My Latest Posts

Poem about Halloween published in Scarlet Dragonfly Journal

Author: November 18, 2023

My haiku poem “Halloween” appears in Scarlet Dragonfly Journal‘s Special Halloween Issue (November, 2023). The editor is Kathleen Trocmet. #haiku #halloween #literaryjournal #poetry Here is the link to this online literary magazine:  https://scarletdragonflyjournal.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/final-special-issue-halloween-2023.pdf Janet Ruth Heller reading her poems at the Kalamazoo Public…
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Haiku, Literary Magazines, Poetry

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Poem about Pamela Brown Thomas of Michigan’s Underground Railroad

Author: September 28, 2023

Panoply literary magazine recently published my poem “Pamela Brown Thomas” in its issue 25 of September 8, 2023. My poem concerns a real woman in the 1800s who helped the Underground Railroad in Schoolcraft, Michigan, and hid African Americans trying…
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anti-slavery, dramatic monologue, Literary Magazines, Literature, Poetry, Published Poetry, Underground Railroad

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Funky Ferndale Art Fair on Friday, September 22, 2023 from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Author: September 21, 2023

Janet Ruth Heller will join other Michigan authors and illustrators of books for children at the Funky Ferndale Art Fair on Friday, September 22, 2023 from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Troy Street at Booth 318.  This is west…
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Autographing, Book Fairs, Books, Bullying, Chapter Book, Children's Literature, Fiction, Multicultural Literature, Nature, Picture Book, Poetry, Sibling Rivalry, Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators

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