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Ron Czerwien

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Madison Poet Announces New Chapbook

Bent Paddle Press has announced the forthcoming publication of a new chapbook of poetry by Madison poet Ron Czerwien, “a little rain, a little more.” Sample poems and an opportunity to place advanced orders is at the publisher’s website, https://www.jeanietomasko.com/bentpaddlepress/.

Ron is the owner of Avol’s Books LLC, which sells used and out-of-print books on the Internet. More about Avol’s Books at www.avolsbooks.com. Ron’s poems have appeared online and in various print journals. He is a member of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets and serves as treasurer on the board for the Council for Wisconsin Writers.

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Poetry News From Robin Chapman

March 7, Friday, 7:30 pm: Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA) 227 State Street.

Be amused and amazed at MMoCA on the first Friday in March. This MMoCA Nights event will pay tribute to Surrealism, represented in both The Mystery Beneath
and Real/Surreal exhibitions, with collaborative Surrealist parlor games and live poetry. WFOP members Jeannie Bergmann, Ron Czerwien, Morgan Harlow, Gary
Powell, James P. Roberts, Richard Swanson, Wendy Vardaman, Sarah Bussee, Guy Throvaldsen, Ronnie Hess, Alice D’Alessio, Jackie Langetieg, Sandy Stark, Kathy
Miner, Mary Rowin, Martha Kaplan, Jeanie Tomasko, Steve Tomasko, Susan Elbe, Robin Chapman, Sara Parrell, and Marilyn Annucci, along with other Madison area
poets, will respond—as individuals or as a group—to the themes of Realism and Surrealism with readings, in the galleries, from 7:30–8:15pm. Guests may view
the exhibitions beginning at 6:00 p.m., then enjoy a gallery talk with Michael Jay McClure at 6:30 p.m. Venice Gas House Trolley will perform live throughout
the evening. Admission is $10.00.

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Oft-Published Poet to Read from Her "Theory of Lipstick"

The following from Council for Wisconsin Writers Board Member Ron Czerwien about fellow Board Member Kara Huston:

Karla Huston, author of A Theory of Lipstick (Main Street Rag: 2013) as well as six chapbooks of poetry, will be the Featured Reader for Cheap Reads June Open Mic Poetry Reading from 2-3:45 PM Sunday, June 2 at the Fountain Restaurant and Bar, 122 State Street. Following Karla’s reading, there will be the customary Open Mic featuring YOU. Please bring enough work for five minutes max and one extra in case we have time for a “lightning round” or “sudden death” throwdown. Come early to sign up for Open Mic, please. Contact Norma Gay Prewett, at Wipoet@aol.com for more information.

Please visit the CWW website at www.wiswriters.org.

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And the Chapbook Winner Is …

Wisconsin poet and former Council for Wisconsin Writers board member Susan Elbe is this year’s Concrete Wolf Press Chapbook Contest winner for her Where Good Swimmers Drown, which will be published by Concrete Wolf Press in the fall. 
 
CWW member/secretary, Karla Huston, received honorable mention for her book, “Outside of a Dog,” and CWW member/treasurer Ron Czerwien’s “The Office of Uncomfortable Admissions” is a finalist.
 
Congratulations, Susan, Karla and Ron.
 
For more, here’s the link to the Concrete Wolf Press news release. http://www.concretewolf.com/contests/2011.htm
 
Please visit the Council for Wisconsin Writers website www.wiswriters.org.