Category: News
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2027 Lorine Niedecker Fellowship — Applications Open October 15
The Friends of Lorine Niedecker, in partnership with Write On, Door County, are pleased to announce the 2027 Lorine Niedecker Writing Fellowship. Offered every two years to an emerging or established poet familiar with Niedecker’s work, the fellowship encourages new writing engaged with the poetics of place. The fellowship includes a two-week residency, May 2–16,…
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Canceled: February 21 Woodland Pattern Screening of ‘Welcome Poets’
We regret to announce that the in-person screening and discussion of Welcome Poets, scheduled for Saturday, February 21, at Woodland Pattern in Milwaukee, has been canceled. While we’re sorry to lose this particular event, the cancellation comes with good reason — with something even more exciting on the horizon in Milwaukee — and we can’t…
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Watch Welcome Poets and Host a Screening
The recent 6-part PBS Wisconsin series Welcome Poets, which explored Wisconsin Poet Laureate Nicholas Gulig’s relationship to Fort Atkinson and the legacy of Lorine Niedecker, is now available for streaming at https://pbswisconsin.org/welcome-poets/ or on YouTube. The PBS Wisconsin site includes all 6 episodes in the series (each runs between 7 and 13 minutes), as well…
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Listen to two recent radio interviews with the producer and writer of the forthcoming ‘Welcome Poets’ docuseries from PBS Wisconsin, premiering Sept. 12th
While the Friends of Lorine Niedecker and the Hoard Historical Museum prepare for the premiere and local screening (this Friday, Sept. 12) of the PBS Wisconsin docuseries, Welcome Poets, featuring the life and work of Lorine Niedecker, we also want to share links to two recent radio interviews about the series. Last Friday, Madison’s WORT…
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Summer 2025 Solitary Plover Reading Available on our YouTube Channel
On Thursday, August 14th, the Friends of Lorine Niedecker, in collaboration with our partners at Woodland Pattern, hosted a reading by the poets featured in the Summer 2025 issue of the The Solitary Plover. The Solitary Plover is the bi-annual (winter/summer) newsletter of the Friends of Lorine Niedecker. We invite you to watch a recording of…
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Caryl Pagel awarded the 2025 Lorine Niedecker Fellowship
February 19, 2025: The Friends of Lorine Niedecker and Write On, Door County are pleased to announce the selection of Ohio poet Caryl Pagel as the recipient of the 2025 Lorine Niedecker Fellowship. The fellowship provides a two-week residency, one week at Write On, located on Wisconsin’s northeast peninsula, and one in Niedecker’s hometown of…