{"id":9758,"date":"2017-09-01T20:01:47","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T20:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/?p=9758"},"modified":"2017-09-01T20:22:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T20:22:26","slug":"happy-labor-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/2017\/09\/happy-labor-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Labor Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Love<\/a>Hello there!\u00a0<\/strong> It’ll be just a short post today as I don’t think anyone is thinking too much about writing. It’s the beginning of a long weekend, the last one of summer. Already in Chicago the nights are chilly, and yesterday I saw geese fly overhead. I wonder whether this means our upcoming winter will be a fierce one.<\/p>\n

Congrats to Solace in So Many Words<\/em> <\/strong>contributor Elizabeth Kerlikowske<\/strong>; the Michigan poet was just awarded the Community Medal of Arts<\/strong> by the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you’re a subscriber to Rattle<\/strong><\/em>, check out Donna Hilbert’s<\/strong> poem “Rambler” in the latest issue (#57).<\/p>\n

If you have an interest in the Chicago lit scene<\/strong>, Adam Morgan’s “Chicago”<\/strong> is the latest city guide in Poets & Writers<\/strong><\/em>. It’s pretty comprehensive. Here’s the link<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Finally with Labor Day almost upon, you can read “What Work Is” by\u00a0 SISMW<\/em> <\/strong>contributor and past U.S. Poet Laureate Phil Levine<\/strong> by clicking here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Peace, love, and solace<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Two sisters \u00a9 Ellen Wade Beals, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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