Larry J. ten Harmsel
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Publications
Books
- Dutch Interior: Postwar Poetry of the Netherlands and Flanders,
Columbia University Press, 1984. Some of my translations from the Dutch
are included herein.
- Fred Meijer In His Own Words, Eerdmans, 1994. I edited this book, taking raw
materials such as diaries, transcripts, photographs, and interviews to make
a decade-by-decade oral and pictorial his tory of the West Michigan retailer.
- Building on Diversity: Ethnic Communities in Michigan, ed. Arthur Helweg,
scheduled for publication at University of Michigan Press, Fall, 1995. I
wrote the chapter "The Dutch" for this ethnic survey of Michigan.
Translations
- Mundus Artium, Vol. IV, no. 1 (winter, 1970), pp. 20-27.
- Prism
International, Vol. XI, no. 2 (autumn, 1971), pp. 120-121
- Contemporary
Literature in Translation, Vol. XI (fall, 1971), pp. 18-19
- The Little
Review, Vol. III, no. 2 (spring, 1972), p. 18 1-
- Green River Review, Vol. IX, no. 2 (summer, 1978), pp. 104-111
- Celery,
Vol. V (winter, 1978), pp. 6-11
- International Poetry Review, Vol. VIII, no. 1
(spring, 1981), pp. 48-55 .OJ OFF
Essays
- "Lucebert," Encyclopedia of World Literature in the Twentieth
Century, Ungar Publishing Co., N.Y., 1975, pp. 228-231
- "Lucebert: Poet of
Flesh Made Word," Pandora, Jan. 1977, pp. 37-48
- "Howard Nemerov and John
Updike," Christianity and Literature, Vol. XXVII, no.
3 (spring, 1978), pp. 56-59
- "Of Men and Machines," Reformed Journal, July
1978, pp. 18-19
- "Critics and Novelists: The Tragic Vision of Joyce Carol
Oates," Reformed Journal, February 1979, pp. 26-27
- "Gesture, Ritual, and Sacrement in The Deer Hunter," Reformed Journal,
August 1979, pp. 22-24
- "The New Alienation in Contemporary
Dutch Poetry," Green River Review, Vol. X, no. 2 (fall,
1979), pp. 205-214
- "Utopian Sex," Reformed Journal, July 1981, pp. 20-24
- "Dutch Language Remnants in Holland, Michigan," Journal of Regional Cultures,
Vol. II, no. 2 (spring/summer, 1982) pp. 71-77
- "Ralph Ellison,"
Encyclopedia of World Literature in the Twentieth Century,
revised ed., N.Y., 1982, Vol. II, pp. 22-23
- "D.J. Enright," Encyclopedia of
World Literature in the Twentieth Century, revised ed.,
N.Y., 1982, Vol. II, pp. 56-57
- "Lucebert," Encyclopedia of World Literature in
the Twentieth Century, revised ed., N.Y., 1983, Vol. III,
pp. 147-148
- "Howard Nemerov," Encyclopedia of World Literature in the
Twentieth Century, revised ed., N.Y., 1983, Vol. III, pp.
363-364
- "John Updike," Encyclopedia of World Literature in the Twentieth
Century, revised ed., N.Y., 1984, Vol. IV, pp. 510-513
- "Louis Zukofsky," Encyclopedia of World Literature in the Twentieth Century,
revised ed., N.Y., 1984, Vol. IV, pp. 719-720
- "English Composition for
Business or Pleasure, lessons I & II," Radiology Management, Summer, 1994,
pp. 27-30.
- "English Composition for Business or Pleasure, lessons III & IV,"
Radiology Management, Fall, 1994, pp. 18-20.
