Science fiction and fantasy writer Ursula Le Guin passed away earlier this month.  Her writing is smart, and she wrote for decades.  She has a website worth checking out — http://www.ursulakleguin.com/.

She will be missed.

There is a long holiday weekend coming up, and there are lots of early September poetry readings taking place in the Omaha area.  The schedule below comes from The Poetry Menu (poetrymenu.com).  Take a peek and check out our local scene.

My name is Tim Kaldahl, and I help out with Fine Lines.  I’m also a high school teacher and the end of the academic year was a busy time.  My hope is to more frequently provide updates, samples from the journal, and other lit. stuff.  With that in mind:

• Camp is coming up in June!  The details are at this link– Summer Camp 2017
• The Spring issue is out — current Fine Lines
• And, of course, there is good stuff in that issue.  Check out this artistic sample below.

 

This information came in last week, and it’s exciting.  Check it out.

“All Nebraska students, grades one through twelve, are encouraged to submit an original poem, reflective of that student’s “place” to their teacher.

Teachers will forward up to12 poems per school (4 each from three grade divisions, 1-5, 6-8, 9-12) to the Nebraska Writing Project (NeWP) at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

Nebraska poets Twyla Hansen and Matt Mason will read the poems and, based on quality and their representation of Nebraska place in rural, urban, and suburban settings, choose 9 to 12 poems statewide, to be published on the Nebraska Writing Project website.  Also, selected student poets will be invited to read their work at various venues around Nebraska, as well as the Poetry of Place Celebration on May 5^th, 2017 in the Warner Chambers at the State Capitol in Lincoln, alongside Twyla Hansen and Matt Mason.”

Attached below are two items — a brochure and and an information/permission form.  The documents:

• Information/permission
• Brochure