Linda Nemec Foster’s work is highlighted by the editors of Poetry Daily. Her prose poem, “Scattering the Ashes on Lake Geneva” (published in her book Bone Country) is featured on this very selective website for August 12, 2025. Click on the button below to read the poem, order Bone Country, and learn more about Linda’s work.
Linda Nemec Foster is featured on DMQ’s Virtual Salon. For the entire month of July 2025, her new book, The Lake Huron Mermaid (a collaboration with Anne-Marie Oomen and Meridith Ridl) will be highlighted in a short video. Click on the button below to access this popular program (or watch the video below)!
Linda Nemec Foster is invited to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Cervena Barva Press with a reading from her two chapbooks that the Press published: Ten Songs from Bulgaria and The Elusive Heroine: My Daughter Lost in Magritte.
Bone Country, Linda Nemec Foster’s award-winning book of prose poems, is reviewed in MER (Mom Egg Review – a noted online journal). Click on the link below to read this insightful and detailed essay.
Linda is interviewed by Jeff Milo for his podcast, “A Little Too Quiet” (sponsored by the Ferndale Public Library in Ferndale, Michigan). She is the final poet selected to be featured on the show to complete the celebration of National Poetry Month in April. In this interview, Linda discusses her new book, The Lake Huron Mermaid, a collaboration with co-author Anne-Marie Oomen and artist Meridith Ridl.
The conversation centers around the creative process as it’s reflected in the art of collaboration. Linda also talks about her other recent books–particularly, Bone Country, her first full-length collection of prose poems that was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.
Click on a link below to listen to the complete interview:
Apple Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/linda-nemec-foster-poetry-month-the-lake-huron-mermaid/id1485477183?i=1000705013232
PodBean Podcast
https://alittletooquiet.podbean.com/e/linda-nemec-foster-poetry-month-the-lake-huron-mermaid/
In April, Linda was invited to be the final judge in three different poetry competitions reflecting academics and community: Indiana University Southeast (campus-wide student poetry contest); Central Michigan University (Academy of American Poets Student Prize); Springfed Arts Poetry Contest (regional poetry competition).
Linda has a new poem published in the 2025 issue, “A Year, A Day, The Spirit of the Lake.” It was initially commissioned by the Lakeshore Community Chorus to be a libretto for an original choral score composed by acclaimed musician David Brunner. The premiere of this composition will be performed in 2026, but the poem will be read by Linda for the Dunes Review‘s 2025 issue launch on Sunday, February 16 at 4:00 pm on Zoom.
For more information about this issue, the reading, and Dunes Review, contact the editors Jennifer Yeatts ([email protected]), Teresa Scollon ([email protected]), or Yvonne Stephens ([email protected]).
Linda was the keynote speaker for an evening of poetry and storytelling about the joys and challenges of motherhood. The program, “Mom Always Says,” was patterned after the popular Moth Program (presented on NPR). She was introduced by Michigan Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks. All the proceeds from the event will benefit CASA of Kent County, Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children.
2024/05/04 at Fountain Street Church in Grand Rapids, MI
Introduction by Michigan Senate Majority Leader: Winnie Brinks
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbsTOJNdIXg&t=157s
Keynote speech: Linda Nemec Foster
Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=PRtVC8qX-uQ
Linda recently guest-edited a special issue of an academic journal devoted to the work of Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Lisel Mueller. This issue of Midwestern Miscellany will be published in late 2024 by the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature.
The Lake Huron Mermaid was featured on the websites of PEN America and AWP highlighting new books by members.