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Mon18Jan20217:00 pmZoom
Woodland Pattern Poetry Reading: Gordon Henry Jr., Roberta Hill, Cedar Sigo, & Tanaya Winder, hosted by Kimberly Blaeser
To Attend Go To: https://www.facebook.com/events/1034035433747503Poetry Reading in celebration of When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry edited by Joy Harjo, LeAnne Howe, and Jennifer Elise Foerster. Featuring readings by Gordon Henry Jr., Roberta Hill, Cedar Sigo, and Tanaya Winder, and hosted by Kimberly Blaeser.Sun. Jan. 17 | 7 pm CT | $Give What You CanPresented in partnership with In-Na-Po (Indigenous Nations’ Poets), this reading is part of our series Native Writers in the 21st Century, which is made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.An Anishinabe poet and novelist, Gordon Henry, Jr. is an enrolled member of the White Earth Chippewa Tribe of Minnesota. His poetry has been published in anthologies such as Songs From This Earth On Turtle's Back: Contemporary American Indian Poetry (Greenfield Review Press, 1983) and Returning the Gift: Poetry and Prose from the First Native American Writers (University of Arizona Press, 1994). His novel The Light People (University of Oklahoma Press, 1994) was awarded The American Book Award in 1995. He has also co-authored the textbook The Ojibway (2004), to which he contributed a number of essays on Native American culture. A professor of English at Michigan State University and editor of the American Indian Studies Series at Michigan State University Press, Henry teaches courses in American literature, creative writing, and American Indian literature.Roberta Hill, an enrolled member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, is the author of the poetry collections Cicadas: New & Selected Poems (2013), Star Quilt (1984, 1999), and Philadelphia Flowers: Poems (1995), all out from Holy Cow Press. Her work has been anthologized in Harper’s Anthology of Twentieth Century Native American Poetry (1988), The Third Woman: Minority Women Writers of the United States (Houghton Mifflin, 1980), and Carriers of the Dream Wheel: Contemporary Native American Poetry (Harper & Row, 1975). A recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant, Hill has taught English and American Indian studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and in Poets-in-the-Schools programs in various states, including Minnesota, Arizona, and Oklahoma.Cedar Sigo was raised on the Suquamish Reservation in the Pacific Northwest and studied at The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at the Naropa Institute. He is the author of eight books and pamphlets of poetry, including Royals (Wave Books, 2017), Language Arts (Wave Books, 2014), Stranger in Town (City Lights, 2010), Expensive Magic (House Press, 2008), and two editions of Selected Writings (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2003 and 2005). He has taught workshops at St. Mary’s College, Naropa University, and University Press Books. He is currently a mentor in the low-residency MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. He lives in Lofall, Washington.Tanaya Winder was raised on the Southern Ute reservation in Ignacio, Colorado. An enrolled member of the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe, her background includes Southern Ute, Pyramid Lake Paiute, Diné, and Black heritages. She is the author of Words Like Love (West End Press, 2015) and the chapbook Why Storms are Named After People and Bullets Remain Nameless (Poetic Fire, 2018). Poems from her manuscript Love in a Time of Blood Quantum were produced and performed by the Poetic Theater Productions Presents Company in NYC. Winder has taught writing courses at Stanford University, UC-Boulder, and the University of New Mexico and is the Director of the University of Colorado at Boulder’s Upward Bound Program, which services Native American youth from 5 states, 12 high schools, and 5 reservations across the country. Winder is also a co-founder of As/Us: A Space for Women of the World and Sing Our Rivers Red, a traveling earring exhibit to raise awareness about murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls. (Tanaya Winder photo credit: Natahnee Winder)
Kim at Returning the Gift Festival, 2012 in Milwaukee, Indian Summer Stage.
Past Events
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Mon12Jan20153:30 & 3:45 p.m.Tune In to 90.7
Kim will be on Wisconsin Public Radio's Central Time speaking with Rob Ferrett and Veronica Rueckert about her new appointment to the post of Wisconsin Poet Laureate. Start listening at 3:30 to hear outgoing WPL, Max Garland!
