COMING IN 2012 ...

 

 

 

Poems of great stylistic and emotional range that journey widely through love’s losses and connections.

 

In The Light Between, award-winning poet Terry Blackhawk probes beyond and through the painful dissolution of a long marriage to examine the complexities of love with bravery and delicacy. Mythical themes, elements of the natural world, and masculine/feminine polarities resonate throughout Blackhawk’s poems as she explores loss, the nature of relationships, and the integrity of the individual soul. Ultimately, The Light Between celebrates our connectedness to one another, to the planet, and to the natural world.  

 

 

 

ADVANCE PRAISE FOR THE LIGHT BETWEEN

 

Early in The Light Between the poet writes in the voice of an abandoned Medea berating the errant Jason--”I have no language/to replace what I have lost.” The courage and success of this book is its rediscovery of that necessary language. As the poet travels the country or moves through the streets of Detroit, she finds solace in the trees, birds, and people around her, until the “half a song” heard alone on a New Year’s Eve is absorbed by a celebratory and “brightening silence.” It is the measure of Terry Blackhawk’s skill that she carries us with her and convinces us of the importance of the journey. —Keith Taylor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Great Lakes: Love Song and Lament

 An MQR Conference

Friday, November 4th 2011

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

434 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Free and Open to the Public

Coffee and snacks
9:30 AM

Welcome and Introductions
10:00 – 11:30 AM

Jonathan Freedman, Editor, Michigan Quarterly Review
Keith Taylor

Keynote Address
Jerry Dennis

Respondents

Alison Swan
Paul Webb

Questions to the group

Scholars around and on the Lakes
1:30 – 3:00 PM

Introductions and response by Jonathan Freedman

John Knott
Philip Deloria

Readings from the Lakes
3:30 – 5:00 PM

Introductions by Keith Taylor

Margaret Noori
Terry Blackhawk
Steve Amick

Sponsored by the Cook Family Foundation

Photo by Curtis Miller / http://chmfineart.com/

 

 

2011 NCTE Annual Convention - Once and Future Classics: <i>Reading Between the Lines</i>

Terry Blackhawk to Speak at National Convention

The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) is pleased to announce that Terry Blackhawk will be speaking at the 2011 NCTE Annual Convention.

Blackhawk, of InsideOut Literary Arts Project, Detroit, Michigan, will be presenting during the panel session, "EMILY'S VOICES." An excerpt from the description of this session in the Convention Program reads:

With biographies, novels, a poetry anthology, operas, and works of art all inspired by her life and work, the fascination with Emily Dickinson continues unabated into the 21st Century. Reporting on Detroit’s 2010-2011 Big Read organized by InsideOut Literary Arts Project, panelists will discuss how urban youth share in this fascination and artistic engagement.

The session will be held from 2:45 PM to 4:00 PM on Saturday, November 19, 2011.

Each year, the NCTE Annual Convention draws thousands of K-12 teachers, college faculty, administrators, and other educational professionals from around the world. They gather to hear award-winning speakers, attend idea-packed sessions, share best practices, participate in workshops, and test the latest teaching materials. The 2011 NCTE Annual Convention will be held November 17-22, in Chicago, Illinois.

For more information, or to register for the Convention, visit http://www.ncte.org/annual.

National Council of Teachers of English