A recent news release from the City of Madison starts out…
“Madison Mayor Paul Soglin announced that Sarah Busse and Wendy Vardaman have agreed to serve as Poets Laureate for the City of Madison. Busse and Vardaman will share the volunteer position from January 16, 2012 until January 18, 2016.”
A reception and celebratory poetry reading is being hosted this Saturday, February 11, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m., at the Goodman South Madison Library, 2222 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53714. State Poet Laureate Bruce Dethlefsen, members of the Hibiscus Poetry Collective and Poets Laureate Emeriti Fabu and Andrea Musher are among those who will be reading from their works. The reception is free and open to the public.
The rest of the news release is at http://www.cityofmadison.com/news/view.cfm?news_id=3067
Congratulations from all of CWW to Sarah and Wendy on this great honor.
Please visit the CWW website at www.wiswriters.org.