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Mon19Jan20156:00 pmThe Coffee House @ Chestnut & Pine, Burlington, WI
Kim will reading at this high school Poetry Out Loud competition along with poets Ching-in Chen, Tobias Wray, and Peter Burzynski.
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Fri13Feb2015
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Sun22Feb20152:00 pmWoodland Pattern Book Center, 720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee, WI
Installation, Reading and Reception: Official installation of the new Wisconsin Poet Laureate Kimberly Blaeser and recognizing the outgoing Wisconsin Poet Laureate Max Garland.
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Sat28Feb20156:00 -8:00 p.m.Wustum Museum, 2519 Northwestern Ave., Racine, WI
Poetry and music performers: Kimberly Blaser, WI Poet Laureate; Clayton Strasburg, Milwaukee singer-songwriter performing with Emily Hall; Rev. William Gimbol, writer.
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Fri06Mar20157:30 - 8:15 p.m.MMoCA • 227 State Street • Madison
In this special evening of poetry, members of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (WFoP); Wisconsin's Poet Laureate Kimberly Blaeser; Madison’s Poets Laureate, Sarah Busse and Wendy Vardaman; and other invited poets will read original works inspired by Eric and Heather ChanSchatz: 22nd Century.
You too are encouraged to share your vision(s) of the city through Twitter using #writeyourmadison. All tweets sent by February 15 will contribute to a group collage poem that will be performed at the event. Write Your Madison is a digital place-making project by Madison's Poets Laureate and Cowfeather Press that invites collaboration and conversation through poetry about Madison. Learn more at Cowfeather Press.
Poets Respond to Madison is organized in conjunction with Eric and Heather ChanSchatz: 22nd Century and the artists’ project, Madison: A Cooperative Almanac, by MMoCA’s education department in partnership with the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (WFoP) and Madison’s Poets Laureate.
MMoCA Nights admission $10/Members free.
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Wed11Mar20157:00 pmMadison Central Library • 201 West Mifflin Street • Madison, WI
The annual Arts Day Legislative Breakfast, at the Central Library, featuring:
o Keynote speaker Randy Cohen, Vice President for Research and Policy at Americans for the Arts in Washington, DC, on the power, benefit and impact of the arts locally and globally.
o Wisconsin’s new Poet Laureate Kimberly Blaeser reads from her work.
Arts Day 2015 | March 11, 2015
Wisconsin’s biggest day for the arts and creativity!
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Thu12Mar20159:00-10:15 a.m.Isleta Resort, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Panel Presentation with Gordon Henry & David Stirrup.
"Native Subjects: Euro-American Impositions and Subjectifixations on the Life, Culture, and Thought of Indigenous People" -
Fri13Mar2015Evening TBDIsleta Resort, Albuquerque, NM
Reader's Theater Performance of Kim's Plays, "This Dance Among Dances" and "Woodpecker's Love Song" directed by Ryan Winn and including performance by Kim's daughter, Amber.
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Thu19Mar201511:30 RegistrationGrist Mill • 2645 Main Street • East Troy
Thursday, Mar 19, 2015
Walworth County Arts Council's Quarterly Luncheon
Grist Mill • 2645 Main Street • East Troy
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Thu26Mar20155:00-8:00 p.m.Reservation Tribal Government Building • • Nett Lake, MN
Classroom Visits during the Day. Evening Festival Event 5:00 - 8:00 pm. to include Live Music, Food, Local Writers, and a Reading by Kim.
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Thu02Apr20155:00 pmMoore Lounge, Pearsons Hall, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
Poetry Reading with Wisconsin Poet Laureate Kim Blaeser
Date: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015Q & A: 4:00 p.m.
Reading: 5:00 pm
Location: Moore Lounge,
Pearsons HallSponsored by: Weissberg Program for Human Rights
Contact: Chris Fink, Betsy Brewer, finkc@beloit.edu, brewere@beloit.edu
