Summer 2025 Solitary Plover Reading
The Friends of Lorine Niedecker will host a reading by the poets published in the Summer 2025 Solitary Plover on Thursday, August 14 at 6:30 p.m. CST. We invite you to […]
The Friends of Lorine Niedecker is proud to host several events each year.
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 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.
The Friends of Lorine Niedecker will host a reading by the poets published in the Summer 2025 Solitary Plover on Thursday, August 14 at 6:30 p.m. CST. We invite you to […]
Join us at the Hoard Historical Museum for two consecutive special community screenings of the brand new Welcome Poets from PBS Wisconsin. This narrative series of six documentary shorts follows […]
On Saturday afternoon, February 21, Woodland Pattern in Milwaukee will host a screening and discussion of the new PBS Wisconsin documentary series, Welcome Poets.The event is in collaboration with former Wisconsin Poet Laureate and series writer/narrator Nicholas Gulig (2023–24), PBS Wisconsin, and the Friends of Lorine Niedecker. After the screening, join in a conversation with […]
The Friends of Lorine Niedecker will host a virtual reading by the poets published in the Winter 2026 Solitary Plover. Poets will read their work from the new issue and share a favorite poem of Niedecker’s.Click on the “Zoom link” button below to join the meeting. If you are prompted for a Meeting ID, use: […]