Fiction

Article about Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio published in MidAmerica

My article “Multiple Awakenings in Sherwood Anderson’s Story ‘An Awakening’” just appeared in MidAmerica, volume 51 (2024) on pages 43-53. I used to teach this story from the book Winesburg, Ohio to my undergraduate English composition and literature students at…
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Obsessions and Bipolar Disorder in Jaimy Gordon’s Novel Lord of Misrule

Janet Ruth Heller’s article of literary criticism “Obsessions and Bipolar Disorder in Jaimy Gordon’s Novel Lord of Misrule” appears in the Pennsylvania Literary Journal, volume 16, issue 3 (Fall, 2024) on pages 162-193. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DRTCT2K4 I highly recommend this wonderful novel…
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Janet Ruth Heller will speak about her books for children at the MASL conference in Bay City, Michigan on Friday, October 25, 2024

Janet Ruth Heller will speak about and autograph her books for children at the Michigan Association of School Librarians conference in Bay City, Michigan on Friday, October 25, 2024 at the DoubleTree Hotel from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.  She…
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