Here are some fantastic places to find Walloon Writers Review and dive in to northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula! Check back again soon, the list keeps growing!
McLean & Eakin – Petoskey
Between the Covers – Harbor Springs
Canterbury Book Store – Escanaba
Hidden Nook Booksellers – Grayling
Horizon Books – Traverse City
Snowbound Books – Marquette
Bay Books – Suttons Bay
Adams Madams – Central Lake
Jordan River Arts Center – East Jordan
Parallel 45 Books & Gifts – Alpena
The Bookman – Grand Haven
Reader’s World – Holland
Out of the area? Please consider choosing Bookshop.org and selecting your favorite independent bookstore
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KEEPING UP WITH WALLOON WRITERS REVIEW CONTRIBUTORS
Congratulations to Ellen Lord for the release of Relative Sanity, her first chapbook!
Ellen Lord’s first chapbook, Relative Sanity, published by Modern History Press, Ann Arbor is off to terrifc start. From her publisher:
An elegiac array of poems, with nostalgic themes of loss, longing, betrayal and forgiveness, Relative Sanity reflects on a lifetime in Michigan’s north country.
“This lovely collection is a kind of travel narrative by a writer who ‘can never get enough sky.’ In poem after poem, she travels the lands of heartache and joy with grace, clarity and wisdom.” — Jerry Dennis, author of Up North in Michigan: A Portrait of Place in Four Seasons
“Within this stunning collection, Ellen Lord’s poetry takes full flight into the realms of imagination. Deceptively fragile, the poems come to the reader as delicate as glass, but closer exploration reveals the tough structure beneath the lines. Her words carved a place for themselves in my heart: ‘a solitary raven destined to nest on the moon, ‘ ‘fermata of silence, ‘ ‘the sky becomes a palette for memories of going home.’ Prepare for enchantment.”– Sue Harrison, author of national bestselling novel, The Midwife’s Touch
“When Ellen Lord channels her inner Mary Oliver, there is a graceful glow to her spare, rich images that-like a Zen sage-can open the reader. Turn the page and find emotional power and grit rendered with equal skill. The balance of familiarity and surprise makes this expansive collection a joy to read and re-read.” Bob Chelmick, producer/host, http://www.roadhome.fm
From Modern History Press http://www.ModernHistoryPress.com
Walloon Writers Review was delighted to hear Ellen read from her submission to our Eighth Edition on Kurt Hauswirth’s interview on PUBLIC RADIO 90 – WNMU last month. Here is a link!
Congratulations to Tom Conlan on the release of his new book!
Order your copy from http://www.legacybookpress.com
Tom Conlan
Tom Conlan lives, writes, and tends his modest grapevines on a small farm in the highlands of northern Michigan. His prose and poetry has appeared in numerous literary journals, as well as Michigan Trout Magazine. His lyrical memoir My Journey Begins Where the Road Ends… was released in June 2017 (Mission Point Press, Amazon.). Tom attended the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Queens University of Charlotte and a Master of Science from the US Naval Postgraduate School in Monterrey, California.
You can follow Tom at www.thomasfordconlan.com.
CONGRATULATIONS TO BRETT ALLEN!
More kudos for Brett Allen for his new novel, Sly Fox Hollow!
Sly Fox Hollow has enjoyed tremendous review and enthusiasm on line. Here is a description, from Bookshop.org:
William “Bomber” Merridan is a small-town grocery store manager by day and a monster hunter by night. While Bigfoot is sexier, Bomber’s passion is for the legendary Michigan Dogman.
Connie Hayes is Fox Hollow’s first-ever female Sheriff, not to mention the first Native American to hold the powerful position. Now, only months into her new role, she faces no shortage of obstacles from a town used to her patriarchal predecessor.
