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Leland Library features Elemental readers, WWII author

On Monday, July 29 at 6 pm, Leelanau County local Anne-Marie Oomen and several other contributors to the Michigan Notable Book, Elemental: A Collection of Michigan Creative Nonfiction, will read their essays aloud and sign copies of the anthology at Leland Township Library. The book includes essays from 23 of our state’s most well-known writers, including Oomen, who also won a Michigan Notable Book award for her book The Lake Michigan Mermaid: A Tale in Poems this year.

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Oomen presents Lake Michigan Mermaid at Glen Arbor Arts Center

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For Empire resident Anne-Marie Oomen, Lake Michigan and all of our state’s water are part of her soul. The legend of the great Sleeping Bear is also embedded in her, as are legends of mermaids and mermen kept by indigenous peoples, particularly those along Lake Superior.

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