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Every story begins with an experience

Elizabeth McBride writes poetry, prose, essays; and children’s poetry, picture books, and middle-grade literature, from the heart of Michigan. With 22 years’ experience running a large elementary school library, and a background in Psychology, Family Studies, Prevention, and Trauma and Loss in Children, Mrs. McBride is drawn to both the wonders of the outdoor world and complex characters that exemplify the endearing and the humorous sides of living.

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Featured Book

Most Beautiful

A collection of poems, prose, and paintings inspired by the village of Glen Arbor, Michigan and the Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore, voted “Most Beautiful Place in America” in 2011. Elizabeth McBride’s poetry and prose invites you to bear witness to the wonder of that which surrounds us. Whether you enjoy this book right where you are, or bring it with you to take your own poetic tour of the Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore and its surrounding regions, you can match the cited locations to the poems and prose they inspired, and experience what is here, what was here before you, and what is changing right beneath your feet and overhead.

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The Value of Poetry

In this time of instability and nervous grasping at “facts,” there can be a hurried disdain for that which is not perceived to be functionally able to create change. But actions are driven by responses to perception, and how much of what Read More

Landscapes of Poetry Third Annual Holiday Reading

Jack Ridl and his Landscapes of Poetry group offered a Holiday Reading hosted by Jack on December 14th. The following poems were part of the evening: Christmas Wishes What I wish you to receive is the Permission to be you, in all Read More

Aid for the People of the Ukraine – “Busy Griefs, Raw Towns,” AVAILABLE NOW!

“Busy Griefs, Raw Towns,” is a collection of poets’ responses to the war in the Ukraine. It is edited by GF Korreck and is now available! Published by Schuler Books, all proceeds from the sale of the book are forwarded to the Read More

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