With thanks to Story Circle Network for the continued recognition of Even in Darkness through the Sarton Literary Award, and this wonderful interview (and thanks to Patricia Amort of the Ann Arbor City Club for the beautiful book art!) May Sarton, the poet and novelist who is the inspiration behind Story Circle Network's annual Sarton Award, was also an inspiration for author Barbara Stark-Nemon's book, Even in Darkness, the winner of the 2015 Sarton Award for historical fict

Thoroughly enjoyed this interview with Dean Karyanis at The History Author Show. Listen here

Looking forward to joining Charlevoix Public Library's Spring Author Series for a behind the book look at Even in Darkness. Join in! Tuesday, May 16th, 6:30 PM

Even in Darkness heads to Connecticut for the story behind the story. June 2, Greenwich, Connecticut. For more info, click here

Walking home from an all-day symposium “Poets at Michigan” on a stunningly beautiful April afternoon, I thought of the word “Dayenu” which will be sung by families all over the world next week in a song at the end of the Passover Seder meal. Dayenu means, “it would have been enough,” and each of the three parts of today’s fine symposium, would have indeed been enough. The program traced the presence of poets and creative writing at the University of Michigan, from Robert Fros