FREE POETRY/ESSAY WORKSHOP: Instructed by Phillip Sterling
Ludington Writers is excited to welcome renowned Michigan poetry and fiction author Phillip Sterling, who will be hosting a free poetry/essay workshop in the Judith Minty Room at the Ludington Area Center for the Arts (LACA) on Tuesday, October 15th, at 7 PM: 107 S. Harrison St., Ludington, MI 49431.
Space is limited, so registration is required.
In addition, Phillip will be reading from his new book, Lessons in Geography: The Education of a Michigan Poet, on Wednesday, October 16th, at 6 PM in the LACA Performance Hall.
The reading is free and open to the public, and no registration is necessary.
Ludington Writers is excited to welcome renowned Michigan poetry and fiction author Phillip Sterling, who will be hosting a free poetry/essay workshop in the Judith Minty Room at the Ludington Area Center for the Arts (LACA) on Tuesday, October 15th, at 7 PM: 107 S. Harrison St., Ludington, MI 49431.
Space is limited, so registration is required.
In addition, Phillip will be reading from his new book, Lessons in Geography: The Education of a Michigan Poet, on Wednesday, October 16th, at 6 PM in the LACA Performance Hall.
The reading is free and open to the public, and no registration is necessary.
Ludington Writers is excited to welcome renowned Michigan poetry and fiction author Phillip Sterling, who will be hosting a free poetry/essay workshop in the Judith Minty Room at the Ludington Area Center for the Arts (LACA) on Tuesday, October 15th, at 7 PM: 107 S. Harrison St., Ludington, MI 49431.
Space is limited, so registration is required.
In addition, Phillip will be reading from his new book, Lessons in Geography: The Education of a Michigan Poet, on Wednesday, October 16th, at 6 PM in the LACA Performance Hall.
The reading is free and open to the public, and no registration is necessary.
DETAILS
Phillip Sterling’s poetry, short fiction, and
essays have appeared in many literary journals and magazines over the years, among them The Paris Review, The Georgia Review, The Writers Chronicle, Permafrost, Passages North, The Comstock Review, Poet Lore, Dunes Review, and Walloon Writers Review. His books include two collections of short fiction, In Which Brief Stories Are Told (Wayne State U Press) and Amateur Husbandry (Mayapple Press), two full-length collections of poetry, And Then Snow (Main Street Rag) and Mutual Shores (New Issues), and five chapbook-length series of poems, the most recent of which, Short on Days, was released from Main Street Rag in June 2020 (after months of quarantine). In addition, he has compiled and edited two anthologies: Imported Breads: Literature of Cultural Exchange (Mammoth Books 2003) and Isle Royale from the AIR: Poems, Stories, and Songs from 25 Years of Artists-in-Residence (Caffeinated Press 2017). Among his awards are a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry, two Senior Fulbright Lectureships (Belgium and Poland), and a PEN Syndicated Fiction Award. Sterling has served as Artist-in-Residence for both Isle Royale National Park and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. A Professor Emeritus at Ferris State University since 2013, he is the current editor of the Newsletter for the Poetry Society of Michigan and an associate editor for Third Wednesday Magazine. Sterling lives with his wife Jane Wheeler on a small plot of land in Lowell Township, where they maintain a collection of animals, insects, gardens, and woods.