Name: Suzanne Hughes publishes a Beaver Island summer poem, 1986
Start: 1986-02
End: 1986-02
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1986-02
Kind: Publication
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: publicationtourismcommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The February 1986 Beaver Beacon published Okemos High School sophomore Suzanne Hughes’s poem “The Island,” a creative reflection on summer days, shoreline walks, bonfires, ferry travel, and the close of the season.

Evidence limits

This is creative writing, not a visitor, landscape, or seasonal-activity survey.

Sources

Suzanne Hughes, “The Island,” Beaver Beacon, February 1986.
Publishes a student poem about summer days, shoreline walks, beach bonfires, ferry travel, and the end of the season. It is creative writing, not a visitor, landscape, or seasonal-activity survey. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, February 1986, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held fifteen-page February issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the poem.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Suzanne Hughes publishes a Beaver Island summer poem, 1986”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-the-island-poem-1986/, accessed [date], citing Suzanne Hughes, “The Island,” Beaver Beacon, February 1986. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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