Here is Wisconsin Fellowship of Poet’s Cathryn Cofell’s monthly update:
YOUTH READERS
Wednesday, February 10
UUF, 10341 Highway 42, Ephraim
On the second Wednesday of every month the Dickinson Poetry Series features a reading by a local or regional poet followed by an open mic and reception. The public is welcome, and admission is free. For more information visit www.uufdc.org or call 920.854.7559.
Jeanie and Steve Tomasko
Monday, February 15
Poetry Rocks! Reading Series
Copper Rock Café, 210 W. College Ave, Appleton
7 pm, featured readers followed by open mike
With her cool, mellifluous Madison intonation, Jeanie Tomasko teases her husband Steve about his “Fox Valley” accent. Steve grew up just down the lake in Oshburg, dontcha-know, and talks, pretty much mostly pretty normal … mostly. Isn’t that right now? Jeanie has written acres of wonderful poems (says her husband, unabashedly) and has produced three printed chapbooks and one online chapbook. She would undoubtedly have more if she didn’t have an aversion to the whole submission game.
Steve has written three tablespoons of poems he’s proud of. His first chapbook was published two days before Christmas. Jeanie and Steve live with three cats, a revolving door of adult children and have a yen for forests, fresh bluegills cooked on a campfire and Lake Superior.
ON DECK AT COPPER ROCK:
March 21 Soundings: Poets from the Door County anthology
For more information on the Poetry Rocks series contact Sarah Gilbert at pses@sbcglobal.net.
SARAH GILBERT
Tuesday, February 23
Caramel Crisp, 200 E City Center, Oshkosh
6:15 – 7:30 pm featured reader, followed by an open mic
The reading is located in the game room beyond the cafe portion of the building. Please come early and treat yourself to coffee, dessert or other goodies to enjoy during the reading. For further information contact Kay Sanders at rksanders42@gmail.com or Mandi Isaacson at mandiisaacson@gmail.com.
The Mia Paul Poetry Series presents poet KATY DIDDEN
Thursday, January 28
Wriston Art Center Galleries, Lawrence University, Appleton
4:30 pm
Katy will be reading from her book The Glacier’s Wake and newer work. A reception and book signing will follow the reading.
Thursday, February 18, at 4:30 in the Nathan March Pusey Room of the Warch Campus Center, poet Andrew Hudgins and fiction writer Erin McGraw (both of them the celebrated authors of multiple wonderful books) will read, again with a reception and book signing to follow.
Any questions, please contact Melissa Range at melissa.h.range@lawrence.edu.
JENNA CORNELL, D.R. CLOWERS, RALPH MURRE
Thursday, February 25
The Readers Loft | 2069 Central Ct, Suite 44, Green Bay
5:30-7:30
pm Featured Reader(s) + Open mic
On Deck:
March 31: Tom Davis, Ethel Mortenson Davis
April 28: Sylvia Cavanaugh, Ed Werstein, Nancy Austin
For more info: torigw@twc.com or call the Loft at (920) 406-0200 | www.readersloft.com.
WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES
DEADLINES & SUBMISSIONS
Deadline 5/1/2016: New American Press is accepting submissions for the next anthology of Midwestern poets. https://newamericanpress.submittable.com/submit/50705
The Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (WFOP) has a NEW website! Check it out at wfop.org.
Going forward please submit any of the following to wfopweb@gmail:
Ongoing poetry readings
Future poetry events
Future poetry workshops
Regular writing group meetings
Events more suited to the e-newsletter should be directed to wfopmuseletter@gmail.com
If you don’t already have one, you are invited to create a Member Page. Send the following to wfopweb@gmail.com
- Bio
- Publications
- Poetry, 2-3 sample poems
- Photos (e.g. quality poet photo, covers of published books or chapbooks)
Not yet a member? The website will give you info about joining!