Fiction Writer, Poet, Playwright, Educator, Memoir Writer and Literary Critic
Janet Ruth Heller, Ph.D., is the past president of the Michigan College English Association and the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature. She has a Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from the University of Chicago. She has taught…
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My tanka “Squirrel Nest in Winter” just appeared in Ribbons 20.2 (Fall/Winter 2024) on page 30. I’m grateful to Editor Susan Weaver for selecting this poem. The Tanka Society of America publishes this print journal. #tanka #naturepoetry #nature Janet Ruth…
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Michigan writers and illustrators will be reading and autographing their books for children at the Artalicious Fine Art Fair in downtown Adrian, Michigan 49221 on Saturday, September 21 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, September 22, 2024 from…
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On August 26, I interviewed author Bonnie Jo Campbell at the Ladies’ Library Association of Kalamazoo about her new novel The Waters. She spent eight years writing this book, which focuses on a family living in a rural area of…
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