*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 work and literary aesthetic.  Other links will take you to audio recordings of Kim reading different poems.
 

Link to the Wisconsin Poet Laureate website:
http://www.wisconsinpoetlaureate.org/

Link to the Wisconsin Poet Laureate facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/WisPoLo

Links to articles announcing the appointment:
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/uwms-kimberly-blaeser-named-the-next-wisconsin-poet-laureate-b99420687z1-287782671.html?ipad=y

http://host.madison.com/news/local/kimberly-blaeser-named-state-poet-laureate/article_b3c0e0f9-2ae3-5924-a269-ae2f5052e078.html

http://www.wisconsinacademy.org/contributor/kimberly-blaeser

Link to UW-Milwaukee front page and then to inside story:  http://www4.uwm.edu/

http://www5.uwm.edu/news/2015/01/07/uwms-blaeser-named-wisconsin-poet-laureate/#.VLNFNivF-So

Link to Wisconsin Public Radio story w/ poems (“Family Tree” & “Manoominike-giizis”):

http://www.wpr.org/meet-kimberly-blaeser-wisconsins-new-poet-laureate

​Audio: “Refractions”