Local Authors
Local author publishes first novel focusing on good, bad in everyone
by (MaddieForshee)
Submitted 07-24-2015 under LOCAL LIFE
Adam Schuitema, an English professor at Kendall College, just published “Haymaker,” his second book but his first novel. Set in the small Upper Peninsula town of Haymaker, Michigan, “Haymaker” follows what happens when...
Poetry of the U.P.
by (Write616)
Submitted 07-15-2015 under
The beauty and the isolation of Michigan's Upper Peninsula inspires art of all kinds. Join us with four U.P. poets to hear them read their work and discuss the unique atmosphere of the U.P. and how it impacts their writing. Julie Brooks Barbour...
Literature in Translation Panel at GLCL
by (Write616)
Submitted 07-15-2015 under
Literature is a way of communicating, just like speech. How does translation impact what is trying to be communicated? Join us here at GLCL on Wednesday, August 5, at 6:30 p.m., as our panel discusses the issues, challenges, and joys of creating...
Great Lakes Commonwealth offers new venue, new membership program
by (Write616)
Submitted 09-17-2014 under NONPROFITS
Great Lakes Commonwealth of Letters (GLCL), a literary nonprofit established in 2013, has a simple mission: to encourage, promote and celebrate the literary endeavors of writers in the Great Lakes region. In serving its mission, GLCL has now...
Gator Comes Full Circle: Local Author Brings Alligators to MLK Leadership Academy
by (austinlb)
Submitted 05-13-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
"Do you want to hold him?” asked David Critchlow, the cheerful owner of Alligator Sanctuary outside Battle Creek. He had in his hands Alphabet Soup, a foot-long baby alligator with gray eyes and a decidedly nonplussed expression, taking in the...