The Woods Are On Fire is Fleda Brown’s deeply human and intensely felt poetic explorations of her life and world. Her account includes her brain-damaged brother, a rickety family cottage, a puzzling and sometimes frightening father, a timid mother, and the adult life that follows with its loves, divorces, and serious illnesses. Visually and emotionally rich, Brown’s poems call on Einstein, Shakespeare, Sophocles, Law and Order, Elvis, and Beethoven. They stand before the Venus de Milo as well as the moon, as they measure distances between what we make as art and who we are as humans. In wide-ranging forms—from the sestina to prose poems—they focus on the natural world as well as the Delaware legislature and the inauguration of William Jefferson Clinton.

The Woods Are On Fire includes nearly fifty new poems, along with poems selected from seven previous books, showcasing an influential American poet’s work over the last few decades. 

The Woods Are On Fire is Fleda Brown’s deeply human and intensely felt poetic explorations of her life and world. Her account includes her brain-damaged brother, a rickety family cottage, a puzzling and sometimes frightening father, a timid mother, and the adult life that follows with its loves, divorces, and serious illnesses. Visually and emotionally rich, Brown’s poems call on Einstein, Shakespeare, Sophocles, Law and Order, Elvis, and Beethoven. They stand before the Venus de Milo as well as the moon, as they measure distances between what we make as art and who we are as humans. In wide-ranging forms—from the sestina to prose poems—they focus on the natural world as well as the Delaware legislature and the inauguration of William Jefferson Clinton.

The Woods Are On Fire includes nearly fifty new poems, along with poems selected from seven previous books, showcasing an influential American poet’s work over the last few decades. 

Register here to attend fiction writing class with Mary Kay Zuravleff.

Award-winning author Mary Kay Zuravleff has published four novels. Her most recent, American Ending, was an Oprah Spring Book pick and a finalist for the Langum Prize for American Historical Fiction. That book was inspired by both sets of her grandparents, Russian Orthodox Old Believers who lived in an Appalachian coal-mining town, and especially by her paternal grandmother, who was born in America and lost her citizenship for marrying her Russian-born spouse. She taught graduate students at numerous universities and has had the pleasure of teaching fiction workshops at Chautauqua, Key West, and Interlochen.

Award-winning author Mary Kay Zuravleff has published four novels. Her most recent, American Ending, was an Oprah Spring Book pick and a finalist for the Langum Prize for American Historical Fiction. That book was inspired by both sets of her grandparents, Russian Orthodox Old Believers who lived in an Appalachian coal-mining town, and especially by her paternal grandmother, who was born in America and lost her citizenship for marrying her Russian-born spouse. She taught graduate students at numerous universities and has had the pleasure of teaching fiction workshops at Chautauqua, Key West, and Interlochen.

Register here to attend the non-fiction writing workshop with Brittany, focused on creating short works of fiction. To be held at the Happy Camper Coffee Shop.

Brittany Cavallaro is the New York Times best selling author of A Study in Charlotte and the Charlotte Holmes series, the historical fantasy duology Muse, and other books for young adults from HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen Books. A poet and writing teacher, she lives in Traverse City, Michigan.

Register here to attend the reading and discussion of Brittany Cavallaro’s Study in Charlotte, the first book in a new series about a brilliant new crime-solving duo: the teen descendants of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. To be held at Bos Winery. Register early and get a free copy of the book in advance!

Brittany Cavallaro is the New York Times best selling author of A Study in Charlotte and the Charlotte Holmes series, the historical fantasy duology Muse, and other books for young adults from HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen Books. A poet and writing teacher, she lives in Traverse City, Michigan.

Jerry Dennis is an acclaimed nature, science, and outdoor writer whose books have appeared on national bestseller lists, have been translated into seven languages, and are taught in many universities and high schools. His essays and stories have appeared in such publications as The New York Times, Smithsonian, Orion, American Way, Michigan Quarterly Review, and Gray's Sporting Journal. Among the awards he has received are the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award, the Michigan Author of the Year Award, the Great Lakes Culture Award, and four Best Book of the Year awards from the Outdoor Writers Association of America.

This event takes place at:

Forest Home Township Hall , 321 N. Bridge St., Bellaire, MI 49615

Jerry Dennis is an acclaimed nature, science, and outdoor writer whose books have appeared on national bestseller lists, have been translated into seven languages, and are taught in many universities and high schools. His essays and stories have appeared in such publications as The New York Times, Smithsonian, Orion, American Way, Michigan Quarterly Review, and Gray's Sporting Journal. Among the awards he has received are the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award, the Michigan Author of the Year Award, the Great Lakes Culture Award, and four Best Book of the Year awards from the Outdoor Writers Association of America.

This event takes place at:

Forest Home Township Hall , 321 N. Bridge St., Bellaire, MI 49615