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<p>Due to technical difficulties, the previous attempt last week did
not get started.... but our gracious guests have given us another
opportunity next Thursday.... Same zoom link, same bat channel.<br>
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<p>Join the redoubtable Marty Achatz and several other equally or
more esteemed poets this Thursday with us!<br>
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Notable Book Club presents a Q&A session with members of the
Marquette Poets Circle about "Superior Voyage"</h3>
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UP Notable Book Club</span>:</strong> The Crystal Falls
Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers
& Authors Association (UPPAA) has scheduled author events with
winners of the <em>UP Notable Book List</em>. The 31st event is
with three of the members of the Marquette Poets Circle: <strong>Marty
Achatz, Milton J. Bates, Lisa Fosmo, and Beverly Matherne </strong>as
they talk about <em>Superior Voyage, </em>the group's second
anthology.The circle was formed in 2012 by Matt Maki, Claudia
Drosen, and Janeen Pergrin Rastall to celebrate poetry and guide
each member in finding his or her inner poet. In a true spirit of
community, the circle has held workshops, Open Mic nights, and
readings for more than a decade. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><em> Superior
Voyage</em> includes the work of no less than forty-two poets
with each contributor fielding two to six entries.</span><br>
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<em><strong>When: </strong></em>October 26th, 2023 at 7 pm Eastern
/ 6 pm Central<br>
<em><strong>Where: </strong></em><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
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Meeting ID: 810 6058 3495<br>
Passcode: voyage
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to Right: Marty Achatz, Milton J. Bates, Lisa Fosmo, and
Beverly Matherne)</strong></p>
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ACHATZ</strong> lives in Ishpeming, Michigan, with his
wife and children. He has taught for NMU's English
Department since 1998. He holds a Master’s Degree in
Fiction and an MFA in Poetry. His work has appeared in many
journals, anthologies, the book-length collection <em>The
Mysteries of the Rosary,</em> and two spoken word albums, <em>Slow
Dancing with Bigfoot</em> and <em>Christmas with Bigfoot</em>.
Marty served two consecutive terms as U.P. Poet Laureate and
is currently President of the U.P. Poet Laureate
Foundation. Marty is also the Adult Programming Coordinator
for Peter White Public Library.<br>
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<strong>MILTON J. BATES</strong> is the author of books
about the poet Wallace Stevens, the Vietnam War and the Bark
River watershed in Wisconsin. His poetry includes the
collection <em>Stand Still in the Light </em>(2019) and two
chapbooks, <em>Always on Fire </em>(2016) and <em>As They
Were (2018).</em> He lives with his wife, Puck, in
Marquette, Michigan.<br>
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<strong>LISA FOSMO</strong> is an Upper Peninsula Michigan
poet, from Escanaba. She has been published in various
regional journals and anthologies of note. She currently
serves as a judge for the National Poetry contests of the
NSFPS, and is the newly elected Vice President of the U.P.
Poet Laureate Foundation. She is the author of a full-length
book of poetry <em>Mercy is a Bright Darkness</em>,, Golden
Dragonfly Press (2023).<br>
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<strong>BEVERLY MATHERNE</strong>, 2023 and 2024 U.P. Poet
Laureate, is professor emerita of English at Northern
Michigan University and the author of seven bilingual books
of poetry; her latest,<em> Love Potions, Teas, Incantations</em>.
Beverly served in NMU’s Department of English as director of
the Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing,
director of the department’s visiting writing series, and
poetry editor of<em> Passages North</em> literary magazine.
Widely published, she has received seven first-place prizes,
including the Hackney Literary Award for Poetry, and four
Pushcart nominations. Widely traveled, she has done over
360 readings across the U.S., Canada, and France―and in
Wales, Belgium, Germany, and Spain.<br>
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width="212" height="300" align="left"></a> "...you might
ask yourself, 'But what is U.P. poetry?'. You wouldn’t be
wrong to expect many of the typical themes to revolve around
the majesty of Mother Superior, the fleeting glories of
springtime, and the striking characteristics of the abundant
wildlife of the region. You’ll also find traditional poetry
topics including the celebration of love, laments of loss,
and meditations on the universal human conditions. However,
anything and everything is fair game for poetry including
dinosaurs, Bigfoot, Marilyn Monroe, and current events like
the war in Ukraine, and the continuing scars from covid-19.
Sprinkled amongst the poems are also a number of short story
vignettes which I found haunting and evocative like musical
tone poems.<br>
"In my opinion, poetry is most effective when it can provoke
a reaction with a minim of words. Superior Voyage succeeds
very well in that metric and should be imbibed slowly, like
a fine draught of whisky. Whether your tastes lean toward
celebration of the natural world, a humorous or ironic look
at human foibles, or a deeper glimpse into a land that has
formed its people as hard as the people have tried to form
the land, there’s an enjoyable read for you in this <em>Superior
Voyage</em>." -- Victor R. Volkman, <em>Marquette
Monthly</em>. <br>
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You may also wish to read <a
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R. Tichelaar's complete review</a> at <em>U.P. Book
Review</em><br>
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More information about the U.P. Notable Book list, <em>U.P.
Book Review, </em>and UPPAA can be found on <a
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Established in 1998 to support authors and publishers who live in or
write about Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, UPPAA is a Michigan
nonprofit association with over 100 members, many of whose books are
featured on the organization’s website at <a
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UPPAA welcomes membership and participation from anyone with a UP
connection who is interested in writing.
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Regards,
Victor R. Volkman, President
L H Press Inc.
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