A man traces parallels between his life and times and those of Ernest Hemingway through a series of vignettes on the life of the legendary author

Hunting Hemingway's Trout: Stories

Literature & Fiction

Anderson, Lauri

United States

Atheneum

As in Heikki Heikkinen, Lauri Anderson regales his readers with more stories of "Yoopers."

Children of the Kalevala: Contemporary American Finns Relive the Timeless Tales of Kalevala

North Star Pr of st Cloud

"Lauri Anderson's latest collection of poignant stories is a wonderfully rewarding read. These stories are not only dedicated to the Copper Country, but truly celebrate the Finnish character that has played such an important part in creating a Copper Country heritage. Here are our heroes, survivors against all the odds, in this remote land, true to themselves acting with an unconscious humility. These often bittersweet stories are set in historic contexts that make them utterly convincing. There are many literary allusions, and even characters such as Vainamoinen and Hemingway play a part. The clean rhythm of the language mimics the Finnish language and underlines the basic humanity and individuality of these Copper Country Finns." –Patricia Van Pelt, North Wind Books at Finlandia University

Misery Bay: And Other Stories from Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Contemporary

"Like Faulkner and O'Connor, Anderson commits his imagination to his own stamp of the universe―the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Once again, in this collection, he delivers well-wrought stories of gravity and levity, of things fleeting, of a love of one's region." – Kevin Cole, University of Sioux Falls

Back to Misery Bay

North Star Press of St. Cloud

After writing seven books of short fiction, a novel, and a book of poetry, all with Finnish themes and characters, Lauri Anderson has finally written his memoir. In it, he tells stories of growing up in rural Maine, life in the Peace Corps in Nigeria, Truk Lagoon, and Turkey, and teaching at Finlandia University in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. With his typical humor and common-sense approach to life, Lauri expertly weaves together the stories that have brought him thus far.

From Moosehead to Misery Bay or . . . The Moose in the VW Bug

Biographies & Memoirs

Memoirs