Join us as we center two authors from Water’s Edge Press: Lisa Vihos and Jeff Elzinga!

These Local Authors will read from their books, participate in a panel discussion (facilitated by Kelly D. Holstine) about how their art imitates their lives, answer audience questions, and sign books.

Jeff Elzinga was born and raised in Racine, Wisconsin, and educated at St. Olaf College and Columbia University. He has lived two rewarding careers. As a foreign service officer of the U.S. State Department, he served in Tunisia and Malawi. Then, for more than 20 years he was a college instructor, retiring in 2018 as Emeritus Professor of Writing at Lakeland University in Wisconsin. He is married and has three children. His first novel, The Distance Between Stars, was a finalist for the Midwest Book Award in literary fiction.

Lisa Vihos’ poems have appeared in numerous poetry journals, both print and online. She has published four chapbooks, had two Pushcart Prize nominations, and received awards from the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets and the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters. She is a founding editor of Stoneboat Literary Journal and the Sheboygan organizer for 100 Thousand Poets for Change. In 2020, she was named the first poet laureate of Sheboygan. The Lone Snake: The Story of Sofonisba Anguissola is her first novel.