E-Calendar July 2008
LSW Activities and Events | LSW Kudos | Area Events | News/Contest/Submissions | Lake Superior Writers Information | About the LSW Calendar |
Compiled by LAKE SUPERIOR WRITERS

LSW member Phil Fitzpatrick is the e-calendar editor. Send your info to him at calendar@lakesuperiorwriters.org.

LSW ACTIVITIES AND NEWS.

* June LSW e-calendar

[Editor’s note: All submissions of upcoming
events—one-time events and regularly scheduled
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not a newsletter, so brevity is important. Thank you.]

***** LSW News & Events

THIRD BIENNIAL POETRY AND PRINTS COLLABORATION AT NORTHERN
PRINTS GALLERY
LSW members are invited to enter a new writing contest.
Writers can enter as many poems as they wish, and choose any
number of partner images. (See the contest website). LSW
will select a number of different poems for each print --
and hopes to enlarge the book that is published. The title
of the show and the chapbook is "TRAIL GUIDE: A Northland
Experience in Prints and Poetry." The concept is to offer a
shortcut to immersion in the northland experience for
visitors and tourists. Books will be offered for sale at
gift stores, tourist shops, and book stores throughout the
Northland. The exhibit will run from August 28 to October
25. Poets will read their poems at the opening on Thursday,
August 28, from 5 - 8 pm at Northern Prints Gallery, 318
North 14th Avenue East, Duluth. Printmaker’s work and more
info are available at
http://www.lakesuperiorwriters.org/lswcontest.html
SUBMISSIONS: Submissions must be made by email by July
11 and will be received by Cal Benson at
<calbenmn@gmail.com>. Selected poets will be notified by
email, no later than July 20.
SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THE CHAPBOOK. The project needs 100
subscriptions of $75 to cover printing costs for the larger
book which would sell for $25. Each subscriber will receive
five books of the large version or seven of the small
version which sells for $15. Subscription pledges must be in
to Cecilia Lieder <cele@northernprintsgallery.com> by July
15, 2008 with checks sent to Lieder at the Northern Prints
Gallery, 318 North 14th Avenue East, Duluth, MN 55805 no
later than Aug 1.

LSW Monthly Groups

Wed, July 16 (third Wednesday), Fiction/Poetry Writing
Group, 6 -8 pm at Chester Creek Cafe, 1902 E. 8th Street.
Contact Jill Hinners (349-6431) or Cheryl Reitan
(creitan@d.umn.edu, 218-728-3154).

** Fri July 25 6:30 pm at Barnes & Noble - the Freshwater
Screenwriting Group meets for coffee and encouragement. Our
numbers are growing - join us!

** Mon July 14 at 6:30 pm at Amazing Grace Bakery in Canal
Park. The Children's Writers Group will meet. Bring some of
your writings for children to share. Questions email:
Julesmj2@aol.com

LSW KUDOS News about LSW Members back to top 

** Mary Ellen Ryall writes for the Butterfly corner,
Washburn County Register. The June 4th article was about the
American copper butterfly that visited the Monarch Butterfly
Habitat on a warm sunny Sunday morning. The June 11 article
was about the new split rail fence that is going up in the
Monarch Butterfly Habitat being implemented in Shell Lake.
The June 28 article was about the Cecropia moth that
appeared and caused quite a stir from the curious neighbors
living near the habitat. Ryall's article Lakeland Manor
Residents take a ride appeared in the July 1 issue of
Washburn County Register. She is on the Washburn County
Transportation Council and promotes public bus
transportation in Washburn County.
http://www.happytonics.org

** Eric Chandler's article "The Old Man of the Mountain" was
published in the June issue of Vermont Sports Magazine. It
is about aging, using the 1984 father-son running of the
Mount Washington Hill Climb running race in NH as a
backdrop.

** The June 16 Boston Globe newspaper under the heading
"Good Fiction by Unfamiliar Writers" recommended Anthony
Bukoski's "North of the Port" as one of five "short gems"
worthy of summer reading. A May 15 Booklist review called
the book "a fine fifth collection" of the author's stories.
The review concluded" "Bukoski's heart-piercing, poetic
fiction of place and ethnicity makes one wish to be Polish,
too, despite the heartbreak." Additionally, a cover photo of
and an article on the author appear in the summer number of
"Wisconsin People & Ideas" magazine.

