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A Reflective Conversation with Jane Piirto
A Journey Through Creativity as a Writer and Researcher: An Interview with Jane Piirto
Don’t Fence Me In (Interview)
Speech for Honorary Doctorate
UP Writings
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T47N R27W Rocks (essay)
The Company (a poem)
The Mathers of Ishpeming and Cleveland: A Social History
Does It Snow in Vietnam? (a short story)
Helvi’s Sauna (a short story)
Grandma, You Used To (a poem)
Young Mather in Ishpeming (an essay)
Crosscountry (poem)
Grass Fires (short story)
18 Maple Trees (a poem)
The Big Birds (poem)
A Blessing (poem)
Raspberries . . . Blueberries (two poems)
Behind (poem)
Meditation at Helen Lake (poem)
Blueberry Season (short story)
The Lilacs of Ishpeming (poem)
Other Literary Works
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Poems
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Amish Angelus
Srebrenica
I Will Never Love Anyone the Way I Loved James Dean (poem)
Blue (poem)
People of Bone and Water (poem)
Delphi (poem)
2 poems from Rapport
All Those Little Brown Birds
18 Maple Trees (poem)
The Big Birds (poem)
At the Top of the Ladder is the Sky
Sweet Breath
Fiction
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Fish Scream (short story)
Does It Snow in Vietnam? (short story)
Helvi’s Sauna (short story)
The Blanket (short story)
Snowman (a short story)
The Small Death (short story)
The Personals (A short story)
Creative Nonfiction
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Why Does A Writer Write? (Essay)
Swimming the Midwest
There Are Places You Know the Flow (essay)
A Week in Creativity
Mae (An Essay)
T47N R27W Rocks (essay)
Fragile Calm
Finnish-related
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The Search for Anna Karna (Essay)
Let’s Steam Up (essay)
Juhannus (poem)
Karhu (poem)
The Finnishness of My Americanness
A Charm for Singers (poem)
Here (poem)
For the Clubbers (poem)
Sauna(poem)
Savu Sauna (poem)
The Development of Orchestra Conductors in Finland
German Soldier at MMA (poem)
TANGO Argentina/Finland (poems)
Piirto Pyramid
Principal: A Memoir
Selected Scholarly Works
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Creativity articles
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Organic Creativity for 21st Century Skills
A Week in Creativity
How We Go Within: Creative Process in Writers
What Creative Writers Say About Their Schooling
Creative Writing Scholarship List
Dabrowski theory articles
General scholarly articles
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Parenting Talented Children
Guidance and Counseling Needs of the Talented
Krishnamurti and Me
Gender scholarly works
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Female Teacher/Researcher
e-Books
Jane’s Annual Poem, 1973-2020
My e-Books
These e-books are available on Kindle and Nook
