- Date
- 2010-07-05
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- literaturepublicationcommunitycommunicationheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Adam Schuitema read from his newly released short-story collection Freshwater Boys at the Beaver Island District Library on July 5, 2010. The Beacon reported that “After the Recessions” uses a Beaver Island-like setting while noting that much of its conflict is invented or exaggerated.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper account of a reading and book discussion, not a complete catalogue, attendance record, or factual account of the story’s fictional plot.
Sources
- A community notice scheduled Schuitema’s July 5 reading, questions, and book signing at the District Library and described the collection’s Great Lakes setting and Beaver Island-related story. The notice establishes the planned program; the Beacon supplies the post-event account.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002523
- Beaver Beacon, August 2010, "Hit of the Summer."Reports Schuitema’s July 5 library reading from his short-story collection Freshwater Boys, including “After the Recessions,” whose fictional setting draws on Beaver Island; it distinguishes the invented story from real settings and events. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2010-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the reading report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2010-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Beaver Island Archive, “Adam Schuitema reads from Freshwater Boys at the Beaver Island library, 2010”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-adam-schuitema-freshwater-boys-reading-2010/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "Freshwater Boys - Reading on July 5 at the Library," July 1, 2010. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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