Short Stories
- "Last Words," Dialogue, fall, 1978 "No War Stories," Riverrun,
spring/summer 1981
- "The Healer," Reformed Journal, June 1981, pp. 20-25
- "Graveside with the News," Riverrun, fall 1982
Poems
- "Night Train to Amsterdam," Pandora, July 1977, p. 16
- "Paranoia," Reformed Journal, November 1978, pp. 8-9 1-
- "Auden," Reformed Journal, November 1978, pp. 8-9
- "Tourist in Amsterdam," Green River Review, Vol. IX, no. 3
(winter, 1978), p. 188
- "Keidaisch Point," Celery, Vol. VI (summer, 1979), p. 48
- "Fire," Reformed Journal, May 1980, p. 5
Journalism
- Interview with James Baldwin, Grand Rapids Press, January 17,
1980
- "Christmas Gift Roundup," Grand Rapids Press, December 14,
1980
- "On the Right Wing of
God," Wonderland Magazine, January 11, 1981
- "The Abstract Pleasures of Concrete," Wonderland Magazine, July
19, 1981
- "Children's Books for Christmas," Grand Rapids Press, November 29,
1981
- "Hidden Treasures," West Michigan Magazine, July 1984, pp. 34, 46,
47, 64
- "International Taste Treats in Kalamazoo," West Michigan Magazine,
July 1984, pp. 41, 45
- "From Radical Immigrant to Prosperous Merchant," West Michigan
Magazine, October 1984, pp. 12 & 13
- "Autumn Rambling," West Michigan
Magazine, October 1984, pp. 35, 56, 57
- "Here and Now at Oakley's," West
Michigan Magazine, November 1984, pp. 8 & 9
- "Riverside Dining in Paw Paw,"
West Michigan Magazine, March 1985, p. 8
- "Backstage with Bach," West
Michigan Magazine, March 1985, p. 11
- "Gatsby at Gun Lake," West Michigan
Magazine, June 1985, pp. 39 & 40
- "Autumn Rambling," (reprint), Great Lakes
Quarterly, fall 1985, pp. 4-8
- "On the Frontier Again," West Michigan
Magazine, November 1985, p. 17
- "Cheesecake Charms in Kalamazoo," West
Michigan Magazine, December 1985, p. 49
- "Profile of Bill Baker," Great Lakes
Quarterly, winter 1986, pp. 18-19
- "Freedom to go Places," West Michigan
Magazine, February 1986, p. 76
- "G.R. Natives Collaborate on Murder Mysteries,"
Grand Rapids Press, May 26, 1991
- "College Cohorts Team up for Wrigley Field
Mystery," Kalamazoo Gazette, June 2, 1991
Reviews:
Music:
- Lyrics and score for "Man's Depravity," Gold Horizon Records,
part of soundtrack for Columbia Pictures' production Hardcore,
starring George C. Scott, released February, 1979
PERFORMANCES
Drama:
- A principal role in Anyone Can Whistle, by
Stephen Sondheim, Kalamazoo College Festival Playhouse, Summer 1977
Music:
- Solos for Kalamazoo Bach Festival, 1976 & 1978
- Solos for WMU Medival Institute, 1976, 1977 & 1984
- Solos for New Vic Theater Christmas Programs, 1976 & 1977
- Tenor soloist for Southwest Michigan Oratorio Society's Messiah, 1978
- Tenor
soloist for Greater Grand Rapids Messiah, 1980
Radio:
"The Dutch Festival Of Sinter Klaas," a 24-minute seasonal program broadcast
on the following stations: WMUK - December 4,
1981 and subsequent years WHTC (Holland, Michigan) - December
24, 1981 and subsequent years WOUM/WVRG (Ann Arbor/Grand
Rapids) - December 5, 1983 and subsequent
years "Interview with Sietze Buning" WMUK - January 12, 1982
KWIT (Sioux City, Iowa) - January 12, 1982 KWIT
- January 21, 1982 "Dutch Language Remnants in Holland, Michigan"
WMUK - February 16, 1983 WOUM/WVGR - April 2, 1983 Book
reviews about once a month on WMUK from September 1981 to June 1983 Sporadic
reviews and commentary on WMUK from June 1983 to September 1988
Film:
Role of Macbeth in ruthlessly edited version of Macbeth for West Virginia
Educational Television, 1973 Small singing role on screen and
soundtrack of Columbia Pictures' production Hardcore,
released February, 1979 Interview as cultural correspondent discussing Dutch
postwar society for BBC program Checkpoint, with Sir Robert
Grieve, released as part of a series in August, 1978;
reviewed and quoted in The Listener, London, August 31,
1- 1978, p. 273 Moderator for
"Remembering the Holocaust," a 90-minute interview program
produced by WMU Television Services, November, 1985 Moderator and Director of
60-minute video "Michigan Sesquicentennial at WMU," 1988
Speeches:
- "The Poetry of Lucebert," Modern Language Association, December, 1973
- "Something Like A Star," Kalamazoo Arts Council Recognition Day,
January 8, 1978
- "The New Alienation in Contemporary Dutch Poetry,"
Modern Language Association, December, 1978
- "Time in the Snake Pit," American Culture Association, October,
1979
- "Understanding The Deer Hunter," Calvin College Fine Arts Center,
November 1, 1980
- "The Idea of God in Contemporary Fiction," First Congregational
Church, Kalamazoo, March 29, 1981
- "Nineteenth-Century Communes in
Michigan," Popular Culture Association, October, 1986
- "A Brief
History of Mystery," Portage Public Library, March, 1991
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