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Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature (SSML)

Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature (SSML)

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The organization publishes the peer-reviewed scholarly journal MidAmerica along with Midwestern Miscellany. More information can be found at https://ssml.org/

Founded in 1971, SSML encourages the study of Midwestern literature and culture in whatever directions the insight, imagination and curiosity of its members may lead. SSML holds an annual conference in East Lansing, Michigan, with presentations of scholarly research and creative writing, and also sponsors panels at the conferences of MLA and MMLA. SSML members also produced the two-volume Dictiona

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Inspired by an artist residency at Whiterock Conservancy in Western Iowa, You Were Never Lost: Poems From the Tallgrass Prairie emerged from daily walks through its protected prairie, woodland, and river valley, deepening into reflections on the enduring ties between people, place, and memory.

Suzanna de Baca is a writer, poet, and artist whose work explores themes of transformation. A proud Latina and native Iowan, she is a member of the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative, and her poetry has appeared in a range of literary journals and anthologies. She is a recipient of the Derick Burleson Poetry Award and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

Join us on Wednesday, May 13 for Suzanna C. de Baca's Book Launch at Franklin Event Center - Room 148. Refreshments are at 6:00 p.m. and the program will begin at 6:30 p.m.

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