Friends of Lorine Niedecker Events

The Friends of Lorine Niedecker is proud to host several events each year.

North Central Reading Series

North Central is a virtual reading series providing a space to gather and hear living poets who connect in various ways to the poetry of Lorine Niedecker. The series takes its title from North Central, the third book of poems published in Niedecker’s lifetime. Readings are curated by Chuck Stebelton and Richard Meier and are held twice per year, in October and March.

Hear the Solitary Plover

Hear the Solitary Plover is a virtual reading series featuring readings by poets who have published work in the most recent issue of The Solitary Plover, the bi-annual newsletter published by the Friends of Lorine Niedecker. Hear the Solitary Plover readings are hosted on Zoom and held twice per year, in February/March and August.

Details about upcoming events can be found below. Recordings of past events can be found on our YouTube channel.

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“Trim Green Thought”: A Public Discussion of Lorine Niedecker’s fiction and poetics

Hoard Museum, Fort Atkinson 401 Whitewater Ave., Fort Atkinson, WI, United States

Jenny Penberthy, Kate Colby, and Flora Coker will engage in a public discussion of Lorine Niedecker’s published fiction and poetics with emphasis on Niedecker’s ‘The evenings automobiles’ Jenny Penberthy’s research and writing have focused on the poetry of Lorine Niedecker. She edited Niedecker’s poems—New Goose (Listening Chamber, 2003), Lorine Niedecker: Collected Works (University of California Press, […]

Kate Colby & Richard Meier Poetry Reading & Class Discussion

Carthage College 2001 Alford Park Dr., Kenosha, WI, United States

Kate Colby’s nine books of poetry and essays include I Mean, Dream of the Trenches, and, most recently Reverse Engineer. She has received awards and fellowships from the Poetry Society of America, Rhode Island State Council for the Arts, the Dodd Research Center at University of Connecticut, and Harvard’s Woodberry Poetry Room. She grew up […]

Kate Colby & Nick Gulig Poetry Reading

Write On Door County 4210 Juddville Road, Fish Creek, WI, United States

Kate Colby’s nine books of poetry and essays include I Mean, Dream of the Trenches, and, most recently Reverse Engineer. She has received awards and fellowships from the Poetry Society of America, Rhode Island State Council for the Arts, the Dodd Research Center at University of Connecticut, and Harvard’s Woodberry Poetry Room. She grew up […]

Kate Colby & Chuck Stebelton Poetry Reading

Woodland Pattern 720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Kate Colby’s nine books of poetry and essays include I Mean, Dream of the Trenches, and, most recently Reverse Engineer. She has received awards and fellowships from the Poetry Society of America, Rhode Island State Council for the Arts, the Dodd Research Center at University of Connecticut, and Harvard’s Woodberry Poetry Room. She grew up […]

North Central Reading Series: Tirzah Goldenberg & Joshua Beckman

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).

Winter 2024 Hear the Solitary Plover

Virtual on Zoom WI, United States

The Friends of Lorine Niedecker will host a reading by the poets published in the Winter 2024 Solitary Plover on Thursday, February 29 at 6:30 p.m. CST. We invite you to join us for this virtual reading conducted on Zoom. Join Zoom Meeting by clicking here Meeting ID: 864 9007 9677 Passcode: 520557

North Central Reading Series: Merrill Gilfillan

Virtual on Zoom WI, United States

Friends of Lorine Niedecker (FoLN) are delighted to host poet and essayist Merrill Gilfillan for a solo virtual reading on Sunday, March 31st, 2024 at 5pm CST. This event will be hosted on the Zoom platform (see the event description below for the URL) and will be recorded. Merrill Gilfillan was born in Mount Gilead, […]

Summer 2024 Solitary Plover Reading

The Friends of Lorine Niedecker will host a reading by the poets published in the Summer 2024 Solitary Plover on Thursday, August 8 at 6:30 p.m. CST. We invite you to join us for this virtual reading conducted on Zoom.

Niedecker’s Binoculars: A virtual talk by Patrick Morrissey

Friends of Lorine Niedecker (FoLN) are delighted to host poet and essayist Patrick Morrissey for a virtual talk delivered via Zoom on Sunday, November 10, 2024 at 5pm CST. This event will be recorded. This talk will consider the significance of double vision, shifting scales, and embarrassment in the poetry of Lorine Niedecker. Through close […]