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Todd Mercer
Todd Mercer is the Senior Editor of Dunes Review, a literary journal based in Traverse City, Michigan. He's published two collections of poetry: Sheets of Sound (2002) and Box of Echoes (2007), which won the Michigan Writers Cooperative Press contest. A juror of Poets' Night Out and a two-time judge of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards, Mercer broke into reviewing at NewPages.com, then provided review coverage for over 300 books for ForeWord Magazine.
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Andrew Christ
Andrew Christ holds a B.S. in Education and an M.S. in Chemistry, both from Bowling Green State University, has worked in a variety of professions. Active hin the local literary community, he helped found the Poets Birthday Readings, at Barnes and Noble in Saginaw.
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Jeanne Lesinski
In Bay City, La Belle Époque Art Gallerie and Brewtopia Coffee house offer patrons poetry, music, dancing, exotic refreshments, and more.
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Dion Mindykowski
Blow up the balloons, bake a cake, and light the candles because poet Andrew Christ is celebrating a birthday on Thursday, August 13. He will also be celebrating one on September 17 and every month following. None of these dates is actually Christ’s birthday, but instead they are part of the "Birthdays of Poets" series organized by Christ and the River Junction Poets.
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Adrienne Lewis
Poet, educator, and native of Saginaw, Adrienne Lewis puts her many talents to work for the Bay Area. A full-time faculty member at Michigan’s Davenport University, she continues to focus on issues of work and class that have led her to write and present about her own class experiences and current life in academe.
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Jeanne Lesinski
Good food, good drinks, good entertainment, good times in a casual, upscale atmosphere. The Magic Bean Cafe's First Friday events offer multi-media fun.
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Gina Myers
Published as part of Binge Press’s Bite Marks Series, a series that spotlights violence against women, Chey Davis's chapbook titled Collection opens with an introduction from the author, which begins: "This book is about words. Words used for naming, for laying blame, for reclaiming life and dismembered limbs."
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Dion Mindykowski
Dion Mindykowski continues to find inspiration in his place of birth, the south end of Bay City. He graduated from SVSU in 2002 with a B.A. in Creative Writing and now makes his meager living as a reference librarian, researching the occult, seagulls, doll clothing, the maximum speed of whales, and all other bizarre items of tax payer-interest.
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Rustbelt Roethke
Poetry, fiction, and memoir readings are scheduled throughout the Great Lakes Bay Region from July 6-9 as part of the week-long Rustbelt Roethke Professional Writers' Workshop.