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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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Fri25Mar20222:20 pmPennsylvania Convention Center (In-person & online)
The Light of the World Came Through
(LeAnne Howe, Kim Blaeser, Heid Erdrich)
Panelists discuss the making of the landmark anthology When The Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through. The poetry, songs, and chants in the anthology span four centuries and includes 161 Native nations poets. There is nothing like it that can account for the lands and the poets and poetry that came from these lands. Panelists will discuss the editorial structure of the book that begins in the East to North and continues West and then to the South.
2022 AWP Indigenous-Aboriginal American Writers CaucusFriday March 25, 2022 5:00pm 126A, Pennsylvania Convention Center, 100 Level PhiladelphiaKimberly Blaeser, Rena Priest, and Deborah Taffa — Shauna Osborn, Organizer