E-Calendar November 2009
LSW Activities and Events | LSW Kudos | Area Events | News/Contest/Submissions | Lake Superior Writers Information | About the LSW Calendar |
Compiled by LAKE SUPERIOR WRITERS

[Editor’s note: All submissions of upcoming
events—one-time events and regularly scheduled
events—must include in this order day, date, time, name of
event, specific location, name of organization or merchant,
contact person, and contact information if available. Events
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greatly appreciated. Remember that this is a calendar and
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LSW member Phil Fitzpatrick is the e-calendar editor. Send your info to him at calendar@lakesuperiorwriters.org.

Here it is, blowing every which way but loose, your Gales of
November edition of the Lake Superior Writers monthly
E-Calendar::

LSW LITERARY EVENTSback to top

** Saturday, Nov 7, 2-6 p.m. Lake Superior Writers will
sponsor a *Pre-Holiday Book Fair and Reading* to showcase
the work of area authors and give shoppers a chance to start
their holiday gift-buying early. Books do make the best
presents! This event is free and open to the public, at the
Unitarian Universalist community space, 835 West College
St., in Duluth. Writers such as Gary Boelhower, Tera Freese,
Shelley Getten, Dennis Herschbach, Dianna Hunter, Yvonne
Rutford, Ellie Schoenfeld, Kirsten Jacobson Stasney, and
Marlene Wisuri will read and sign copies of their works.
Participating publishers include Calyx Press, Cloquet River
Press, Clover Valley Press, Dovetailed Press, Holy Cow!
Press, Nodin Press, X-Communication, and others. For more
information, contact charlene@clovervalleypress.com or call
218-525-4552. If you are a Lake Superior Writer who would
like to read or sell your works, e-mail
charlene@clovervalleypress.com for more information.
Nonmembers and members are welcome to participate as
vendors. The fee to reserve a table is $15.

** Saturday, Nov 14, from 12-3 pm Lake Superior Writers will
offer a workshop, “How to Write and Sell Magazine
Articles,” at Lake Superior College. The workshop is a
“crash course” in the business of writing and selling
magazine articles. Participants will learn about the most
popular written forms for publication, how to find the right
market, and how to write a query and pitch an idea to an
editor. No experience necessary – only a few ideas worth
exploring! The workshop will be facilitated by Felicia
Schneiderhan, a local freelance writer whose articles cover
topics ranging from boating to backpacking, healthcare to
religion. She is a frequent contributor to the Chicago
Sun-Times Travel section and other national magazines and
newspapers. There is a fee to attend the workshop: $25 for
Lake Superior Writers members; $30 for non-members. For more
information, or to register for the workshop, contact
writers@lakesuperiorwriters.org or call 218-722-3094.
Please include a telephone number with your inquiry.
Deadline for registration: Wednesday, November 11, 2009.

AREA LITERARY EVENTS back to top

** Saturday, Nov 7, 1-2 p.m. Ellie Schoenfeld will sign
copies of her new collection, "The Dark Honey: New & Used
Poems," at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Miller Hill Mall,
1600 Miller Trunk Hwy., Duluth, 218-786-0710.

** Saturday, Nov 7, 2-6 pm Clover Valley Press will have a
table at the Lake Superior Writers Pre-Holiday Book Fair and
Member Reading event. Ellie Schoenfeld will read from "The
Dark Honey." Unitarian Universalist community space, 835 W.
College St., Duluth. Free and open to the public. Call
218-525-4552 for more information.

** Friday, Nov 13 at 7:30 pm. Don't miss the 10th Annual
Story Hour concert at UMD's Weber Hall with the UMD Symphony
Orchestra under the direction of Jean R. Perrault.
Elizabeth Nordell, Storyteller, and Evelyne Aiello, guest
conductor from the Conservatoire de Paris, will join the
orchestra in the theme of Rebirth. Music includes "Danse
Macabre" by Saint-Saens, "Tombeau de Couperin" by Ravel and
"Symphony #9 in e minor (from the "New World") by Dvorak.
Adult $8 Senior $7 Student $5 UMD Student $3 Children 12 &
under free.

