{"id":12072,"date":"2017-09-22T22:02:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-23T02:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=12072"},"modified":"2021-08-26T13:28:47","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T17:28:47","slug":"wolfson-campus-professor-publishes-poetry-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wolfson-campus-professor-publishes-poetry-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolfson Campus Professor Publishes Poetry Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_29083\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29083\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-29083\" src=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Michael-Hettich-2-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"A copy of Michael Hettich's new book The Frozen Harbor.\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Michael-Hettich-2-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Michael-Hettich-2-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Michael-Hettich-2-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29083\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Published Work: Wolfson Campus professor Michael Hettich released his most recent book The Frozen Harbor in July. SEBASTI\u00c1N BALLESTAS \/ THE REPORTER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami Dade College professor and award-winning poet Michael Hettich released his most recent book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Frozen Harbor<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in July.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The book, a collection of more than 50 poems, won the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2016 David Martinson\u2014Meadowhawk Prize<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is awarded to the best poetry manuscript submitted to Red Dragonfly Press each year. Winners get their manuscript published the following year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Frozen Harbor <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is about Hettich\u2019s grief and sadness after the loss of his brother and mother. It is also about the impending sense that people are devastating the planet with the way they live.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI really loved [this book] because when I read the original manuscript, I read one poem and it was so powerful that I couldn\u2019t read anything else,\u201d said Colleen Ahern-Hettich, the Director of the Earth Ethics Institute at MDC and Hettich\u2019s wife. \u201cI spent the whole day repeating the poem in my head.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Frozen Harbor <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0became a reality after another book Hettich was writing was put on hold by the publisher. To produce the book, he revisited some old poems he had put aside and decided to submit the collection to Red Dragonfly Press.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides writing, Hettich\u2019s other passion is teaching. He has \u00a0been a professor at MDC for 28 years. He currently teaches creative writing and English composition courses at the Wolfson Campus and advises the campus\u2019 literary magazine Metamorphosis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cWhat drew me to teaching was working with people to articulate and explore the interests I have and try to communicate them with other people,\u201d Hettich said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hettich\u2019s students say they have benefited from his enthusiasm and knowledge. Lewis Beilman III is one of those students. He took a writing course with Hettich in 2006. Three years later, Beilman won first prize in the Fred R. Shaw Poetry Contest and earlier this year released his book, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fourth Of July<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which he describes as \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a dark tale of privilege run amok.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf it hadn\u2019t been for the push he gave me as a writer, I wouldn\u2019t have been able to grow the way I did as a writer,\u201d Beilman said. \u201cHe helped nurture students\u2019 writings while at the same time giving constructive criticisms that benefited us.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hettich began writing seriously during his second year at Hobart College. He was inspired by various Latin American poets, specifically C<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00e9<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sar Vallejo. Soon he realized that he wanted to pursue poetry, but understood that he had to dedicate himself to the craft. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFor the rest of my college career, I read everything I could read and wrote as many poems as I could,\u201d Hettich said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hard work paid off. Hettich\u2019s prose has appeared in various journals and anthologies and he has published more than 12 poetry books during his writing career. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPoetry is about taking something that\u2019s been going on for thousands of years and passing it on,\u201d Hettich said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michael Hettich will be conducting a reading of his book at 4 p.m. on October 8<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at Books &amp; Books, 265 Aragon Ave., in Coral Gables. The event is free to attend.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami Dade College professor and award-winning poet Michael Hettich released his most recent book The Frozen Harbor in July. The book, a collection of more than 50 poems, won the 2016 David Martinson\u2014Meadowhawk Prize. 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