There's a place where rivers run cold and clear, where the woods seem to remember everything, and where a simple day outdoors can become a lasting memory.
In
Upper Michigan: Stories, Memories, and Poems
, R. H. Miller invites readers into that world--shaped by friendship, loss, humor, and the quiet pull of the North. Through short stories, memories, and poems, he captures the spirit of the Upper Peninsula: its people, landscapes, and defining moments.
Fishing threads through the collection, but these pieces reach far beyond it. At their heart, they explore connection--between friends, generations, and the places that shape us. There is laughter, grief, and the kind of wisdom that comes with time.
Warm, honest, and deeply reflective, this collection offers a chance to slow down and step into another rhythm--one memory, one story at a time.
"
Upper Michigan
, R. H. Miller's new collection of stories, poems, and memories, will be a delight to anyone who loves fly fishing, the U.P., nature, and married couple humor. Like John Voelker in
Trout Madness
, Miller finds solace in nature, understands the deeper consolations to be found in a trout stream or out in the wilderness, and paints pictures with words that make you wish you were fishing right now." -- Tyler R. Tichelaar, PhD and award-winning author of
Charley Kawbawgam: Ojibwa Chief and Lake Superior Pioneer
ROBERT H. MILLER
is a distinguished scholar, memoirist, poet, and Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Louisville. Renowned for his studies of Graham Greene and twentieth-century literature, Miller has also earned acclaim for his memoir
Deaf Hearing Boy
and award-winning fiction, poetry, and essays exploring memory, identity, and human experience.
From Modern History Press
