Linda’s piece was a finalist in a national contest (the 2021 Deanna Tulley Media Contest) sponsored by Slippery Elm, a journal published by the University of Findlay. Click here to visit the journal’s website or watch the video below to view “City of Stone, City of Trees”:
Linda Nemec Foster was interviewed for a significant project (the first of its kind): An Oral History of Poetry in Grand Rapids. The process involved videotaping 25 poets and was sponsored by Hank and Liesel Meijer, Lena Meijer, and John Hunting. Linda was also a project advisor for an OHPGR. The videos will be archived […]
Linda Nemec Foster is featured in an article celebrating National Poetry Month that was published in The Grand Rapids Magazine (March/April, 2022). Click here or below to read the article: National Poetry Month: Meet your local poets
Linda’s new book, The Blue Divide, was selected to be featured on the DMQ’s Virtual Salon for the month of January, 2022.
Linda Nemec Foster’s two prose poems were accepted for publication by MSU Libraries’ Short Editions. In addition, these pieces, “Abandoned House in the Tatra Mountain” and “House of Strong Light–El Escorial”, were selected to be considered for inclusion in MSU’s Filmetry: A Festival of Poetry and Film in 2022. For more information, contact Cindy Hunter […]
Linda Nemec Foster has two collaborations with visual artists selected for the WordView Exhibit sponsored by LowellArts in Lowell, MI. Her poem “Pause: Seasons of Pandemic” was inspired by Meridith Ridl’s painting, “Pause,” and her poem “Dance” was inspired by Dianne Carroll Burdick’s hand-colored photograph of the same title. The juried show is open to […]
Linda Nemec Foster’s poem, “My Silent Uncle and His Orchids,” was published in the Writing After Roethke: A 2022 Calendar. Other poets included in this project are Patricia Hooper, Robert Fanning, Matthew Gavin Frank, Cindy Hunter Morgan, A. Van Jordan, and Bob Hicok. For more information, contact Chris Giroux (Project Coordinator) at Saginaw Valley State […]
Linda’s latest poetry book The Blue Divide (New Issues Press, 2021) is reviewed in North of Oxford, an online poetry journal based in Philadelphia.
Linda’s poem, “History of the Hand,” was selected to be included on this important website which advocates for an end to hunger in America and worldwide. To read the poem, please click here to visit Poetry X Hunger’s official website. For more information about this project, contact Hiram Larew at: [email protected]
Watch the video recording of Linda’s reading on August 24, 2021 sponsored by the South Florida Poetry Journal.