Anne-Marie
Oomen
Born:
10/06/1951
Hart,
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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
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
Writings
Image | Title | Genre | Audience | Publisher | Date |
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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
Skills:
Author
Education:
Degree | Institution | Location | Date |
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Creative writing courses | Schoolcraft Community College | Livonia, MI | 1970-1972 |
Career:
Position | Organization | Location | Date |
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English and Drama instructor | Elk Rapids Public High School | Elk Rapids, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent | |
English instructor | Hart High School | Hart, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent | |
Chair of Creative Writing | Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent | |
Founder and Director of Writing Center | Lake Forest Academy | Lake Forest | |
Instructor of nonfiction | Ludington Writers Conference | Ludington, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent | |
Adjunct instructor | Northwestern Michigan College and Ferris State College | Traverse City / Big Rapids, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent | |
Instructor of nonfiction | Solstice Writers Conference | Pine Manor College, ChestnutHill | |
Staff assistant | Stone Coast Writers Conference | University of Southern Maine, Portland | |
English instructor | Trinity High School | River Forest |
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