{"product_id":"hiccups-haunt-wilson-avenue","title":"Hiccups Haunt Wilson Avenue","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarilyn Zelke Windau\u003c\/strong\u003e, the middle child of three, grew up on Wilson Avenue in Chicago, where all the houses were bungalows made of brick and looked very much the same. Elm trees arched the street where she and her siblings played chalked games of hopscotch, four square, and concentration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe remembers those youthful days of antics and lessons, and records them here, dedicating these poems to her newborn grandchildren.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt age thirteen she started writing poetry in high school study hall as well as in the dry bathtub of her family home with a pillow and a pencil. Her poems have been published in many print and online venues since 2007, when she was encouraged to get them out of a desk drawer to share.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer chapbook \u003cem\u003eAdventures in Paradise\u003c\/em\u003e (Finishing Line Press) and full-length, self-illustrated manuscript \u003cem\u003eMomentary Ordinary\u003c\/em\u003e (Pebblebrook Press) were both published in 2014. \u003cem\u003eOwning Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e (Kelsay Books) was released in 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZelke Windau lives in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin—still very close to her beloved Lake Michigan. She is a retired public-school art teacher, the mother of three daughters, and the wife of an environmental engineer. She enjoys traveling, volunteering at the local art center for children’s workshops, assisting in maintenance of public gardens, and helping to make poetry public through combined visual art and poetry exhibits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe adds her maiden name when she writes to honor her father, who was also a writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 94 pages\u003cbr\u003e Publisher: Kelsay Books (April 13, 2018)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53362120720693,"sku":"qlk1787286831388","price":10.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/0059\/3717\/files\/hiccups-haunt-wilson-avenue_1.jpg?v=1787286836","url":"https:\/\/trelivora.com\/products\/hiccups-haunt-wilson-avenue","provider":"trelivora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}