Announcing UP Reader #9 (2025)

Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is blessed with a treasure trove of storytellers, poets, and historians, all seeking to capture a sense of Yooper Life from settler’s days to the far-flung future. Since 2017, the U.P. Reader has offered a rich collection of their voices that embraces the U.P.’s natural beauty and way of …

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Reader Views reviews U.P. Reader Volume #6

U.P. Reader Volume #6: Bringing Upper Michigan Literature to the World Edited by Deborah K. Frontiera and Mikel B. Classen Modern History Press (2022) ISBN: 978-1615996605 Reviewed by Dawn Colclasure for Reader Views (04/2023) Most regional publications showcase the best work of the area’s writers, and the U.P. Reader is …

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5th Annual Dandelion Cottage Award Winners – U.P. Student Writers to be Honored for Best Short Stories

MARQUETTE, MI (February 28, 2021)— the Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) is extremely pleased to announce the winners of the 5th annual Dandelion Cottage Award. The award recognizes U.P. student short story writers of excellence in grades 5 – 12. The Dandelion Cottage Award is funded entirely by …

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