Linda was interviewed by Shelley Irwin for her radio show, The Morning Show, on WGVU-FM (part of the Michigan Public Radio network). The subject of the interview was Linda’s award-winning piece of flash fiction, “On the Other Side of the World,” and her invitation to read her work at the West Cork Literary Festival in […]
Sponsored by the Royal Oak Public Library, the program can be found on the library’s YouTube channel.
Linda Nemec Foster’s poem, “Sean Penn Leaves Ukraine for Safety in Poland,” was selected for publication and featured on the acclaimed website Vox Populi. To view and read the poem on the Vox Populi website, click here.
Linda’s piece, “On the Other Side of the World”, was awarded second prize in this international competition sponsored by the Fish Anthology in Ireland. Acclaimed New Zealand writer Tracey Slaughter selected Linda’s work for the honor from 948 entries. The award carries a cash prize and Linda has been invited to give a reading at […]
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 […]