Jolene Brink, Claire Lemp & Jen Detriech

Join us for a summer solstice & Father’s Day author talk with Jolene and Claire, followed by a conversation with Jen about writing, creativity and motherhood.

A community potluck (all are welcome!) in the hoop house will follow the event. Bring a dish to share!

Books available for sale at the event.

How to Join

This event is FREE and open to the public, but registration is kindly requested to help us plan for parking and seating.

Jolene Brink lived in Two Harbors from 2020 to 2025. Her work explores the history of landcapes, found text, and motherhood. Her new collection of poetry, Overburden, winner of the 2025 Walt McDonald First Book Award, was written during her time living on the North Shore.

Claire Sahara Lemp is an illustrator based in Duluth and has a Masters of Children’s Book Illustration from the Cambridge School of Art in Cambridge, England. Her recently illustrated book, My Dad Can, is available this summer.

Jen Detriech lives and works in Two Harbors, MN. Her paintings are rooted in the physical act of making — gesture, rhythm, and the muscle memory of a lifetime spent looking closely.

About Agate Acres

Agate Acres is a North Shore flower farm and wedding venue owned and operated by the very talented and generous Emily and Kyle.

Jolene Brink in conversation with Frieda Hall

Join us for a reading with Jolene from her new book, Overburden, followed by a conversation with Frieda (her former teacher!) about writing, history and creativity.

Frieda Atlas Hall is a retired teacher and long-time community leader in Grand Rapids.

How to Join

Event is free and open to the public.

Presentation: Tuesday Group

In this storytelling presentation, Jolene Brink shares the story and historic documents that inspired her new collection of poems, Overburden. She will talk about how the book was put together, the events that inspired it, and some of the poems that resulted. A short reading will follow the presentation, with time for Q&A from the audience.

Many of the places and themes in this book will be familiar to residents of Ely.

How to Join

Event is free and open to the public. In person (no cost) at the the Grand Ely Lodge. Attendees are encouraged to order lunch, but ordering lunch is not required. Or join for free over Zoom.

About the Tuesday Group

Tuesday Group is a Boundary Waters Connect sponsored community gathering that takes place weekly over the noon hour on Tuesdays at the Grand Ely Lodge.

Jolene Brink and DyAnne Korda

A reading in conversation with DyAnne Korda.

DyAnne’s work has been published in several journals, including The Wisconsin Academy Review, ArtWord Quarterly, and Agates. Her poetry has also been broadcast on KAXE Radio's morning show and their literary programs Wordish and Stay Human. DyAnne's most recent poetry collection is Nighthawk Storyteller. Her previous books include The Shore's Absolute Edge and This Earth Woman. Along with offering frequent workshops for Ely Folk School, she's taught for the Center of Continuing Education at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

How to Join

Join us at The Meadows (15 E Sheridan St)

Event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase.

Jolene Brink, Krissy Kludt and Anna Zumbahlen

A reading and conversation from 3 debut poetry collections.

All three of these collections address pressing questions of our time. What does it mean to love a place? How do we write honestly about connection with the land in our time of present and impending ecological disaster? Across multiple landscapes— Iowa, California, Minnesota, Wisconsin — these books, together, reveal the reality of ecological grief in deeply personal ways, offering such solace as comes from intimacy with the wild world.

Krissy Kludt is the founder and executive director of Writing the Wild. I Could Walk Forever and Know So Little is her debut poetry collection, forthcoming from Green Writers Press in March of 2026. Her work appears in Taking Liberties (Cutthroat 2025), The Nature of Our Times (Paloma Press 2025), Humana Obscura, The Wildness We Tend, and Stories from the Trail (Wayfarer Books 2024). She lives in the Driftless region of southwestern Wisconsin.

Anna Zumbahlen is a poet living in Southern California. She holds a PhD in English & Literary Arts from the University of Denver and an MFA from the University of Montana. See recent

Reading: Jolene Brink in conversation with Nicholas Triolo

After reading from her new book, Overburden, Jolene and Nick will discuss themes and ideas from the project, followed by time for Q&A from the audience.

About Nick Triolo

Nicholas Triolo is a writer, educator, and long-distance runner living in Missoula, Montana. His work has been featured in Outside, Emergence, Dark Mountain Project, Terrain.org, and others. His new book, The Way Around: A Field Guide to Going Nowhere, is published with Milkweed Editions. How to Join

How to Join

Event is free and open to the public.