! For further information, contact Pamela Mittlefehldt, at 525-3693, or pjmarch4@aol.com.

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