** Saturday, Nov 14, 7:30 pm Spirit Lake Poetry Series
presents our wonderful local writers Linda LeGarde Grover
and Ellie Schoenfeld reading from their work in Somers
Lounge at the College of St. Scholastica. The event is free,
and refreshments will be served. Spirit Lake events are
generously supported by Northern Lights Books and Gifts, the
Rose and Lee Warner Foundation, and the Arrowhead Regional
Arts Council through an appropriation from the Minnesota
State Legislature. For additional information, call
724-5599. Please come!

** Thursday, Nov 19 at 6 pm Duluth joins cities across the
nation honoring Storytelling with TWO TELLABRATION EVENTS in
November: Annual Tellabration Family Storytelling event
Grant School, located at 1027 N 8th Ave. E., Duluth.
Tellers will include: Rachel Nelson, Harold Kallio, Rose
Arrowsmith DeCoux, Elizabeth Nordell and Carol Lee and
Sparky. Free! Refreshments! Non-perishable food item
appreciated. Questions: 733-2016.

** Thursday, Nov 19 at 8 pm - "Wit, Wisdom and Whatever..."
Tellabration Adult Storytelling event Dubh Linn's Pub, The
Murphy Room, 109 W Superior St., Duluth. Tellers will
include Rose Arrowsmith DeCoux, Carol Lee, Rachel Nelson,
Tom Martinson, Harold Kallio and Elizabeth Nordell. $5 at
the door. FFI Call Elizabeth, 724-3484.

** Thursday, Nov 19 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm, Northern Lights
Chapter & Verse Book Club with author and writing instructor
Linda Glaser as facilitator. Al Capone Shines My Shoes by
Gennifer Choldenko (novel) and There Was an Old Man Who
Painted the Sky by Teri Sloat, illustrated by Stefano
Vitale. (15% discount on book club selections) The Chapter
and Verse Book Club will meet on the third Thursday of every
month. It is made up of librarians, media specialists,
educators (elementary, middle school, and university),
parents, grandparents, booksellers, and readers. If you
enjoy reading children's books, please come. Everyone is
welcome! Northern Lights Books & Gifts in Canal Park.

** Saturday, Nov 21 from 1-2 pm. Award-winning
Author/Presenter William Durbin will sign copies of his
books for young readers: Blackwater Ben, Wintering, El
Lector, The Winter War, and others. Freee. Contact Person:
Jill Lyman 218-727-9077 bookstore@fitgers.com

** Saturday, Nov 28 from 1-2 pm. Beatrice Ojakangas will
sign copies of her delightful new book: Petite Sweets:
Bite-Size Desserts to Satisfy Every Sweet Tooth. The
Bookstore at Fitgers. Free. Contact person: Jill Lyman
218-727-9077 bookstore@fitgers.com

** Sunday, Nov 29 from 1-2 pm. Author Bill Moen will sign
his new book: What Might Have Been. The Bookstore at Fitgers
Free. Contact person: Jill Lyman 218-727-9077
bookstore@fitgers.com

** Saturday, Dec 5 from 1-2 pm. Author Mary Linda Sather
will sign copies of her book Boo Boo Bear's Mission: The
True Story of a Teddy Bear's Adventures in Iraq. Illustrated
by children from military & civilian families. The Bookstore
at Fitgers. Free. Contact person: Jill Lyman 218-727-9077
bookstore@fitgers.com

** Sunday, Dec 6 from 1-2 pm. Author/Journalist Jim
Heffernan will sign copies of his book: Cooler Near The
Lake: Fifty-Two favorites from Thirty-Four Years of
Deadlines. The Bookstore at Fitgers. Free. Contact Person:
Jill Lyman 218-727-9077

** Saturday, Dec 12 from 1-2 pm. Author/Illustrator Chris
Monroe will sign copies of her award-winning children's
books: Monkey With a Tool Belt, and Monkey With a Tool Belt
and the Noisy Problem. Free. Contact Person: Jill Lyman
218-727-9077

** Saturday, Dec 12 from 2-3 pm. Author/Commercial Fisherman
Stephen Dahl will sign copies of his fascinating book: Knife
Island: Circling a Year in a Herring Skiff. Free. Contact
Person: Jill Lyman 218-727-9077 bookstore@fitgers.com

** Saturday, Dec 12 from 2-3 pm. Music Performed in The
Bookstore at Fitgers by Stone Circle: Georganne Hunter~Harp,
Kevin Oftedahl~Hammered Dulcimer & Mark
Boggie~Guitar/Fiddle. Free. Contact Person: Jill Lyman
218-727-9077 bookstore@fitgers.com

LSW MONTHLY GROUPS back to top

Editor’s Note: Since there are at least
two or three different sources for “monthly group”
information, all monthly groups must submit announcements
each month in order to be included in the LSW e-calendar. Thank you.

