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News & Events2018-07-10T17:53:39+00:00

“I knew Alison would be a good speaker, but I had no idea she was going to be one of the best Critical Issues Symposium sessions I have ever attended in the history of Hope College. She engaged the audience beautifully. And she is so engaging because she can articulate and share her deepest feelings so well.”—Priscilla Atkins, Hope College Librarian

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April is Earth Month! On Friday, April 19, join Fleda Brown, Teresa Scollon, Ellen Stone, and me, at Literati Bookstore as we read our eco-poems and talk about eco-poetry. We've been poetry friends for [...]

Almost an IPPY Winner!

This news tickled me this March morning: My book, A Fine Canopy, was the "almost winner" of an IPPY Poetry Medal. Jim Barnes, writing for Independent Publisher, described it as a "great book of poetry." (Thanks, [...]

Orion Magazine Recommends A Fine Canopy

This fairly extraordinary and completely unexpected news filled my screen yesterday when I opened my newsletter from Orion magazine, a magazine I have read and loved for decades: Orion's poetry editor, Camille T. Dungy reviewed [...]

This Cool Thing Happened to my Poem

This cool thing happened because of my new book. I don’t have a picture, so bear with me, please, as I recreate with words the photo that was deleted before it made its way to me. [...]

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