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Saginaw Valley State University
Volume 10, Issue 1
Fall 2004
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On Wednesday, September 29th
at 2:30pm, a celebration unveiling the recently awarded Literary Landmark
plaque was held at the childhood home of Theodore Roethke, Saginaw’s
Pulitzer Prize winning poet. On August 17th, the Michigan Center for the
Book announced the Roethke house, 1805 Gratiot Avenue, as the third Literary
Landmark in Michigan.
The event was celebrated with speakers including Senator Mike Goschka and readings from Roethke’s poetry will be done by W. D. Snodgrass, Pulitzer Prize winning poet and Al Hellus of the Drainage Basin Alliance. Others attending include Ruth Sawyers, SVSU English Instructor, Annie Ransford of the Friends of Theodore Roethke Foundation, and Nancy Robertson, Michigan Deputy State Librarian.
Later in the evening, at 6:30pm, a dinner and evening program, “Celebrating the Literary Legacy of Theodore Roethke,” was held in Curtiss Hall at SVSU.
In conjunction with the celebration, there is a very special display of signed and rare editions of Theodore Roethke's books in the Roberta Allen Reading Room. These items are on loan from Jett Whitehead Rare Books of Bay City. Jett also provided the annotations for each item and arranged the display.
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