News from the Friends of Lorine Niedecker

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 as more stories and additional resources for anyone interested to learn more about Niedecker. Here’s their description of the series: Former Wisconsin Poet Laureate Nicholas Gulig presents a lyrical reflection on his return to Wisconsin adjoined to the literary echoes of Fort Atkinson’s famed 20th century poet Lorine… Read more

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 community radio interviewed Welcome Poets producer Colin Crowley who works in the local series unit of PBS Wisconsin. He sat down with 8 O’Clock Buzz show host Andy Moore to discuss the series, including some of its creative and technical aspects —like how the film’s… Read more

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 the reading here on our YouTube Channel or by clicking on the video embed below. To those who tried to log on to the live Zoom event but were unable to, we greatly apologize for our technical difficulties as the event commenced. We thank you… Read more