Category: News

  • 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 reading will be moderated by Plover poetry editor Tom…

  • 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 American poet, Lorine Niedecker. The purpose of the fellowship…

  • Follow-up to Hear the Solitary Plover

    Dear Friends – My apologies for the technological problems for last night’s Hear the Solitary Plover poetry reading. I know that the livestream did not stream (even though Zoom said it was) so remote viewers were unable to attend. To top it off, even though Zoom was recording, at the end I received an error…

  • Hear The Solitary Plover: A Poetry Reading

    Tuesday, April 26 at 6:30 p.m. The Friends of Lorine Niedecker and the Dwight Foster Public Library invite you to celebrate National Poetry Month with this special poetry event. The poets published in the Winter 2022 issue of “The Solitary Plover” will join us in-person and remotely for a reading of their work. This reading…

  • New Niedecker Poetry Mural in Fort Atkinson

    South Water Street W Poetry Art Mural In October 2021 the third poetry wall installation was completed on the north side of the current Hometown Pharmacy building on the corner of South Main Streetand South Water Street W. This piece was also designed and created by Jeremy Guzzo Pinc. Funding for this project came from…