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Why couldn't a mermaid live in Lake Michigan? Local poets team up to tell a tale of tails

"The Lake Michigan Mermaid" is illustrated by Meridith Ridl.
Kristina Stonehill
"The Lake Michigan Mermaid" is illustrated by Meridith Ridl.

Stateside’s conversation with Linda Nemec Foster and Anne-Marie Oomen, authors of “The Lake Michigan Mermaid: A Tale in Poems.”

When you think of a mermaid story, maybe an ocean comes to mind.

"The Lake Michigan Mermaid: A Tale in Poems" is a new book by authors Linda Nemec Foster and Anne-Marie Oomen.
Credit Kristina Stonehill
"The Lake Michigan Mermaid: A Tale in Poems" is a new book by authors Linda Nemec Foster and Anne-Marie Oomen.

But couldn’t a mermaid live in the Great Lakes? Lake Michigan maybe?

Writers Linda Nemec Foster and Anne-Marie Oomen posed that question to each other ten years ago. Their new book is called The Lake Michigan Mermaid: A Tale in Poems.

Listen above to hear Nemec Foster and Oomen read a short excerpt from their new book, and talk about how they came to write a story about a mermaid from Lake Michigan.

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