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Telling the Hard Stuff: A Confessional Poetry Workshop with Ellen Lord

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Telling the Hard Stuff: A Confessional Poetry Workshop with Ellen Lord When: Saturday, January 17, 2026, 1:00 -3:00 PM Where: at the Hessel School House  3206 W Cedar Street, Hessel, MI, United States, Michigan 49745 Confessional poetry asks us to speak the truths we often keep hidden. In this two‑hour…

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Resilience Shines in Upper Michigan Poet Ellen Lord’s New Book “Vigil”

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UPPAA A grayscale photo of a bearded person wearing sunglasses and plaid shirt stands in a field, arms outstretched holding a long board, beneath a cloudy sky. Text reads: "Vigil Poems Ellen Lord.

(October 20, 2025) Nature, memories, emotions, loss, and healing all meet with grace and honesty in the subliminal place in Ellen Lord’s new poetry book Vigil published by the Modern History Press of Ann Arbor, MI. Illustrated by artist Joanna Walitalo (Pelkie, MI), Vigil includes over 40 poems divided into four sections: “Desire,” “Thin Space,”…

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