Sampo: The Magic Mill. A Collection of Finnish-American Writing

Introduction -- Michael G. Karni and Aili Jarvenpa What is the Sampo? -- K. Börge Vähämäki PART I: IN THE BEGINNING Ilmari Kianto: Excerpt from Scenes from Travels in Viena-Karelia -- translated by Reino Virtanen Juhani Aho: "A Visit to Sauna" (short story) -- translated by Inkeri Väänänen-Jensen Unto Seppänen: "The Knitting" (short story) -- translated by Reino Virtanen Jaakko Liukkonen: "Karhu the Bear" (Finnish folk tales) -- translated by Kathleen Osgood Dana Aaro Hellaakoski: "Song of the Pike" and "Moonlight in the Woods" (poems) -- translated by Aina Swan Cutler Anna Perkkiö: "Grandmother's Wedding Gift" (short story) Juhani Aho: "Bread" (short story) -- translated by Inkeri Väänänen-Jensen Eeva Joenpelto: Excerpts from the novel A Draft from All the Doors -- translated by Aili Jarvenpa PART II: THE IMMIGRANT STORY Jim Johnson: "Getting Off the Train at Brimson" (poem) Lauri Lemberg: Excerpts from the novel St. Croix Avenue -- translated by Timo Riippa William R. Lamppa: "Finns of the North Country" (poem) Jane Piirto: "Grandma You Used To" (poem) Annie Ruissalo: "The Floating Caravan" and other sketches (memoir) -- translated by Timo Riippa Lynn Maria Laitala: "Timo's Team" (short story) Marlene Ekola Gerberick: "In Old Photographs of You" and six other poems Rebecca Cummings: "The Hair Brooch" (short story) Sirkka Tuomi Holm: "Stage Recollections Among the Finns" (memoir) Nancy Mattson: "Writing" and six other poems Glen Kartin: "Hacking Away at the Family Tree" (memoir) Jim Johnson: "Skeletons" (poem) Earl Nurmi: ".25-36 Caliber Rifle" and "Trapping Weasel Near Duluth in Winter" (poems) Helmi Mavis Hiltunen Biesanz: Excerpts from the memoir Helmi Davis: A Finnish-American Girlhood Ruth Pitkanen Johnson: "The Riches in Poverty" (memoir) Bernhard Hillila: "Yrjö Kaarto" (poem) Ernest Hekkanen: "In the New World" (short story) Gladys Koski Holmes: "Fragments" and "Widows" (poems) Eila Siren-Perlmutter: "Room and Board" (short story) Inkeri Väänänen-Jensen: Excerpt from the memoir Inkeri's Journey PART III: SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS IN FINLAND & AMERICA Carl Gawboy: "Christmas at Birch Lake" (memoir) Jim Johnson: "At Eagle Lake" and "Mojakka" (poems) Jim Johnson: "The Visit" (prose poem) Jane Piirto: "Sauna" (poem) Lynn Maria Laitala: "Winter Trip" (short story) Lynn Maria Laitala: "The Big Wedding" (short story) Pierre Delattre: Excerpts from the novel Korrigan's Wedding: "Korrigan's Tree", "The Spirit of the Water" Anselm Hollo: "Gig" and seven other poems Jane Piirto: "Blueberry Season" (short story) Eeva-Liisa Manner: Selections from Collected Poems 1956 - 1977 -- translated by Ritva Poom Eeva Kilpi: Excerpts from A Woman's Diary -- translated by Inkeri Väänänen-Jensen Lauri Anderson: "Hunting Hemingway's Trout" (short story) Lauri Anderson: "Pictures" (short story) Timo Koskinen: "Dead Weight" (short story) Sheila Packa: "Minnesota Steel 1975" and four other poems Eeva Kilpi: "At the Cottage" (short story) -- translated by Kathleen Osgood Dana Bernhard Hillila: "Hail Mary" and two other poems Kathleen Osgood Dana: "Midsummer" (poem) Aale Tynni: "On Many a Windy Night" and "The Lake" (poems) -- translated by Richard A. Impola Heikki Turunen: Excerpts form the novel Children of the Land -- translated by Richard A. Impola Diane Jarvenpa: "After the Concert" and five other poems Jussi Stenvall: "The Last Swim" (short story) Stephen Kuusisto: "Pentti Saarikoski: Outside the Circle" (essay) Pentti Saarikoski: Four untitled poems translated by Stephen Kuusisto Stephen Kuusisto: "Papyrus & Stone" (elegy to Pentti Saarikoski) Shirley Waisanen Schoonover: Excerpt from the novel Mountain of Winter Gladys Koski Holmes: "While Driving to Work" (poem) Mary Jokela Eichholz: "Maia to Orion" and "Cavity" (poems) Oili Mäki: "Landmark" (poem) -- translated by Aili Jarvenpa John Piirto: "Spur" (short story) Carol Staats: "Lapland Bear Song" and two other poems Carol Staats: "The Rituals" (short story) Sara Johnson: "Mixing" and two other poems Roberta Christine Kulma: "The Immigrant's Grandchild Remembers" (memoir) Marcelle Doby-Williams: "Soul Food" and two other poems Marcelle Doby-Williams: "The Gift" (short story) Aili Jarvenpa: "First Lesson" and two other poems Eeva Kilpi: "The Brides" (poems) -- translated by Aili Jarvenpa PART IV: A RETROSPECTIVE Anselm Hollo: "The Kalevala Through My Years" (personal essay) Sara Johnson: "Chickaloon Lumber Company" (poem) William Lamppa: "Soudan Iron Ore Miner" (poem) Jane Piirto: "The Company" (poem) Paula Erkkilä: "On the Road to Rock: A Search for Identity" (memoir) Kathleen Halme: "Wool, Bread, Rope" and "Sauna" (poems) Paula Ivaska Robbins: "Impressions of Finland" (memoir) Mary Jokela Eichholz: "Spinster" and "Happy Birthday, Mother!" (poems) Hazel M. Koskenlinna: "Talking Story - Finnish Style" (memoir) Aili Jarvenpa: "The Spruce" and "To Grandmother's House" (poems) Arlene Renken: "Reunion at Lake Superior" (poem) Contributor Notes Acknowledgements