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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Our Second Solitary Plover Reading
Hear The Solitary Plover Tuesday, November 15 at 6:30 p.m. Central Time The Friends of Lorine Niedecker invites you to this special poetry event. The poets published in the Summer 2022 issue of “The Solitary Plover” will join us for a reading of their work. This...
New Solitary Plover Newsletter
The summer edition of The Solitary Plover has arrived! Please enjoy this newest newsletter from the Friends of Lorine Niedecker that was produced by Amy Lutzke and edited by Tom Montag.
Lorine Niedecker Writing Fellowship Announcement
Fort Atkinson, WI and Fish Creek, WI – The Friends of Lorine Niedecker and Write On, Door County announce the Lorine Niedecker Fellowship. The new fellowship will be offered every two years to an established or emerging poet familiar with the work of the 20th century...
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