** “Dovetailed Corners,” an exhibition based on the book
by Duluth poet laureate, Jim Johnson, and photographer
Marlene Wisuri will be on display during July at the North
End Arts Council Gallery at 1323 Broadway (Rug Mug
building). The exhibit features prose poems in English and
in Finnish translations, along with Wisuri's photographs and
some vintage photos by J. C. Hendricks. The award winning
book was published by Holy Cow! Press of Duluth. Books
published by Dovetailed Press LLC of Duluth will be
available in the Tori (marketplace) in booth 39 at FinnFest
2008 on July 23-27 at the DECC. Featured authors are Jim
Johnson, Marlene Wisuri, Kathryn Nordstrom, Jim Sheetz, and
Larry Luukkonen. The writers will be featured in several
programs during FinnFest including poetry writing, history
as inspiration, the Great Fires of 1918, and others. See
www.finnfest2008.com for more information and a complete
schedule.

** Patricia L. Brooks (LSW member) and Brooks Goldmann
Publishing, LLC have launched Discover the Secret Energized
You as of June 20th by author Kebba Buckley.
http://www.azbookpub.com is the site. Go to member directory
and letter B and Brooks Goldmann to find all the
information.

AREA LITERARY EVENTS back to top

** Sat, July 5 from 10 am to 4 pm, Book signing in McGregor.
Margaret Olson Webster will sign copies of her new book of
many voices, “Life-Times Six” at MINNESTALGIA winery and
market, on highway 65, 1/2 mile north of McGregor. McGregor
is on Highway 210, about 65 miles from Duluth.

** Sun, July 6 at 5:30 pm - Mystery Book Group, “Murder on
the Nile” by Agatha Christie. Contact Jill Lyman, Barnes &
Noble Booksellers, Miller Hill Mall, Duluth, 218-786-0710.

** Wed, July 9 at 6:30 pm - Classics Book Group, “The
Immoralist” by Andre Gide. Contact Jill Lyman, Barnes &
Noble Booksellers, Miller Hill Mall, Duluth, 218-786-0710.

** Thu, July 10, 12-1 pm Book signing: Ted McClelland “The
Third Coast” at Northern Lights Books and Gifts, 307 Canal
Park Drive, Duluth, MN 55802, 722-5267, 800-868-8904,
www.norlights.com.

** Thu, July 10 at 1:00 pm - New Fiction/Non Fiction,
“Belong to Me” by Marisa de los Santos. Contact Jill
Lyman, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Miller Hill Mall, Duluth,
218-786-0710.

** Tue, July 15 at 7:00 pm - Notable Books, “The Florist's
Daughter” by Patricia Hampl. Contact Jill Lyman, Barnes &
Noble Booksellers, Miller Hill Mall, Duluth, 218-786-0710.

** Fri, July 11, 2008 7:30 pm, The Carol Connolly Reading
Series, Readings at Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts, 6666
E River Rd, Fridley Hosted by Anna George Meek Featuring:
Wendy Brown-Baez. No charge.

** Tue, July 15, 8 pm Pages & Purls Book Group “Three Bags
Full” by Leonie Swann at Northern Lights Books and Gifts,
307 Canal Park Drive, Duluth, MN 55802, 722-5267,
800-868-8904, www.norlights.com.

** Sat, July 19, 11-1 Book signing - Howard Sivertson
“Driftwood: Stories Picked Up Along the Shore” at
Northern Lights Books and Gifts, 307 Canal Park Drive,
Duluth, MN 55802, 722-5267, 800-868-8904, www.norlights.com.

Sat, July 19, 1-2 pm Book signing - Philip Solem “Such a
Road: Autobiography of a Marriage” at Northern Lights
Books and Gifts, 307 Canal Park Drive, Duluth, MN 55802,
722-5267, 800-868-8904, www.norlights.com.

** Sat, July 19, 2-3 pm Book signing - Ellen Baker
“Keeping the House” (now in paperback) at Northern
Lights Books and Gifts, 307 Canal Park Drive, Duluth, MN
55802, 722-5267, 800-868-8904, www.norlights.com.

** Sunday, July 20 from 2-4 pm, at the Lake Superior Day
Reading at Fairlawn Mansion. The following poets from Lake
Superior Writers organization will read: Cal Benson, Gary
Boelhower, Phil Fitzpatrick, Pamela Mittlefehldt and Lezlie
Oachs. Lake Superior Day is an annual event celebrated by
cities, towns, states and provinces bordering Lake Superior
(held on the third Sunday in July) that celebrates all of
the ways our lives are touched by the world's largest
freshwater lake. This special day encourages us to think
about our connection to the Lake and reminds us how
important this natural resource is to our everyday living.
Each of these published poets will share original material
that relates to the lake, the region and its natural beauty,
and the issues and concerns that arise from living on the
shores of Lake Superior.

