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May , 2008:
Writing the Midwest Symposium 2008
May 8-May 10, 2008, "Writing the Midwest: A Symposium of Scholars, Creative Writers, and Filmmakers," Michigan State University Memorial Union,
East Lansing, Michigan:
Join us at our booth at this annual symposium. Book signings will be announced at a later date.
Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature encourages the study of Midwestern literature and culture in whatever directions the insight, imagination, and curiosity of its members may lead. The Memorial Union Building is located at the corner of Grand River Avenue and Abbot Road in the midst of business and MSU campus center in downtown East Lansing, Michigan. Parking is availible nearby, in a new MSU ramp on Grand River Ave., and in East Lansing parking facilites.
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May , 2008:
Mel Visser & Sierra Club Discussion 2008
May 14, 2008, Marquette, Michigan.:
Mel Visser, the environmentalist author of Cold, Clear and Deadly: Unraveling a Toxic Legacy will speak to the Sierra Club on "Cold, Clear and Deadly: Lake Superior?" at Marquette's Peter White Public Library, MAy 14 at 7 pm. Does Lake Superior, considered by most to be the cleanest Great Lake, actually harbor surprisingly high levels of some toxic contaminants? Why will spending billions on cleaning up contaminated Great Lakes sediments alone not solve the problem of PCB and toxaphene pollution? Forget all you know about this issue from conventional wisdom and sources.
Keweenaw Bay commercial fishermen, uncles of his wife-to-be, introduced MTU chemical engineering student Mel Visser to Lake Superior in the 1950s. During Mel’s career in chemical manufacturing at the Upjohn Company in Kalamazoo, he returned to the lake regularly and sadly witnessed the devastation of its fishery by chemicals and invasive species. In 1980, Mel assumed the leadership of Upjohn’s environmental compliance and had the privilege of working with and learning from Great Lakes environmental leadership through the Great Lakes Regional Corporate Environmental Council, an organization of U.S. and Canadian industrial and environmental leaders.
Peter White Public Library, 217 North Front Street, Marquette, MI 49855. 906.228.9510;FAX: 906.226.1783.
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June , 2008:
Historical Society of Michigan Upper Peninsula History Conference 2008
June 26-June 29, 2008, Gwinn, Michigan.
Visit our booth at the Historical Society of Michigan's 59th Upper Peninsula History Conference. We will feature books such as Waters of Michigan, about the history and environment of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The conference is being held in Gwinn, a historic location in southern Marquette county, Michigan.
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