June 14, 2022 • SUMMER PICNIC SERIES • “A Confluence of Poetry and Fiction” with Jeff Vande Zande and Ken Meisel
Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Time: 7:00 pm
Admission: $10
Location: 1805 Gratiot AveSaginaw, MI 48602 (Theodore Roethke Home Museum)
Parking: Parking available on side streets, on the three driveways in front of the Roethke Home Museum and Stone house, and also on a grass strip to the east of Stone House.
Event Details:
Jeff and Ken will read from their latest books, “The Neighborhood Division” and “Our Common Souls”. They will also be signing copies of the work, which will also be available for purchase.
Weather permitting, please bring your own lawn chair for sitting outside and a mask to enter the indoor space. Individually packaged drinks available with donations.
About the Authors:
Jeff Vande Zande teaches fiction writing, screenwriting, and film production at Delta College in Michigan. His award-winning short films have been accepted over 200 times in national and international film festivals. His books of fiction include the story collections Emergency Stopping (Bottom Dog Press) and Threatened Species (Whistling Shade Press). His novels include Into the Desperate Country (March Street Press), Landscape with Fragmented Figures (Bottom Dog Press), American Poet (Bottom Dog Press) and Detroit Muscle (Whistling Shade Press). In 2012, American Poet won a Michigan Notable Book Award from the Library of Michigan. In 2020, Whistling Shade Press released his new collection, The Neighborhood Division: Stories, and in 2022, Montag Press will release his new dystopian novel, Falling Sky. He maintains a blog at www.authorjeffvandezande.blogspot.com
Ken Meisel is a poet and psychotherapist, a 2012 Kresge Arts Literary Fellow, a Pushcart Prize nominee and the author of eight books of poetry. His most recent books are: Our Common Souls: New & Selected Poems of Detroit (Blue Horse Press: 2020) and Mortal Lullabies (FutureCycle Press: 2018). He has a new book, Studies Inside the Consent of a Distance forthcoming in 2022 from Kelsay Books. Meisel has recent work in Concho River Review, I-70 Review, San Pedro River Review, Crab Creek Review and Rabid Oak.
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Online registration is encouraged, but not required. To register online:
Select a registration option and click “Add to Cart”
Click on your cart in the top right corner and complete checkout process.
Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email. If you do not receive this email, please contact us at info@friendsofroethke.org.
When you arrive at the event, let us know you registered online by showing us your confirmation email.
Events may be canceled due to inclement weather. Cancellations will be announced here on the blog. Please bring your own lawn chair for outside seating and a mask for the indoors.
For questions, please call 989-928-0430 or email info@friendsofroethke.org.
Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Time: 7:00 pm
Admission: $10
Location: 1805 Gratiot AveSaginaw, MI 48602 (Theodore Roethke Home Museum)
Parking: Parking available on side streets, on the three driveways in front of the Roethke Home Museum and Stone house, and also on a grass strip to the east of Stone House.
Event Details:
Jeff and Ken will read from their latest books, “The Neighborhood Division” and “Our Common Souls”. They will also be signing copies of the work, which will also be available for purchase.
Weather permitting, please bring your own lawn chair for sitting outside and a mask to enter the indoor space. Individually packaged drinks available with donations.
About the Authors:
Jeff Vande Zande teaches fiction writing, screenwriting, and film production at Delta College in Michigan. His award-winning short films have been accepted over 200 times in national and international film festivals. His books of fiction include the story collections Emergency Stopping (Bottom Dog Press) and Threatened Species (Whistling Shade Press). His novels include Into the Desperate Country (March Street Press), Landscape with Fragmented Figures (Bottom Dog Press), American Poet (Bottom Dog Press) and Detroit Muscle (Whistling Shade Press). In 2012, American Poet won a Michigan Notable Book Award from the Library of Michigan. In 2020, Whistling Shade Press released his new collection, The Neighborhood Division: Stories, and in 2022, Montag Press will release his new dystopian novel, Falling Sky. He maintains a blog at www.authorjeffvandezande.blogspot.com
Ken Meisel is a poet and psychotherapist, a 2012 Kresge Arts Literary Fellow, a Pushcart Prize nominee and the author of eight books of poetry. His most recent books are: Our Common Souls: New & Selected Poems of Detroit (Blue Horse Press: 2020) and Mortal Lullabies (FutureCycle Press: 2018). He has a new book, Studies Inside the Consent of a Distance forthcoming in 2022 from Kelsay Books. Meisel has recent work in Concho River Review, I-70 Review, San Pedro River Review, Crab Creek Review and Rabid Oak.
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Online registration is encouraged, but not required. To register online:
Select a registration option and click “Add to Cart”
Click on your cart in the top right corner and complete checkout process.
Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email. If you do not receive this email, please contact us at info@friendsofroethke.org.
When you arrive at the event, let us know you registered online by showing us your confirmation email.
Events may be canceled due to inclement weather. Cancellations will be announced here on the blog. Please bring your own lawn chair for outside seating and a mask for the indoors.
For questions, please call 989-928-0430 or email info@friendsofroethke.org.
Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Time: 7:00 pm
Admission: $10
Location: 1805 Gratiot AveSaginaw, MI 48602 (Theodore Roethke Home Museum)
Parking: Parking available on side streets, on the three driveways in front of the Roethke Home Museum and Stone house, and also on a grass strip to the east of Stone House.
Event Details:
Jeff and Ken will read from their latest books, “The Neighborhood Division” and “Our Common Souls”. They will also be signing copies of the work, which will also be available for purchase.
Weather permitting, please bring your own lawn chair for sitting outside and a mask to enter the indoor space. Individually packaged drinks available with donations.
About the Authors:
Jeff Vande Zande teaches fiction writing, screenwriting, and film production at Delta College in Michigan. His award-winning short films have been accepted over 200 times in national and international film festivals. His books of fiction include the story collections Emergency Stopping (Bottom Dog Press) and Threatened Species (Whistling Shade Press). His novels include Into the Desperate Country (March Street Press), Landscape with Fragmented Figures (Bottom Dog Press), American Poet (Bottom Dog Press) and Detroit Muscle (Whistling Shade Press). In 2012, American Poet won a Michigan Notable Book Award from the Library of Michigan. In 2020, Whistling Shade Press released his new collection, The Neighborhood Division: Stories, and in 2022, Montag Press will release his new dystopian novel, Falling Sky. He maintains a blog at www.authorjeffvandezande.blogspot.com
Ken Meisel is a poet and psychotherapist, a 2012 Kresge Arts Literary Fellow, a Pushcart Prize nominee and the author of eight books of poetry. His most recent books are: Our Common Souls: New & Selected Poems of Detroit (Blue Horse Press: 2020) and Mortal Lullabies (FutureCycle Press: 2018). He has a new book, Studies Inside the Consent of a Distance forthcoming in 2022 from Kelsay Books. Meisel has recent work in Concho River Review, I-70 Review, San Pedro River Review, Crab Creek Review and Rabid Oak.
— — —
Online registration is encouraged, but not required. To register online:
Select a registration option and click “Add to Cart”
Click on your cart in the top right corner and complete checkout process.
Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email. If you do not receive this email, please contact us at info@friendsofroethke.org.
When you arrive at the event, let us know you registered online by showing us your confirmation email.
Events may be canceled due to inclement weather. Cancellations will be announced here on the blog. Please bring your own lawn chair for outside seating and a mask for the indoors.
For questions, please call 989-928-0430 or email info@friendsofroethke.org.