** Monday Nov 9 at 6:00 pm The Childrens Writer's Group will
meet at Sara's Table Chester Creek Cafe. Bring some writing
to share with the group. Questions? Email to
Julesmj2@aol.com

** Sunday, Nov 8 at 1:30 pm - Memoir Group meets downstairs
at Chester Creek Cafe.

** Wednesday, Nov 18 from 6-8 pm Third Wednesday
Fiction/Poetry Writing Group, at Chester Creek Cafe, 1902 E.
8th Street. Contact Jill Hinners (349-6431) or Cheryl Reitan
(creitan@d.umn.edu, 218-728-3154.

** Thursday, Nov 19 Writers' Square Table. 11:30 am at
Chester Creek Cafe.

** Monday, Nov 23 at 5 pm - Play Reading Group meets. Call
728-1253 or email mhart2@d.umn.edu for location.

Other Book Groups

** Sunday, Nov 1 at 5:30 pm Mystery Book Group at Barnes &
Noble Bookstore, Miller Hill Mall, 1600 Miller Trunk
Highway, Duluth. 218-786-0710.

** Thursday, Nov 5 at 1 pm New Fiction/Non Fiction Book
Group at Barnes & Noble Bookstore, Miller Hill Mall, 1600
Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth. 218-786-0710.

** Wednesday, Nov 11 at 6:30 pm Classics Book Group at
Barnes & Noble Bookstore, Miller Hill Mall, 1600 Miller
Trunk Highway, Duluth. 218-786-0710.

** Monday, Nov 16 at 7:30 pm Sci Fi Book Group at Barnes &
Noble Bookstore, Miller Hill Mall, 1600 Miller Trunk
Highway, Duluth. 218-786-0710.

** Tuesday, Nov 17 at 6:30 pm Notable Books at Barnes &
Noble Bookstore, Miller Hill Mall, 1600 Miller Trunk
Highway, Duluth. 218-786-0710.

LSW KUDOS News about LSW Members back to top

** LSW Board member Sheila Packa, will have her poem
"Driving at Night," from The Mother Tongue (Calyx Press
Duluth) read by Garrison Keillor on November 3, 2009 on the
radio program, The Writer's Almanac.

** Liz Minette's poem "Four Crows" has been accepted for
publication in Mississippi Crow Magazine Issue #9. Liz
Minette has three poem pieces in the show "WaterWorks: An
Exhibition of Artists' Expressions Concerning Water". The
show will be exhibited at the Great Lakes Aquarium November
20, 2009 through January 1, 2010. Other artists in the show
include: Kristen Anderson, Michael K. Anderson, Ron Benson,
Jean DeRider, Peter Halquist, Joan Henrik, Jill Jacoby, Ann
Klefstad, Joan Linski, Sean MacManus, Krista Matison,
Lorraine Norrgard, Mary Plaster, Kristen Pless and Susan
Ranfranz.

** Linda LeGarde Grover's short story collection "The Dance
Boots" has received the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short
Fiction. This collection will be published by University of
Georgia Press in September of 2010.

** "Beloved on the Earth: 150 Poems of Grief and Gratitude,"
edited by Jim Perlman, Deborah Cooper, Mara Hart, and Pamela
Mittlefehldt (Holy Cow! Press, 2009), has been selected for
promotion as a November "pick" by the IndieNext program at
the American Booksellers Association. Here is the
description in the brochure distributed through 1422
independent bookstores: " 'Beloved on the Earth' is the
best book on the subject that I've come across. Beautiful
pieces from May Sarton, Rilke, Mary Jo Bang, and Jane Kenyon
are included, but you will make many other discoveries, too.
Full of warming and wise poems, this is a collection that
will help readers find comfort and solace." --Linda Grana,
Lafayette Book Store, Lafayette, CA. The anthology is now in
its second printing and includes poetry by Lake Superior
Writers members Cal Benson, Gary Boelhower, Sharon
Chmielarz, Deborah Cooper, Teresa Falsani, Linda Glaser,
Mara Hart, Sheila Packa, Anne Simpson, Anne Stewart, and
Connie Wanek. Pamela Mittlefehldt composed the preface to
the anthology. The book is available for purchase at local
bookstores and through http://www.holycowpress.org

