Lorine Niedecker – Poet of Place
Lorine Niedecker (1903-1970) is a twentieth-century, second-wave, Modern American poet often identified with the Objectivists. Living most of her life on the shores of the Rock River near Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, she is perhaps best known as a poet of place who wrote about the Blackhawk Island that she loved. Her work, however, ranges from modernist folk poetry (NEW GOOSE, 1946) to haiku-like forms to long poems like “Lake Superior” and “Wintergreen Ridge” (NORTH CENTRAL, 1968). She is admired for the subtlety of her tightly crafted, nuanced and deliciously ironic poems, as well as for her total devotion to her calling. More…
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North Central Reading Series: Tirzah Goldenberg & Joshua Beckman (10/1/23)
Friends of Lorine Niedecker (FoLN) present the second in a biannual series of North Central virtual readings on Sunday, October 1, 2023 at 5pm CST. October readers will be Tirzah Goldenberg (Puget Sound, WA) and Joshua Beckman (Red Hook, NY). This event will be hosted...
A ‘Very Veery’ Lorine Niedecker Week in Wisconsin: September 10-17th, 2023
The Friends of Lorine Niedecker are pleased to be involved in organizing and co-sponsoring a series of poetry readings, performances, and public discussions as part of a ‘Very Veery’ Lorine Niedecker Week in Wisconsin from September 10 - 17, 2023. Events will be held...
Summer 2023 Solitary Plover
The Summer 2023 issue of The Solitary Plover is now available here. Features include: essay by Lauren Carlson, recent recipient of the joint Write On Door County/Friends of Niedecker fellowship essay by Shanley Wells-Rau a selection of original poetry news from the...
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