Born: 10/06/1951   Hart , MI
Parents: Ruth and John C. Oomen
Spouse: David Miller Early
Children: Theo Early (stepson)
Address(es):
Permanent :
P.O. Box 185
Empire , MI 49630
Contact Information:
Email : Contact the author through her website.
Website : http://anne-marieoomen.com

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Elemental : A Collection of Michigan Creative Nonfiction - Contributors include: Jerry Dennis, Jessica Mesman, Toi Dericotte, Mardi Jo Link and Keith Taylor amongst many of Michigan’s finest writers. Michigan Notable Book, 2019	Non Fiction	Adult	Detroit : Wayne State University Press	2018
	The Lake Michigan mermaid : a tale in poems - Co-authored with Linda Nemec Foster Michigan Notable Book, 2019	Fiction , Michigan , Poetry	Adult	Detroit : Wayne State University Press	2018
	Love sex and 4-H : a memoir	Biography , Michigan	Adult	Detroit : Wayne State University Press	2015
	Poetry in Michigan in poetry / edited by William Olsen & Jack Ridl.	Michigan , Poetry	Adult	Kalamazoo, Michigan : New Issues Poetry & Prose, The College of Arts and Sciences, Western Michigan University	2013
	An American map : essays	Non Fiction , Biography , Travel	Adult	Detroit : Wayne State University Press	2010
	Uncoded Woman	Poetry	Adult	Minneapolis, Minn. : Milkweed Editions	2006
	House of Fields : memories of a rural education - Memoir/creative nonfiction	Non Fiction , Michigan	Adult	Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press	2006
	Wives of an American King - Seen through the eyes of his five wives, the script revisits the life of James Jesse Strang, crowned himself king while serving two terms in the Michigan Legislature, and who was assassinated by members of his sect in 1856.	Drama , Michigan	Adult	Produced at Old Town Playhouse and by Emerald Isle Repertory Theater	2006
	Stone That Rises - Story of the lives of Elizabeth and Carston Burfied, first settlers of Port Oneida region	Drama	Adult	Produced by Leelanau Players	2006
	Pulling Down the Barn : memories of a rural childhood - 2005 Michigan Notable Book	Non Fiction , Biography , Michigan	Adult	Detroit : Wayne State University Press	2004
	Recovering Ruth - Based on Robert Root's interpretation of Ruth Douglass' journal of 1848 "Time By Moments Steals Away"	Drama	Adult	First reading at Glen Arbor Art Association fundraiser	2003
	Berta's Path	Drama	Adult	Production at Old Town Playhouse, Traverse City, MI	2002
	New poems from the third coast : contemporary Michigan poetry / edited by Michael Delp, Conrad Hilberry, and Josie Kearns ; foreword by Donald Hall - Contributor	Michigan , Poetry	Adult	Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press	2000
	Seasons of the Sleeping Bear - Chapbook features poems honoring Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Michigan , Poetry	Adult	Empire, MI. : Second Story	1999 -2001
	Aral: A Folk Opera	Drama	Adult	Produced with Beach Bards, Glen Arbor, MI	1998
	"Conversation with Michael Delp." Caesura - Article	Poetry	Adult		1998
	"Winter Gods." Under the Sun - Article	Poetry	Adult	Cookeville: Tennessee University	1997
	"Cleaning Kill." Quarter After Eight - Article	Poetry	Adult	Athens: Ohio University	1996
	"Liturgy." Kinesis - Article	Poetry	Adult		1996
	"Threads." So To Speak: Feminist Journal of Language and Art - Article	Poetry	Adult	Fairfax: George Mason University	1996
	"Weather Changes." Array - Article	Poetry	Adult		1996
	Walls - Inspired by oral histories from Traverse City Mental Hospital	Drama , Michigan	Adult	University of Iowa's Studio Series	1996
	The Voice of Emma Fields and Other Northern Belles - Finalist for the Jane Chambers Playwriting Contest which resulted in its first Chicago reading at the Shattered Globe Theater, Mar 1996; also produced in St. Louis and Iowa City; produced as reader's theater for the LIAA symposium in 2001	Drama	Adult	Produced at Traverse City Opera House	1994
	Many Colored Bridge to Anywhere	Drama	Children	University of Iowa Outreach Program for Children	1993 -1994
	Pigtales - Co-author Marguerite Cotto; produced repeatedly by children's theater troupes in Michigan	Drama	Children	Old Town Playhouse Theater for Children	1991
	Blackberry Patch	Drama	Adult	Old Town Playhouse, Studio Theater Production	1990
	Record Breakers	Drama	Adult	Traverse Bay Radio Theater; Old Town Playhouse Original Script Reading Series	1990
	The Adventures of Turtle and Bird - Co-author Marguerite Cotto	Drama	Children	Old Town Playhouse Theater for Children	1990
	Moniker - Chapbook co-authored with Ray Nargis	Michigan , Poetry	Adult	Williamsburg: Split Ivorie Publications and Performances	1988
	Other writings: - Also published in Wind, Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, Prairie Hearts Anthology, Blue Violin, Lucid Stone, Prairie Moon Readout, Pinyon Poetry, Alms House Press Sampler, Garfield Lake Review, New View, Peninsula Writers Anthology, Stone Circle Anthology, TAPJoE, World and I, Verve, a Literary Magazine, Sport Literate	Poetry	Adult
	Traverse: Northern Michigan's Magazine - Numerous columns and essays on growing up in rural communities	Poetry

What is the aim or goal of your writing: I write because I have to. Tenacity is the reason for my success.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Please contact for readings.

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

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