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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Editors John Han and Mason Arledge just published a haiku and a senryu that I wrote, “Hawthorn Petals” and “Warm Spring Day,” in Fireflies’ Light #31 (April 2025): pages 10 and 51. These are my first poems in this journal….
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Ubiquity journal recently published my poems “Hot Flash at Work” and “October Thunderstorm in Michigan” in Ubiquity 11, Issue 2 (Fall/Winter 2024): https://ed-ubiquity.gsu.edu/wordpress/creative-works-3/ Yes, this journal is way behind on its publishing schedule. The editor for creative writing is J….
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Recently, I published a poem and got interviewed by Ann Byle for Grand Rapids Magazine. Editor Kelly Moyer published my senryu “Quilting” in failed haiku 9, #108 (February 2025) on page 152. The link is https://failedhaiku.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/failedhaikuissue108-final-1.pdf The title of this…
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