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- And Here: 100 Years of Upper Peninsula Writing, 1917–2017
- Book
- 2017
- Published by: Michigan State University Press
summary
Upper Peninsula literature has traditionally been suppressed or minimized in Michigan anthologies and Michigan literature as a whole. Even the Upper Peninsula itself has been omitted from maps, creating a people and a place that have become in many ways “ungeographic.” These people and this place are strongly made up of traditionally marginalized groups such as the working class, the rural poor, and Native Americans, which adds even more insult to the exclusion and forced oppressive silence. And Here: 100 Years of Upper Peninsula Writing, 1917–2017, gives voice to Upper Peninsula writers, ensuring that they are included in Michigan’s rich literary history. Ambitiously, And Here includes great U.P. writing from every decade spanning from the 1910s to the 2010s, starting with Lew R. Sarett’s (a.k.a. Lone Caribou) “The Blue Duck: A Chippewa Medicine Dance” and ending with Margaret Noodin’s “Babejianjisemigad” and Sally Brunk’s “KBIC.” Taken as a whole, the anthology forcefully insists on the geographic and literary inclusion of the U.P.—on both the map and the page.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-vi
- Now Great-Lynx (1919)
- pp. 5-6
- The Electric Giant (1920)
- pp. 9-10
- “The Box of God” excerpt (1921)
- pp. 11-12
- Up in Michigan (1921)
- pp. 13-17
- Fireweed excerpt (1934)
- pp. 24-37
- The Loon Feather excerpt (1940)
- pp. 38-40
- [Let’s play a game] (1950)
- pp. 41-42
- Laughing Whitefish excerpt (1965)
- pp. 45-54
- Northern Michigan (1965)
- pp. 55-56
- The Company (1980)
- pp. 64-69
- Pasty (1983)
- pp. 70-71
- Under the Lidless Eye (1984)
- pp. 76-78
- Lunar Eclipse (1988)
- p. 79
- Eggs (1988)
- pp. 80-82
- De Tour Village (1988)
- pp. 83-86
- Soo Locks (1990)
- p. 87
- “American Americans” excerpt (1991)
- pp. 88-92
- The Wilderness State (1991)
- pp. 93-98
- Renewal (1994)
- pp. 99-100
- North of Paradise (1995)
- p. 101
- Paradise, Michigan (1996)
- pp. 102-104
- What My Father Told Me (1997)
- pp. 107-114
- Suspension Bridge (1997)
- pp. 115-116
- A Cold Day in Paradise excerpt (1997)
- pp. 117-125
- The World’s Largest Living Thing (1998)
- pp. 126-127
- On the Scrap (2000)
- pp. 147-150
- Death Defier (2002)
- pp. 153-193
- Vacationland (2003)
- pp. 194-195
- Nothing He Can Put a Finger On (2004)
- pp. 197-214
- Iceberg (2004)
- p. 215
- The Smell of Snow (2004)
- p. 216
- Ursula, Under excerpt (2004)
- pp. 217-228
- Water Mission (2006)
- pp. 229-230
- Jazz Tune for a Hiawatha Woman (2007)
- pp. 232-235
- Disappearances (2007)
- pp. 236-238
- Rent (2008)
- pp. 239-241
- Watching (2010)
- p. 244
- Cripple (2010)
- pp. 245-246
- To Dance Is to Pray (2011)
- pp. 247-256
- Lake Surfing at Whitefish Point (2011)
- pp. 257-258
- Goin’ for Commods (2011)
- pp. 259-262
- Dominos (2011)
- pp. 263-264
- Waboos (2011)
- p. 265
- Beach Glass (2011)
- p. 266
- And Winter (2012)
- pp. 268-269
- Possession(s) (2013)
- pp. 271-273
- Marquette (2013)
- pp. 274-285
- Arm (2014)
- p. 288
- Elf Incantation (2015)
- pp. 290-292
- Down (2016)
- pp. 294-314
- Before Leaving (2017)
- pp. 315-316
- Natural Phenomena (2017)
- pp. 318-319
- bitches (2017)
- p. 320
- Babejianjisemigad (2017)
- pp. 321-322
- “KBIC” excerpt (2017)
- pp. 323-324
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 325-326
- Permissions
- pp. 327-334
- Contributors
- pp. 335-347
Additional Information
ISBN
9781609175412
Related ISBN(s)
9781611862591, 9781628953107, 9781628963106
MARC Record
OCLC
991399003
Pages
363
Launched on MUSE
2017-06-28
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2017