Kimberly Blaeser, Wisconsin Poet Laureate 2015-2016, is the author of five poetry collections including Copper Yearning, Apprenticed to Justice, and the bi-lingual Résister en dansant/Ikwe-niimi: Dancing Resistance. An Indigenous activist and environmentalist from White Earth Reservation, she also edited Traces in Blood, Bone, and Stone: Contemporary Ojibwe Poetry. A Professor at University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and MFA faculty for the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, in 2020 Blaeser founded the literary organization In-Na-Po—Indigenous Nations Poets. She lives in rural Wisconsin; and, for portions of each year, in a water-access cabin near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota.

Wisconsin Poet Laureate
Kim was selected to serve as Wisconsin Poet Laureate from 2015-16. Below are links to articles and interviews regarding the appointment and Kim's plans for the two years as well as comments on her … Read More
Upcoming events
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Mon18Jan20217:00 pmZoom
Woodland Pattern Poetry Reading: Gordon Henry Jr., Roberta Hill, Cedar Sigo, & Tanaya Winder, hosted by Kimberly Blaeser
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Sat30Jan20216:30 pmBONK! Facebook page
Virtual BONK!
Contact Kim
(262) 767-7450
Email: kblaeser@uwm.edu