Janice Byrne
Affiliation: Michigan Hemingway Society, Retired Educator
Education: Master of Science in Education
Travel Range: Central and Western Upper Peninsula
Contact: jfbyrne [at] aol.com
Janice Byrne has presented workshops on teaching Hemingway’s fiction and has delivered papers on various aspects of Hemingway’s writing and life to national and international audiences. Janice is knowledgeable about all the Nick Adams stories, their Michigan settings, thematic integrity, and intertextuality.
Suggested Presentations:
“Hemingway’s ‘Big Two-Hearted River’” examines the importance of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula as setting, Nick Adams’ ritual actions and conflicts, and reasons why many consider this one of the best short stories ever written.
“Lost Love in Ernest Hemingway’s ‘The End of Something’ and ‘The Three-Day Blow’” looks at the relationship between Hemingway and Nick Adams, exploring how the author presented his themes of lost love in the settings, characters, and action in “The End of Something” and “The Three-Day Blow.”
Constance Cappel
Affiliation: Author
Education: Doctor of Philosophy
Travel Range: Statewide (>100 miles requires travel via bus or air)
Email: constance [at] constancecappel.com
Phone: 231-526-0527
Constance Cappel has written or edited numerous books for adult and children readers, including Hemingway in Michigan and Sweetgrass and Smoke. She has taught in a wide variety of settings, from elementary school to college, in the United States and abroad. From 1994-1997, she served in the Peace Corps in Poland and Kazakhstan.
Please contact Constance for suggested presentations.
Thomas Carney
Affiliation: Author, Retired Educator
Education: Master of Education
Travel Range: Statewide
Email: tcarn [at] hughes.net
Phone: 989-358-9540
Thomas Carney is a retired teacher and the author of numerous books on Michigan outdoor recreation, including Natural Wonders of Michigan. Tom has a biweekly column in The Alpena News. His Hemingway presentations have found audiences in the classroom and at Michigan Hemingway Society conferences.
Suggested Presentations:
“Hemingway was a ‘Fudgie,’ and I’m Glad” introduces the audience to the importance of Michigan in the life of Ernest Hemingway. In a light-hearted, perhaps irreverent tone, it uses Hemingway’s writing to point out that Hemingway was a “fudgie,” or summer-only resident of Northern Michigan. Approx. 30 minutes.
“Hemingway and Fishing: From Nick to Jake to Papa” offers a more serious and academic take on Hemingway. This presentation shows that Ernest Hemingway’s marriage of fishing and religion in his writing moves far beyond the rituals portrayed in “Big Two-Hearted River.” Approx. 45-60 minutes.
Jack Driscoll
Affiliation: Author, Instructor of Creative Writing (Interlochen Arts Academy)
Education: Master of Fine Arts
Travel Range: Variable; contact with request.
Email: driscolljf [at] interlochen.org
Jack Driscoll has published eight books – three novels, four books of poetry, and one short story collection. His latest novel, How Like an Angel, was a Michigan Notable book for 2005. Jack teaches creative writing at Interlochen Arts Academy. Many of his writings are set in Northern Michigan.
Suggested Presentations:
Jack can present on the importance of place and setting in fiction, and specifically how Hemingway’s sense of place has informed and influenced Jack’s writing.
Michael Federspiel
Affiliation: Educator, Midland Public Schools; Assistant Professor of History, Central Michigan University; President, Michigan Hemingway Society
Education: Master of Arts
Travel Range: Variable; contact with request.
Email: feder1mr [at] cmich.edu
Michael Federspiel is President of the Michigan Hemingway Society. He has spent 25 years with Midland Public Schools as a teacher and administrator. Mike is curator of the Up North with the Hemingways exhibit and has written and presented on Hemingway’s time in Michigan.
Please contact Mike for suggested presentations.
Jack Jobst
Affiliation: Professor Emeritus, Humanities Department, Michigan Technological University
Education: Doctor of Philosophy
Travel Range: Central and Western Upper Peninsula
Email: jackjobst [at] charter.net
Phone:906-482-7584
Jack Jobst is a former faculty member at Michigan Technological University. A Hemingway scholar, he has written numerous articles on Ernest Hemingway in Michigan, including “Gone Fishin’” and “Hemingway in Seney,” both of which appeared in Michigan History Magazine. Jack has presented at Michigan Hemingway Society conferences.
Please contact Jack for suggested presentations.
Spencer Ketchum
Affiliation: Life Member, Michigan Hemingway Society
Education: Bachelor of Arts
Travel Range: Southwestern Lower Peninsula
Phone:269-344-8863
Spencer Ketchum was a guest speaker at the Michigan Hemingway Society's Ernest Hemingway Centennial Celebration in 1999. Spence has published a variety of articles on Hemingway, but most significantly, he enjoyed a warm working and personal relationship with Ernest's sister, Madelaine "Sunny" Hemingway Miller (1904-1995) and her son, Ernest Hemingway Mainland.
Please contact Spence for suggested presentations.
Ken Marek
Affiliation: Professor Emeritus, Northwestern Michigan College
Education: Master of Arts
Travel Range: Northwestern Lower Peninsula
Email: mareks [at] infinitecom.com
Phone:231-946-6859
Ken Marek is a founding member of the Michigan Hemingway Society. Since the late 1970s, Ken has been guiding students, colleagues, and other groups to the sites of Hemingway's Northern Michigan stories. He is the author of the Hemingway tour and has given talks on Hemingway and The Nick Adams Stories to various groups and classes.
Please contact Ken for suggested presentations.
Frederic Svoboda
Affiliation: Professor of English, University of Michigan-Flint
Education: Doctor of Philosophy
Travel Range: Variable; contact with request.
Email: fsvoboda [at] umflint.edu
Frederic Svoboda is a Hemingway scholar and faculty member at University of Michigan-Flint. He is the author of the exhibit catalog for On the Road with the Hemingways, numerous articles exploring Hemingway’s time in Michigan, and co-editor of Hemingway: Up in Michigan Perspectives. Fred has presented at Michigan Hemingway Society conferences.
Please contact Fred for suggested presentations.
