Marilyn Dorf will present Wednesday, April 6 Lunch at the Library

Marilyn Dorf writes poetry, short stories and essays. She grew up on a farm near Albion, Nebraska, and acquired a lasting appreciation of nature, wildlife and rural life that is reflected in her writing. Her chapbooks include: A Tribute to Buttons (1985), Of Hoopoes and Hummingbirds (1998), Windmills Walk the Night (1992), This Red Hill (2003), I Know That An Owl Owns This Sky (2009). Her poems have been published widely in periodicals, including The Christian Science Monitor, Kansas Quarterly, Wholenotes, Poet, Plainsongs, Bitterroot, and Nebraska Life Magazine, among others. She lives in Lincoln and is the Nebraska Literary Heritage Association's Author Member for 2010-2011.

The Program will begin at 12:10 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6th , in the auditorium on the fourth floor of Bennett Martin Public Library at 14th and N Streets in downtown Lincoln. Coffee provided by The Mill. Please join us for an interesting program.

April 7, 2010 Lunch at the Library with Jim Griess

Jim Griess returns this April to continue the story of German Russians who came to Nebraska. Jim was our April speaker last year, and everyone agreed we should bring him back to finish the story. All four sets of Jim's grandparents were German Russians who came to the Sutton, Nebraska area in the last quarter of the nineteenth century from the Volga and Black Sea regions of Russia. He follows the story of the German Russian immigrants in his book length study: The German Russians: Those who came to Sutton (Henderson: Service Press, 2008) The book presents a broad portrait of German Russian history and culture and of the causes and history of this group's immigration to America, before focusing in on the German Russians around Sutton Nebraska.

Mr. Griess will present our Lunch at the Library talk on Wednesday April 7, 2010 at 12:10 pm on the fourth floor of Bennett Martin Public Library. Bring your lunch and enjoy coffee provided by The Mill! Anyone interested in history or genealogy will enjoy the talk.

March 3, 2010--Lunch at the Library with Shirley Maly

Shirley Maly will present the Nebraska Literary Heritage Association's March Lunch at the Library talk. Shirley is a lifelong Lincoln resident. After a long career in public relations, at age 60, she joined the Peace Corps and served for three years in Uruguay. That stay and other travel experiences were the basis of her book Love Affair with the Americas. Shirley's topic will be "Pictures Tell Stories: How Illustrations Enhance the Story."

The program will begin at 12:10 p.m. on March 3 on the fourth floor of Bennett Martin Public Library at 14th and N Streets in downtown Lincoln. Feel free to bring your lunch, free coffee is provided courtesy of the Mill. We look forward to seeing you.

Short Story Contest Winners on Display in the Heritage Room

Winning entries from the Nebraska Literary Heritage Association's 2010 Short Story Contest are now on display in the Heritage Room. The age divisions for the contest are Kindergarten through 2nd Grade, 3rd through 5th Grade, and 6th through 8th Grade.