Speaker’s Bureau
The following individuals or groups are available for class presentations about Lorine Niedecker. Please contact them directly. You may also find more information about poets who can speak to a class at www.bookthatpoet.com.
Paul G. Hayes
N63W5795 Columbia Road
Cedarburg, WI 53012
(262) 377-7880
pghayes@sbcglobal.net
Area of expertise: Lorine’s late-in-life marriage to Al Millen and how it freed her to do her longer and, many say, best poems. Author of the chapter about the marriage in “Lorine Niedecker, Author and Poet.”
Tom Montag
P.O.Box 8
Fairwater, WI 53931
(920) 346-5235
tmmontag@centurylink.net
Areas of expertise: Lorine Niedecker: Poet of Place Who Goes Beyond Place; Lorine Niedecker: A Look at Her Poetics from a Poet’s Point of View
Richard Meier
Madison and Kenosha, WI
rmeier@carthage.edu
Areas of expertise: Poetry and Family Life