Upcoming Presentations
April 15, tba
Fox Cities Book Festival
Appleton, Wisconsin
Publisher's Panel
June 16, tba
Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books
UW-Waukesha
Waukesha, Wisconsin
Poetry on Main Street
The special Main Street Issue of Verse Wisconsin gave those close to the Wisconsin protests a chance to speak up in a creative venue. It also raised questions about what poetry is for, artistic excellence and immediacy, who gets to speak about what and when, and the relation of art and politics. Discussion of the project, including panelists' evolving view of the significance of poetry and poets in public discourse, the role of the political in their work, and their vision of poetry’s relation to politics. How can we more effectively put political poems, as well as poetry in general, in public places? What are some ways for poets and lovers of poetry to effect change? How can we write better political poems? What is a “political” poem?
Recent Past Presentations
WORT Radio Literature, 4-21-11
Interview with Wendy Vardaman on sonnets & Verse Wisconsin 105 "Forms" Issue
November 10, 2011
Cowfeather Press Launch
Avol's Bookstore
Madison, Wisconsin
October 22, 2011
Wisconsin Book Festival
Madison, Wisconsin
"Elbows and Onions: Making Wisconsin Voices"
Fireweed Press Poets Panel
October 15, 2011
Lorine Niedecker Wisconsin Poetry Festival
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin
Nature of Wisconsin Poetry
June 18-19th, 2010
Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books
University of Wisconsin-Waukesha
with Sarah Busse
March 20th, 2010
Verse Wisconsin Launch
Avol's Bookstore
November 15th, 2009 9:30am Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Fall Conference, Stevens Point, with Sarah Busse
"The New Free Verse"
October 10, 2009 2:30-4 Wisconsin Book Festival, Madison, with Sarah BussePublishers Roundtable Madison Public Library-Main Branch
October 3rd, 2009 2pm Lorine Niedecker Wisconsin Poetry Festival, Fort Atkinson,
with Sarah Busse
Publishers Roundtable
