PRESS RELEASE
Melissa Dey Hasbrook Publishes “The Land, Once Called Dewitt“
Lansing, Michigan, USA, April 17, 2009 — Melissa Dey Hasbrook’s collection of poems THE LAND, ONCE CALLED DEWITT is published on the web site “Dey of the Phoenix” at <http://deyofthephoenix.com/tlocd.html>.
This ecological story of glaciers and generations is arranged in three sections, across which Hasbrook connects continents, cultures, and communities. Inspired by the land where five generations of her family lived, Hasbrook braids what often separates: migrations and land use over time and space between peoples.
Hasbrook is a mixed-blood of Cherokee, Irish, and Prussian ancestry. In THE LAND, ONCE CALLED DEWITT, she respects the land of which she writes as the home of the People of the Three Fires, the Anishinabeg tribes of the Ottawa, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi.
On Thursday, April 30, Hasbrook will read from THE LAND, ONCE CALLED DEWITT at the Feminist Poetry Night. The event is a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood and takes place at Everybody Reads, 2019 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, Michigan from 7:30pm to 9:00pm. Contact 517-346-9900 with questions about the event.
Books by Hasbrook include Blame It on Eve! (2007) and the coauthored Echoes of Women (2006). She began performing by invitation at fundraisers and vigils for non-profit groups in 2006. FEM Magazine interviewed Hasbrook about her community work as a poet and activist. Hasbrook resides in Flanders, Belgium and originally is from DeWitt, Michigan, USA.
Contact:
Melissa Dey Hasbrook
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