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.
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 in the Grand Rapids History Center at the Grand Rapids Public Library (main branch). They will be available to the public in the fall of 2022.
For more information about the project, contact Christine Stephens-Krieger at: [email protected]
Linda Nemec Foster is featured in an article celebrating National Poetry Month that was published in The Grand Rapids Magazine (March/April, 2022).
Linda’s new book, The Blue Divide, was selected to be featured on the DMQ’s Virtual Salon for the month of January, 2022. It includes a seven-minute video of Linda reading a selection from the book. This program also features new books by poets Jae Kim and Jenny Qi.
Click the link below to access the Virtual Salon:
https://www.dmqreview.com/salon
For more information, contact editor Sally Ashton at: [email protected]
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.
To view the North of Oxford’s review, please click here to visit their official website.
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. She reads from The Blue Divide and her new prose poetry manuscript, Bone Country. Linda is also joined by poet Sandra Yannone.
Linda Nemec Foster is featured on Kelly Fordon’s blog and discusses a poem from her new book, The Blue Divide.
Click below to read the article.
Listen to the recording of Linda Nemec Foster’s reading for her Grand Rapids’ book launch for The Blue Divide.
This event was hosted by Schuler Books on May 6, 2021.
Linda Nemec Foster is interviewed by Jeff Milo for his podcast, A Little Too Quiet (sponsored by the Ferndale Public Library in Ferndale, Michigan).
In this interview, Linda discusses her new book, The Blue Divide, and the life stories that inform and inspire her poetry and writing.
Source: https://alittletooquiet.podbean.com/e/linda-nemec-foster-the-blue-divide-poetry/