** Mon, July 21 at 7:30 pm - Science Fiction, “Odyssey”
by Jack McDevitt. Contact Jill Lyman, Barnes & Noble
Booksellers, Miller Hill Mall, Duluth, 218-786-0710.

** Tue, July 22 Tracy Nelson Maurer, author of the
children's picture book "Storm Codes," will lead two writing
workshops for students at the Duluth Public Library. The
10:30 am session, "Before It's A Book," is for grades 3-6.
At 1:30 pm, Tracy presents "Revved to Write" to grades 6-8.
A book signing will follow each session. Limited space is
still available; visit
http://www.duluth.lib.mn.us/Programs/WritingWorkshops.html
for details.

** Sat, July 26, 12-1 Book signing - Michael Willert –
“Wanted: Billy the Bear” and “Long Neck” at
Northern Lights Books and Gifts, 307 Canal Park Drive,
Duluth, MN 55802, 722-5267, 800-868-8904, www.norlights.com.

** Sat, July 26, 1-2 pm – Book signing - Leanne Knott
“Leviathan Shore” at Northern Lights Books and Gifts,
307 Canal Park Drive, Duluth, MN 55802, 722-5267,
800-868-8904, www.norlights.com.

** Sat, July 26, 4-5 pm – Book signing - Kirsten Dierking
“Northern Oracle” at Northern Lights Books and Gifts,
307 Canal Park Drive, Duluth, MN 55802, 722-5267,
800-868-8904, www.norlights.com.

Workshops/Submissions/Conferences/Opportunities/Deadlines back to top 

** mnartists.org announces a call for flash fiction for
“miniStories,” a quarterly short-short fiction
competition and publication project. Deadline for
submissions: Sunday, July 13, 2008.

Submissions of up to three previously unpublished stories,
in any genre and between 5-500 words in length, may be
submitted for consideration. Email your stories as
attachments (preferably as Word docs) to
stories@mnartists.org. You must be a resident of Minnesota
and a registered artist on mnartists.org (it's free to
register) to enter this contest. Our judges for this
round-Electric Arc Radio writer/performer and English
professor Brady Bergeson, novelist William Walsh (Without
Wax), and literary agent Dawn Frederickson (Red Sofa
Literary)-will select twelve winning stories to be
published, four stories per month for the next three months,
on mnartists.org. A grand-prize-winner will be selected from
the 12 miniStories winning authors, who will be awarded a
paid commission to publish another longer-format short
story on mnartists.org and its e-mag access+ENGAGE. See:
http://www.mnartists.org/article.do?rid=180466

mnartists.org also announces a call for entries for “What
Light: This Week's Poem” (co-sponsored by Magers and Quinn
and Artisan Vineyards) Deadline for submissions: Saturday,
July 19, 2008. Please submit up to three short (maximum 50
lines or 300 words each), previously unpublished poems as
attachments to poems@mnartists.org. You must be a resident
of Minnesota and a member of mnartists.org (it's free to
register) to enter this contest. Our judges for this
round-Maria Damon, Patricia Kirkpatrick, and Carol
Muske-Dukes-will select 12 winning poems to be posted, one
poem per week for the next three months, on mnartists.org
and magersandquinn.com. For info see:
http://www.mnartists.org/article.do?rid=196906

LSW INFORMATION back to top

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.

ABOUT THE LSW BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE LSW MEMBERSHIP Member Involvement: We value our membership and encourage your involvement in LSW. An annual meeting for LSW members is held in the spring. All members are invited to participate. Financial reports and a summary of the year's activities are presented to the membership at the annual meeting for review. The LSW board meets monthly throughout the year. Members are invited to attend board meetings, review minutes, and look over financial statements.

Lake Superior Writers Calendar back to top

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.

Your editor for this issue of the e-calendar was LSW member and volunteer Phil Fitzpatrick. Thank you for contributing and for reading. Address all calendar events to calendar@lakesuperiorwriters.org. Address all concerns or questions about the calendar to Phil Fitzpatrick c/o pfitzpa@charter.net.