Superior Voyage Poetry, Prose and Lyrics

A 2023 U.P. Notable Book

UPPAA consulted with Upper Michigan booksellers, book reviewers, writers, and publishers to winnow down the notable books to a bare ten titles. These titles demonstrate the wide reach of U.P. literature as they span juvenile, middle-grade, YA, and adult audiences. You can find reviews of many of these books on the UP Book Review. ..These ten books have been deemed essential reading for every U.P. lover and we highly recommend you ask your local librarian or booksellers for them today! Learn more here.


Superior Voyage is now available in digital form through the Great Lakes Digital Libraries. Unlimited access is available to public library card holders of their member libraries. Find out more here.

Reviews

U.P. Book Review by Tyler R. Tichelaar

Marquette Poets Circle’s Newest Book Is Superior

“Five years ago, the Marquette Poets Circle wowed readers with their debut poetry book, Maiden Voyage. Their follow-up volume is titled Superior Voyage, and it is appropriately titled for it is a superior volume of poetry that just happens to have been written near Lake Superior, though the magic of Lake Superior informs many of the poems.”

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Marquette Monthly – April 2023

Selected pieces


Getting the Visions by Kathleen M. Heideman

Compromising Heaven – Ukraine, 3 June 2022, 8th year & 100th day of war by Matt Maki

Silver Lining by Jesse Koenig


Live recordings from the Superior Voyage book launch on Oct. 18th 2022. Video recording below.


Memos by Rebecca Tavernini
Marionettes by John Taylor
Sentinels by Christine Saari
Swimming the Great Lakes by Jane Piirto
COVID-19 Blues by Carolyn McManis
Honey by Roslyn Elena McGrath
Fusion by Beverly Matherne
Today by Gala Malherbe
Medicine for the Soul by L. Gail Mahan
Black Ashes with Prayer by ME Kilpatrick
For Dorothy by Tara Channtelle Hill
Hello My Dolly by Genean Granger read by Kristine Granger
The Fall by Lisa Fosmo
Just for You by Ronnie Ferguson
An Amtrak Accident by Claudia Drosen
Chant to Lift Up the Soul of George Floyd By Lynn Domina
Campephilus Principalis (ivory-billed Woodpecker) by Terri Bocklund
Stopover in Union County by E. M. Barry
Waking by Esther Margaret Ayers
American Streets by Erin Anderson
Yeti’s Fish by Gideon Achatz
Ascension by Martin Achatz with music by Terri Bocklund
This Girl is on Fire by Helen Haskell Remien read by Janeen Rastall
A Year of Peace by Miriam Taylor
Detente by Milton Bates

Video recording of book launch readings.