Border Crossing is celebrating, and you're invited

NEWS RELEASE LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY ********************** Public invited to launch party for volume four of LSSU literary, art journal SAULT STE.

NEWS RELEASE

LAKE SUPERIOR
STATE UNIVERSITY

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Public invited to launch party for volume four of LSSU literary, art journal

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI - Faculty, staff and student interns associated with Lake Superior State University’s international literary and arts journal, Border Crossing, invite the community to a launch party for its fourth issue at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31, at Bayliss Public Library.

Janeen Pergrin Rastall from Gordon, Michigan, a volume four contributor, will read her work that evening.

Volume four-featured artist, Eddie James of Sault Sainte Marie will exhibit his artwork.

Copies of the journal will be available for purchase.

Border Crossing seeks to publish the best work submitted by emerging and established writers on both sides of the United States and Canadian border with the goal of supporting literacy and the literary arts in the sister cities of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and Ontario.

Visual art is only considered from residents of Michigan or Ontario in order to provide an outlet where area artists may publish their work.

Volume four includes fiction, poetry, and essays by nationally recognized and award-winning authors, with a special section featuring work by Michigan and Ontario writers, including Joseph D. Haske, Lori May, Ron Riekki, and Keith Taylor.

The issue also includes a series of photographs of the region by the featured artist for volume four and cover art contest winner, Eddie James.

“We like writing that crosses boundaries in genre or geography and voices that aren't often heard in mainstream publications,” says professo Mary McMyne, who serves on the faculty editorial staff. “The best way to see what we mean by this is to order a copy of our latest issue.”

Border Crossing is a cooperative product of the LSSU Creative Writing Program and local artists. Profs. Julie Barbour and McMyne supervised the editing of the fourth issue, with Barbour, a poet, working with student poetry student interns, and McMyne, a fiction writer, working with student fiction interns.

Professor Jillena Rose edited nonfiction, and Jeanne Mannesto, a local artist, co-edited art with Barbour and McMyne.

The publication is a “teaching journal,” in that one of its main goals is to create editing and publishing opportunities for LSSU English and creative writing students prior to graduation.

Border Crossing is currently accepting submissions in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and will include a paid feature of one artist from each genre in the 2015 online issue.

Please visit the Border Crossing website at www.lssu.edu/bc for more information.

For more information on the launch party, contact McMyne at 906-635-2327 or [email protected].

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