Authors and Illustrators Database

Laurie Kay Sommers

Born: 01/19/1955  Lansing, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Parents: Lawrence M. and Marjorie S. Sommers
Spouse: David Winder
Children: n/a
Contact Information:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: unlisted
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Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Fishtown: Leland Michigan's Historic Fishery
- 2013 Michigan Notable Book
Michigan History Adult Traverse City [Mich.] Arbutus Press/Fishtown Preservation Society 2012
"Urban Appalachian Folklore" in The Encyclopedia of Appalachia
- With Janet Langlois
Non Fiction Adult University of Tennessee Press 2006
The Florida Music Train
- with Cindy Kerchmar, et al. multimedia instructional unit, Florida Folklife Program
Non Fiction Adult, Children Florida Department of State 2002
"The Okefenokee" and "Beaver Island" in American Musical Traditions
- Jeff Todd Titon, ed.
Non Fiction Adult MacMillan 2001
Beaver Island House Party (with CD) Michigan History Adult East Lansing/Beaver Island [Mich.] : Michigan State University Press : Michigan State University Museum : Beaver Island Historical Society 1996
Fiesta, fe y cultura : celebrations of faith and culture in Detroit's Colonia Mexicana / by Laurie Kay Sommers in collaboration with Casa de Unidad Cultural Arts and Media Center
- Celebrations of faith and culture in Detroit's Colonia Mexicana. Detroit's Colonia Mexicana.
Michigan Adult Detroit, Mich. : Casa de Unidad Cultural Arts and Media Center ; East Lansing : Michigan State University Museum, 1995
Dull Remarks on a Sharp Subject
- in Festival of Michigan Folklife Program Book
Non Fiction Adult Michigan State University Museum 1991
Michigan, a geography / Lawrence M. Sommers, with Joe T. Darden, Jay R. Harman, Laurie K. Sommers. Michigan, Travel Adult Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press 1984
Numerous articles in National periodicals Non Fiction Adult 1980-2000
Surveying Michigan's historic and architectural resources : a how-to-do guide
- Compiled and edited by Laurie K. Sommers and Janet Kreger
Michigan History Adult [Lansing, Mich.] : Michigan History Division, Department of State 1980
What is the aim or goal of your writing: I attribute my success to "my parents, my education, being in the right place at the right time, a true enjoyment of cultural diversity and traditional culture." My work ethic is "take pride in your work; enjoy what you do."

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

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Awards:

Name Date
Michigan Notable Book for Fishtown 2013
The American Folklore Society - Dorothy Howard Prize for The Florida Music Train. 2003

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Who's Who

Memberships:

Name Date
American Folklore Society
Society for Ethnomusicology

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Folklore Indiana University Indiana 1986
Master of Arts (M.A.), Folklore Indiana University Indiana 1980
Bachelor of Musical Arts (B.M.A.) University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 1977

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Director South Georgia Folklife Project Valdosta State university 1998
Independent Consultant in Folklore and Ethnomusicology 1995-1998
Folklife Specialist and Curator Michigan State University Museum East Lansing, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1988-1995
Co-Curator
- Michigan Program
Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife 1987
Independent Consultant Folklore and Historic Preservation 1982-1986
Assistant Historian Michigan History Division Lansing, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1977-1978
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