Celebrate Native American Heritage Month

Award-winning Native American poets Gordon Henry, Jr. & Mark Turcotte will be featured in “We are the Wind,” a special program celebrating Native American Heritage Month on Sunday, Nov. 20th at 4 PM. They will be joined by local Native poets, Rosalie Sanara Petrouske, and Zoe Johnson. The program will take place at the University United Methodist Church (UUMC) Sanctuary, 1120 South Harrison Road, East Lansing (across from MSU and directly north of Trowbridge Shopping Center.)The program is free and open to the public. Ample parking is available behind the church.

This program is made possible by an Artists in the Community Grant from the Arts Council of Greater Lansing and sponsored by the Lansing Poetry Club.  For more information, read this article which recently appeared in City Pulse regarding the poets and the program: https://www.lansingcitypulse.com/stories/local-events-celebrate-poetry-during-native-american-heritage-month,28873?fbclid=IwAR0e7HLF8fmCS9Ls6-s32ER1HoUkMEWgpRoN0TKHemg4XXXYcdHqalMDGQ0

 

WATL Writer Published in Blue Mountain Review

WATL Poet, Rosalie Sanara Petrouske is pleased to have her poem “Black Ash Basket” appear in the June 2021 issue of The Blue Mountain Review: The Southern Collective Experience.  Enjoy Rosalie’s poem on pp. 230-231 of the journal along with the full issue at this link: https://issuu.com/collectivemedia/docs/bluemountainreviewjune2021?fbclid=IwAR2DrsB2jICF5Hd4yZgK2yReQIz8Byb-2qzGXr2s4t9yQFjxaTcYz9VNnEA

Rosalie said the poem was inspired by an evening she spent with her daughter learning the traditional weaving art of making a black ash basket from a 5th generation Ojibwe weaver.  “It was a magical night where both my daughter and I felt closer to the traditions and heritage of our culture,” she said.

2020 Jack Grapes Poetry Prize Finalist

Congratulate WATL Author Rosalie Sanara Petrouske for placing as one of Six Finalists in the 2020 Jack Grapes Poetry Prize.  Enjoy her poem “Eating Corn Soup Under the Strawberry Moon.”

Rosalie said that she wrote this poem after a visit to Beaver Island the summer of 2019 where she enjoyed several bowls of traditional corn soup during the time of the Strawberry Moon. https://www.culturalweekly.com/rosalie-sanara-petrouske-eating-corn-soup-under-the-strawberry-moon/

Ladies on a Summer Doorstep

Ladies on a Summer Doorstep: Two local poets will celebrate the month of June and what women do to achieve their worlds. Rosalie Sanara Petrouske and Joyce Benvenuto will pair their poems for an hour of virtual poetry sponsored by the East Lansing Public Library. Both poets have written several books of published poetry.

Join us via Zoom for this live reading. There will be time for an audience talk-back. You may also join via telephone by dialing +1 929 205 6099 and using the meeting ID number 838 3559 5013.https://elpl.bibliocommons.com/events/5eb985605506fd3a003ef8d9

 

Reo Town Reading Series Volume 14

WATL Poet, Rosalie Sanara Petrouske will read essays and poetry at Blue Owl Coffee, 1149 South Washington Avenue on Thursday, August 29.  Other writers reading Thursday night include Casey Bye, Ryan Apple and Gavin Broom. The event is hosted by Matthew Rossi and takes place from 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.