… is scheduled for Monday, February 19, 2018, at
The Draw, 800 S. Lawe Street, Appleton, from
7p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Fabulous poems by such poets as e. e. cummings, Ann Sexton and Richard Wilbur and new favorites by Dorianne Laux, Frank O’Hara, Connie Wanek and more will be recited by heart.
Currently scheduled to recite:
Alex Hummel, Austin Segrest, Barb Germiat, Barbara Hines, Bobbie Lovell, Cathryn Cofell, Chloe Allyn, Christina Kubasta, Elizabeth Keggi, Emily Bowles, Jessica Haessly, Linda Kroll, Lynn Kuhns, Mary Murray, Ming Montgomery, Nathan Reid, Sarah Gilbert and Nancy Rafal.
Not on the list but want to recite? After the scheduled readers, the floor will be open to spontaneous recitations from the crowd followed by the traditional open mike. The evening will include book giveaways and cash bar with beer, wine and root beer, plus light snacks.
NOTE: There is a NEW parking lot across the street from The Draw.
ON DECK:
March 19 Michael Koehler and Richard Merelman
April 16 Andrea Potos and Katrin Talbot
May 21 Judy Kolosso and Andrew McSorley
For more information about the poetry reading series in Appleton, contact Sarah Gilbert at pses@sbcglobal.net
This event is sponsored, in part, by the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (WFOP), an organization founded for the creation, promotion and enjoyment of poetry throughout the state of Wisconsin. To learn more, visit www.wfop.org.
OTHER READINGS & EVENTS IN THE AREA
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HEATHER DOBBINS
Thursday, February 22
7:00 pm
Wriston Art Galleries
Lawrence University, Appleton
Heather Dobbins will be reading from her latest book, called “River Mouth.” Her poems have been published in Beloit Poetry Journal, Big Muddy, New Millennium Writings, The Southern Poetry Anthology (Tennessee), and TriQuarterly Review, among others. She has been awarded scholarships and fellowships to the Indiana Writers’ Conference, Napa Writers’ Conference, Squaw Valley Community of Writers, Vermont Studio Center, and the Virginia Center for Creative Arts’ workshop in Auvillar, France. She recently began contributing poetry reviews for The Rumpus and other journals. She taught middle school and high school for sixteen years in Oakland, California, and Memphis, Tennessee, where she founded River City Scribes, a creative writing workshop for teens. She is an instructor at the University of Arkansas–Fort Smith.
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BONNIE JO CAMPBELL and C. KUBASTA
Thursday, February 22
6 – 8:30 pm
THELMA Center for the Arts
51 Sheboygan Street
Fond du Lac, WI
Bonnie Jo Campbell is the author of the novels Once Upon a River, a National Bestseller, and Q Road. Her critically-acclaimed short fiction collections include American Salvage, which was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critic’s Circle Award; Women and Other Animals, which won the AWP prize for short fiction; and Mothers, Tell Your Daughters (Autumn 2015). Her story “The Smallest Man in the World” was awarded a Pushcart Prize and her story “The Inventor, 1972” was awarded the 2009 Eudora Welty Prize from Southern Review. She was a 2011 Guggenheim Fellow.
C. Kubasta will read from her new novella, Girling, a winner of the Driftless Novella prize from Brain Mill Press, which has been described as “a transcendent novella seated in the body that documents and celebrates sexuality, change, and the vital role of female friendship.” Kubasta teaches at Marian University, and writes poetry and fiction.
Bar opens at 6 pm
Open mic at 6:30 pm.
Reading begins after open mic.
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EMILIE LINDEMAN & LAURIE MACDIARMID
Thursday, February 22
The Reader’s Loft
2069 Central Court, Green Bay
5:30-7 pm
Open mike follows.
On deck: March 22 – Mark Falcone
More info here: http://www.houseofthetomato.com/poetry-events/
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CHRISTINA KUBASTA
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Caramel Crisp and Café
200 City Center # D, Oshkosh
6:15 pm
Christina Kubasta writes poetry, prose & hybrid forms. Her favorite rejection (so far) noted that one editor loved her work, and the other hated it. She is the author of two poetry chapbooks: A Lovely Box, which won the 2014 Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Chapbook Prize, and &s; and the full-length collections, All Beautiful & Useless (BlazeVOX) and Of Covenants (Whitepoint Press), and the novella Girling (Brain Mill Press). She currently teaches English and Gender Studies at Marian University, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, where she is active with the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, and works with Brain Mill Press. Find her at ckubasta.com. Follow her @CKubastathePoet.
An open mic will follow where participants may read a poem of their own or one that they love.
For further information you may contact Mandi Isaacson at mandiisaacson@gmail.com or Frankie Mengeling at mengeling.frankie23@gmail.com.
WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES
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WFOP SPRING CONFERENCE IN OSHKOSH AND NOW OPEN FOR REGISTRATION
April 27 & 28
Best Western Premier Waterfront Hotel & Convention Center
Theme is “Poetry Conversation & Collaboration” with featured poets Tiana
Clark and Heather Derr-Smith.
More details here:
http://www.wfop.org/conferences/
DEADLINES & SUBMISSIONS
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BRAMBLE NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS – Deadline March 10
Theme is “collaborate” with guest editor Jeanie Tomasko.
More details here:
http://www.wfop.org/bramble-how-to-submit
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Millwork is now accepting poetry and short fiction submissions. Millwork is a new online literary magazine, centered in Wisconsin, seeking submissions of poetry and short fiction for 2017/2018. Millwork publishes original poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction prose in English. There is no reading fee. Please, send us only your unpublished work. We do not accept previously published pieces. New, emerging, and established poets are encouraged to submit. For further submission details or to check out Millwork’s inaugural issue, please visit http://millwriters.org/millwork/
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Fox Valley’s The Scene features a poetry column by Troy Schoultz, covering poetry readings, events, happenings, etc., and will feature a poem or two from local and statewide poets. Per Troy, submission process is ridiculously informal: email poems with your name and city of residence to troy.schoultz@gmail.com com.
Please visit the Council for Wisconsin Writers website at www.wiswriters.org