MAY 3, 2002
ITINERANT NATURE WRITINGS TO GIVE PUBLIC READING

From the volcanoes of Hawaii to the plains of Africa to the rain forests of the Caribbean, husband and wife nature writers John Calderazzo and Sue Ellen Campbell have for the past 20 years traveled the world, recording stories and impressions inspired by a wide variety of landscapes and cultures.

The couple will be visiting northwest Wisconsin May 23-24 to work with the Cable Natural History Museum’s writing internship program New Voices for Nature. They also will give a public reading from their work at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 24 at the Drummond Public Library. The event is free and open to the public; refreshments will be provided.

Both writers are faculty members in the English Department at Colorado State University, where Calderazzo directs the department’s creative writing program, and Campbell teaches courses in fiction, non-fiction, and nature and environmental literature.

Calderazzo’s books include 101 Questions About Volcanoes and Writing From Scratch: Freelancing. He has also written a collection of personal essays, Portraits From the Open Road, and is finishing a new book, Where the Earth Begins: Volcanoes and Our Inner Lives. He has written hundreds of articles for publications including Orion, Ohio Magazine, Coastal Living and Georgia Review.

Campbell’s recent publications include articles about American environmental literature and ecocriticism and a book of literary nonfiction essays, Bringing the Mountain Home. She has finished a new book, The Edge of Winter, and has begun work on a narrative dictionary of landscape terminology.

On Friday, May 24, the couple will participate in a live interview and discussion on WOJB-FM’s morning show.