Normally, these two would mix like oil and water, but when the town mayor is brutally killed, Connie and Bomber set off to find who or what is behind the slaughter. Not everyone in Fox Hollow sees the mayor’s death as a tragedy, though. In a rush to fill the mayor’s seat, two polarizing local politicians use fear of the Dogman to stoke tensions and turn the once peaceful community into a cauldron of hostility, distrust, and political tribalism. As Connie hunts the killer and Bomber hunts his weird, regionally-specific werewolf, they uncover the truth of Fox Hollow’s murky past, a century-old curse, and a sinister plot that could leave the town in ruins.
You can find his book on Bookshop.org, as well as other online outlets!
From his first novel, we offered Congratulations back then, too!
A15 Publishing is pleased to announce the publication and release of their newest title, Kilroy Was Here, written by author and former Army officer, Brett Allen of Ada, Michigan.
The novel, Kilroy Was Here, is a war satire set on and around a remote military base in 2009 Afghanistan and offers a rare glimpse at side of war rarely seen in today’s media. The story follows the deployment of Captain Jared Rye, a young Cavalry Officer, as he navigates the absurdities of an aging war and struggles to find meaning in his own experiences.
Kilroy Was Here can currently be purchased on Amazon:
A15 Publishing is a combat veteran owned and operated publishing house, specializing in publishing veteran authors and those who serve since 2015. More great titles can be found on their website: https://www.a15publishing.com/
Author Brett Allen is a Michigan native, originally of Fremont, Michigan. Brett is a graduate of Michigan State University, where he participated in the MSU ROTC programming before commissioning as an Armor Officer in the U.S. Army. Brett served as a member of 3-71 Cavalry, 10th Mountain Division and deployed to Afghanistan in 2009 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Brett is a contributor to Walloon Writers Review. His story, Pine River Raid was published in Walloon Writers Review Fourth Edition. Congratulations!
CHARLES RAMMELKAMP ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF MORTAL COIL!
Charles Rammelkamp is Prose Editor for BrickHouse Books in Baltimore, where he lives, and he is the Reviews Editor for The Adirondack Review. For ten years he edited The Potomac, an online literary journal – http://thepotomacjournal.com . His photographs, poetry, fiction and reviews have appeared in many literary journals. His latest books include a collection of poems called Mata Hari: Eye of the Day (Apprentice House, Loyola University), and another poetry collection, American Zeitgeist, poems about the life and times of William Jennings Bryan, also published by Apprentice House, as well as several poetry chapbooks – Jack Tar’s Lady Parts (Main Street rag Publishing) and Me and Sal Paradise (FutureCycle Press). He is the author of a novel (The Secretkeepers, Red Hen Press), two collections of short fiction (A Better Tomorrow, PublishAmerica, Castleman in the Academy, March Street Press), two other full-length collections of poetry (The Book of Life, March Street Press, Fusen Bakudan, Time Being Books). Two full-length collections are forthcoming from Apprentice House – Catastroika – and Kelsay Books – Ugler Lee.
Charles Rammelkamp is a frequent photography contributor to Walloon Writers Review!
FIFTH EDITION GALLERY
Walloon Writers Review Fifth Edition photography contributors have such an incredible eye for Northern Michigan and the UP! Here is a sneak peak at some of the photography included in our Fifth Edition. Please note that these photographs are offered for enjoyment – please do not copy, download, alter or distribute. Each photo is copyrighted to the individual photographer. For information, please email editor@walloonwriters.com.
Kelly Kazmierski
Charles Rammelkamp
Melissa Seitz
Taylor Tucker
Updates From Our Contributors!
February, 2020
Edy Stoughton
From Edy Stoughton (author of “Mud Season”, Walloon Writers Review Fifth Edition) has announced that she has a new piece, titled “Thank You For Your Service”, recently published in Indelible Ink, a literary national website, part of Medium.com. The link is: https://medium.com:indelible-ink:thank-you-for-your-service-2d8bee6c2ecd. Congratulations, Edy!
Carol Oberg
Upper Peninsula writer Carol Oberg (Fourth Edition poetry contributor) has released a new book of poetry titled Crawling Down the Alley to Easy Street! The link to Clare Songbirds Publishing House for more information and to purchase a copy is: https://www.claresongbirdspub.com/featured-authors/carol-oberg Bravo, Carol!
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