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Mon12Oct20207:00-9:00pm CSTOnline
Wisconsin Book Fest: Indigenous Poetics
Join the event at: https://bit.ly/3lo3hYI. Before the event begins, you will see a countdown and the event image.
This reading by alumni, mentors, and the current director of the Institute of American Indian Arts MFA program is a gathering of poetic voices who all identify as Indigenous. This reading will be as diverse as it is enthralling. These poets, who come from all parts of the country and the state of Wisconsin, have committed themselves to the act of rewriting the literary landscape by proving that Indigenous poetics is both vital and vibrant. Spend Indigenous People's Day with current city of Madison Poet Laureate, Angela C. Trudell Vasquez; former Wisconsin Poet Laureate, Kimberly Blaeser; Joaquin Zihuantanejo, winner of the Anhinga-Robert Dana Prize for Poetry; and Santee Frazier, award winning poet and current director of the Institute of American Indian Arts Low Residency MFA Program as they read from their latest collections. This will be an evening to remember.
Kim at Returning the Gift Festival, 2012 in Milwaukee, Indian Summer Stage.
Past Events
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Mon20Jun2022Sun26Jun2022Bemidji State University
Beyond the Expected Poem ~ Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference
Beyond the Expected Poem
A “successful” poem or series of poems sometimes traps us into repeating the formula. How do we keep our poetry practice vital? If writing is inquiry, where do we look for unexpected questions that will enrich our poems? In this generative workshop, writers will set aside their comfortable habits and try new tools of inquiry, bend their forms and usual approaches to writing, and engage in unexpected “collaborations.” Our days will include writing exercises and prompts, discussion of excerpts from essays on poetics, and inspiration from the natural world. We will read a diverse range of poems as inspiration and with an eye on their architecture and method. As we share drafts and plan revisions, we will try to move beyond intention by following the energy of the image(s) and the detours of language. Participants should leave the workshop with a group of new poem drafts and a “bank” of ideas for further writing.
https://www.northwoodswriters.org/the-conference/faculty-workshops/poetry-kimberly-blaeser
