Midland author Jeff Vande Zande wins award for 'American Poet'

Writing “American Poet,” Midland author Jeff Vande Zande hoped he could bring attention to the Roethke House in Saginaw and the dedicated group of people determined to preserve Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Theodore Roethke’s boyhood home. But the tale of young poet Denver and his struggle to find his place in the world as he tries to save Roethke’s home won Vande Zande the Stuart and Vernice Gross Literature Award from Saginaw Valley State University. Vande Zande will sign copies of his novel, published by Bottom Dog Press, at a reception Thursday, March 22, at the Roethke House, 1805 Gratiot in Saginaw. It begins at 6:30 p.m. with refreshments and a chance to meet the author, followed at 7:30 p.m. with a reading from “American Poet” and the book signing.

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