Born: 05/29/1950   Cleveland , OH
Parents: John J. and Helen A. Nemec
Spouse: Dr. Anthony Foster
Children: Brian, Ellen
Address(es):
Permanent :
2024 Wilshire Dr. SE
Grand Rapids , MI 49506
USA
Contact Information:
Website : http://www.lindanemecfoster.com

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	The Lake Michigan mermaid : a tale in poems - Co-authored with Anne-Marie Oomen Michigan Notable Book, 2019	Fiction , Michigan , Poetry	Adult	Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press	2018
	Talking Diamonds	Poetry	Adult	Kalamazoo, MI: New Issues, Western Michigan University	2009
	Ten Songs from Bulgaria	Poetry	Adult	W. Somerville, MA : Cervená Barva Press	2008
	Listen to the Landscape - Haiku Poems illustrated with hand colored photographs by Diane Carroll Burdick	Poetry	Adult	Grand Rapids MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co	2006
	Amber Necklace from Gdansk: poems - Poetry about life in Poland	Poetry	Adult	Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press	2001
	Comtemplating the Heavens: a sequence of poems - Cosmography	Poetry	Adult	Roseville, MI: Ridgeway Press	2001
	Living in the Fire Nest:poems	Poetry	Adult	Roseville, MI:Ridgeway Press	1996
	Trying to Balance the Heart:poems	Poetry	Adult	Northville, MI:Sun Dog Press	1993
	A Modern Fairy Tale:the Baba Yaga poems	Poetry	Adult	Northville, MI:Sun Dog Press	1992
	Contemporary Michigan Poetry : poems from the third coast - Anthology	Poetry	Adult	Detroit, MI:Wayne State University Press	1988
	A History of the Body: prose poems	Poetry	Adult	Minneapolis, MN:Coffee House Press	1987
	- Over 120 poems published in such publications as: The Georgia Review, Poetry Now, Nimrod, Hiram Poetry Review, South Florida Poetry Review, Negative Capability, Manhattan Poetry Review, Pennsylvania Review, Wayne Review, University of Windsor Review, Tendril, Blue Buildings, Croton Review, Chowder Review, Passages North and others.	Poetry

What is the aim or goal of your writing: "To communicate to the reader/audience poems that speak from our common humanness, our common concerns and fears, our common heart. My poetry (hopefully) does what all true poetry must do: be accessible to the reader by offering a common ground, yet retain a mystery at its core that everyone can relate to in a totally different way. This kind of poetry is a risky balancing act, but it's the most exhilerating kind of writing that I know of. I use extended metaphors, symbolic language, mythology, irony, subtle wit, and cadence to achieve this. Every unwritten poem is a gift waiting to be discovered, ourselves waiting to be met."

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

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
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