** Lisa Poje Angelos' poems Cut Flower and The Pepetual
Clock will be included in a 2010 calendar published by the
non-profit organization Writers Rising Up to Defend Place,
Natural Habitat and Wetlands. The "Digging to the Roots"
calendar project is the culmination of a series of meetings
of a small group of poets and nature enthusiasts who met
seasonally to explore poetic form and be inspired by one
another, readings, and the changing landscape. Calendars
are available for $15 via the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Art & Craft Sale Dec. 5th and 6th or via mail for $20
directly from Writers Rising Up, whose worthy mission is to
encourage deeper understanding and participation in
environmental stewardship through the literary arts.
www.writersrisingup.org.

** James Olson won a literary competition at the University
of Virginia with his poem, THE WOODPECKER, a piece of poetry
in response and in tribute to Edgar Allen Poe. It is a
parody of THE RAVEN.

** Ann Floreen Niedringhaus has received notice that several
individual poems will be published: "Vigils" will appear in
the Fall 2009 issue of Calyx; "Happiness" will appear in
the Summer 2010 issue of Rattle; "Early Marriage - West
Virginia" will appear in the anthology Family Doctor; "My
Work" will be reprinted in the e-journal The Great American
Poetry Show.

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

** INTERESTED IN OUTREACH WITH LAKE SUPERIOR WRITERS??? Lake
Superior Writers presently provides outreach classes for men
and women in the county jail in Duluth. We are exploring
other possible outreach programs including the Safe Haven
Womens Shelter, the Northwoods Childrens Home and other
venues. If you are interested in working with a fellow
volunteer to provide a monthly or one-time writing workshop
in poetry, memoir or short story, please contact Gary
Boelhower at 218-724-4985.

** LAKE SUPERIOR WRITERS OPEN GENRE COMPETITION ON “HARD
TIMES” Submissions may be complete works or excerpts in
any of the following genres: poetry, non-fiction, fiction,
essay, memoir, novel, short story, or play or movie script.
Submissions must be original, unpublished and unproduced.
Staged readings or workshop productions will not disqualify
a play or movie script. Submission length must be no longer
than 3,000 words or, in the case of poetry, 3 poems totaling
no more than 6 pages. The subject matter of each submission
must relate to the theme “Hard Times.” Manuscripts must
be typed. There must be two title pages, one that includes
the name of the submitted piece or pieces, author’s name,
address, email address and phone number and a second that
includes ONLY the name of the submitted piece or pieces.
Persons may submit only once. Submissions will not be
returned. All submissions will be blind reviewed by a panel
of judges. Submissions are due by Monday, March 1, 2010
(postmarked) to Lake Superior Writers, 1301 Rice Lake Road,
Suite 132, Duluth, MN 55811. A first place award of $150,
second place award of $100, and a third place award of $50
will be given. Three runners up will also be chosen. Award
winners will be asked to read on Saturday, May 1 at 7:30 pm
at the Harbor City School auditorium in Duluth. The entries
of the award winners and runners up will be published on the
LSW website. Only members of Lake Superior Writers may
submit their work; non-members may join Lake Superior
Writers and submit their work at the same time by including
a check made out to Lake Superior Writers for $35. Members
of the LSW board are not eligible to enter the contest.

** Dear colleagues, artists and constituents: As a result of
a recent amendment to the Minnesota State Constitution, the
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council will be able to develop new
programs, activities and services for individual artists,
arts organizations and regional communities beginning
January 1, 2010. We've created a short online survey so that
you can help us plan these programs. The survey will take
just a few minutes of your time, and is for information
gathering purposes only. Your responses will be confidential
and anonymous. You can take the survey by following this
link:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=VRaTYPMCMpEmunK7RCEtsQ_3d_3d.
The survey will be available online until November 15, 2009.
Hard copies of the survey are available from the ARAC office
by calling 1-800-569-8135 or 218-722-0952. Please forward
this email to all regional individuals that you think might
be interested in filling out this survey. Thank you for your
input.
Bob DeArmond
Executive Director
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council
218-722-0952 or 1-800-569-8134
info@aracouncil.org

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 fitztrick@gmail.com.