"Relatable History of Small-Town Prairie Life" / Highland Park Poetry Review
"Relatable history of small-town prairie life." Poetry book by James Lowell Hall, "Prairie Roots," is reviewed in "Highland Park Poetry."
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Love always returns to the center and the land.
Poems of one family’s history and the history of a small town.
James Lowell Hall
- Jul 29
Midwest Book Review Says "Prairie Roots" Is "Especially and Unreservedly Recommended"
A review of "Prairie Roots" in Midwest Book Review calls James Lowell Hall's latest poetry book "especially and unreservedly recommended.
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- Jun 1
National Prairie Day
Thank you for all who came to the Prairie Roots launch party 5/30/24. It was a lot of fun and a success with close to 120 books sold,...
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- May 30
Interview with Angela Jackson part 2
Poetic Ponderings Part two of my Interview with the Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson. James Lowell Hall (JH): There is a poem of...
jameslowellhall
- May 27
Happy Memorial Day
Three years after the Civil War ended, the Grand Army of the Republic established Decoration Day as a time to decorate the graves of war...
James Lowell Hall
- May 17
Poetic Ponderings Interview with Angela Jackson, Part 1 of 2
An interview with poet, novelist, and playwright, Illinois Poet Laureate, Angela Jackson.
James Lowell Hall
- May 6
Emerging Writer Profile in Sapling
An Emerging Writer Profile interview in Sapling #753 with James Lowell Hall.
James Lowell Hall
- Apr 20
Meet Poet Jane Hall
Meet long time Wilmette resident Jane Hall. Her poem "Hairpins"was a finalist in the 2018 Faulkner - Wisdom Creative Writing Competition.
James Lowell Hall
- Apr 19
Meet Poet Laurel Linton
Poet Laurel Linton, originally a southern transport to the Midwest, is a longtime Wilmette resident and business owner.
James Lowell Hall
- Apr 19
Poetic Ponderings Interview with Mary Beth Bretzlauf
Mary Beth Brezlauf is the author of That Path that Beckons: Poems About the Journey, and the president of the Illinois State Poetry Society.
James Lowell Hall
- Apr 18
Poetic Ponderings Interview with Terry Chess
Meet Terry Chess, poet, 31-year Wilmette resident, and founder and GM of WLUP-FM, "The Loop," who grew up in the Chess Records family.
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