The following comes from poet Barb Cranford who runs a reading series at Coloma Hotel in Coloma:
POEM-WRITING PAIR WILL READ AT COLOMA HOTEL IN MARCHOn Wednesday, March 13, at 7 pm, two powerful women poets will read their work for the Original Voice program at the Coloma Hotel.Cathryn Cofell and Karla Huston, both from Appleton, have been collaborators since 2000, with poems in Rhino, Indiana Review, and Quiddity, among others. The duo has been anthologized in Saints of Hysteria and exercised in Wingbeats: Exercises & Practice in Poetry and in many workshop settings. Between them, they have published twelve chapbooks, two broadsides, one music/poetry cd, oodles of interviews and essays. They’ve won many writing awards and received a boatload of Pushcart nominations including one win for Karla.They will read from Split Personality, their first collaborative chapbook, and just to prove they are not perpetually connected at the hip, each will share a few of her own, including selections from Karla’s new collection, A Theory of Lipstick due soon from Main Street Rag, and from Cathryn’s collection, Sister Satellite, due late June from Cowfeather Press.The Original Voice is a free event held at the Coloma Hotel, 132 Main Street, Coloma the second Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. The evening starts with a featured guest artist who shares ideas and inspirations and presents a half hour or so of his/her own work. This is an opportunity for creative people to introduce poems, books, chapbooks, or CDs or to try out some new work on an audience.Following the featured guest, the microphone is available to anyone who wants to take part. Both unseasoned and experienced performers are urged to make brief presentations––two or three of their own poems or songs, a short essay, or a couple of pages of prose.For more information or to sign up as a featured presenter, contact Barb Cranford at (608) 564-7701 or Julie Eger at (920) 787-7663. No need to sign up to take part in the open mic, just come.2013 ORIGINAL VOICE FEATURED PRESENTERSMarch 13 Karla Huston & Cathryn CofellApril 10 Bob NordstromMay 8 Fran Rall.June 12 F.J. BergmanJuly 10 Richard SwansonAugust 14 Lou RoachSeptember 11 Jim PollockOctober 9 Ed ASchultzNovember 13 Ralph Murre & Sharon Auberle