Then I contacted my agent, Rachelle Gardner. They were delighted with the PR and as surprised as I am that MEFS was included on the list. I contacted my ebook publisher, Open Road Integrated Media. I seem to remember a few reviews that bemoaned its lack thereof.

I was still, however, surprised that MEFS made any kind of list about sex. The article is very well written, it’s honest, entertaining, and it made me think. The title of the article is, “Young Adult Books and Sex: What We Learned Under the Covers,” by Kat Kinsman. That’s a heady placement on a national/international news site. The CNN list (which was published on Wednesday, January 15 at the top of their CNN Living page) included 12 books, with MEFS as number 8. From that time on it has straddled two markets, and that’s been good for the book and for me. Before I tell you what list, I should explain that although I wrote MEFS as a novel for the general adult market, in 1991 the American Library Association named it as one of its Best Books for Young Adults. My first novel, MOTHER EARTH FATHER SKY, published way back in 1990 and then republished this year as an ebook, had made a national CNN list. I received a message from a friend this week that surprised me beyond words. This entry was posted in Books, Books I Love, Free Books!, Sue Harrison Blog, Writers, Writing and tagged AND HERE 100 Years of Upper Peninsula Writing 1917-2017, Books I Love, Free Books!, Michigan, Michigan State University Press, Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Mother Earth Father Sky, Ronald Riekki editor, Ronald Riekki poet, Ronald Riekki writer, Sue Harrison, Sue Harrison Blog, Upper Peninsula on Septemby suehar. (Photo used with permission from Michigan State University Press)

To have your name included in our Wednesday, September 13, 2017, drawing, just answer this question: Have you ever lived in or visited Michigan’s Upper Peninsula? gives voice to Upper Peninsula writers, and in doing so forcefully insists on the geographic and literary inclusion of the U.P. These people and this place are strongly made up of traditionally marginalized groups such as the working class, the rural poor, and Native Americans, which adds even more insult to the exclusion and forced oppressive silence. I will sign both locations in our give-away trade paperback copy.įrom the back cover, “Upper Peninsula literature has traditionally been suppressed or minimized in Michigan anthologies and Michigan literature as a whole. I’m also honored to have an excerpt from my novel Mother Earth Father Sky and a section introduction included in the book. Nomber_key:000332I’m honored to offer as our September Free Book AND HERE 100 Years of Upper Peninsula Writing 1917-2017, released by Michigan State University Press and edited by Ronald Riekki.

Mother Earth Father Sky by Sue Harrison