Going Coastal
Publisher: North Star Press of St. Cloud
Lake Superior—its people and places—feature in this anthology of short stories by nine writers from Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The power of stories lures an aging man on a road trip back home, north on Highway 61. Through her painting of a river, an Ojibway woman teaches a historian about himself and her culture’s connections to the land and water. A woman confronts a suicidal man on Stoney Point, led by the mystical power of water to magnify her psychic abilities. Another woman finds meaning in the intricate curves and fiery bands of an agate. A shoreline boulder offers its magical views on human life. A ship captain from long ago faces a coldwater death in Whitefish Bay. Life comes full circle in the currents of the lake for a young man from Two Harbors. A ghostly fur trapper haunts Madeline Island. A family’s powerful saga unfolds on the shores of Lake Superior.
About Theresa Allison-Price
Theresa Allison-Price grew up in a small town near Eau Clair, Wis., and has spent most of her adult life in the Duluth area. She has a degree in anthropology from the University of Minnesota Duluth and is a certified veterinary technician, but what she always wanted to do is write fiction. At twenty-nine years old, this is her first published piece and she hopes there will be many more.
About Phil Fitzpatrick
Phil Fitzpatrick is a retired English teacher who lives in Duluth with his black rescue dog also named Cisco. He guided canoe trips in the BWCAW in the 60s, spent four years in the education department at the Minnesota Historical Society during the time of the Quincentennial, and has taught all ages of learners, preschool through adult. There are still boxes of his first and only publication, A Beautiful Friendship: The Joy of Chasing Bogey Golf, on his front porch.
About Evan Sasman
Evan Sasman became a writer when he nearly died in a farm accident at age twelve. He discovered he had a lot to express and needed a way to express it.
He began by writing poetry and published a handful of poems in high school anthologies. He went on to a career in journalism and was recognized by the Wisconsin Newspaper Association with awards for Best Feature Story and Best Investigative News Story. He has often written about Native American issues. He worked for the Bad River Band, Lake Superior Ojibway Tribe for ten years as a teacher and journalist. The story, “The Painting,” is based on Ojibway culture. His book, Equilibrium, is a work of fiction based on the 1996 Ojibway railroad blockade on the Bad River Reservation in Wisconsin.
His late wife’s ashes are scattered in the Chequamegon National Forest, near Lake Superior.
About Johnna Suihkonen
Johnna Suihkonen says "What a Fire Weighs” is an interpretation—literal and metaphorical—of her experiences in the Northwoods of Minnesota. She has spent the last eight years living in Duluth and Ely, Minn. During this time, Lake Superior has been a continuous source of inspiration and the place where her soul resides. She is currently a middle school English Language Arts teacher in Ely. When she’s not teaching, she enjoys camping, hiking, photography, drawing and writing (in many forms).
About Marie Zhuikov
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