News from the Friends of Lorine Niedecker

The newest issue of the Solitary Plover is now available here. Read more

Go to https://www.fortlibrary.org/wisconsinpoems/ to register for this live Zoom event. “Through This Door: Wisconsin in Poems,” is a new anthology edited by Margaret Rozga and Angela C. Trudell Vasquez. It includes work by a wide range of Wisconsin poets, including the eight people who have been Wisconsin poet laureate: the incumbent Rozga and predecessors Karla Huston, Kimberly Blaeser, Denise Sweet, Marilyn L. Taylor, Bruce Dethlefsen, Max Garland and the late Ellen Kort. The Dwight Foster Library and the Friends of Lorine Niedecker are sponsoring a reading of material from the book. Individuals who will read at this event include: Lisa… Read more

The summer issue of the Solitary Plover is now available here. Features include: Two poems by Lorine Niedecker Text of David Pavelich’s presentation at the 2017 Poetry Festival Images of Lorine in summer and a selection of original poetry. Read more

Join us on Tuesday, April 28 at 6 pm to celebrate National Poetry Month with an online poetry reading. We are honored to have Kathryn, winner of the 2018 Lorine Niedecker Award from the Council For WI Writers, to read her works. Please contact us at contact@lorineniedecker.org to register to attend this event which will be broadcast using Zoom. Kathryn Gahl is a writer, dancer, and registered nurse. Born to an Irish nurse and German farmer, she grew up with seven siblings in a farmhouse located at the end of a half-mile gravel drive. She earned a B.S. in English at… Read more

Due to Covid-19 safety measures, this exhibit has been postponed. Read more

Issue 31 of the Solitary Plover is now available here. This issue includes essays by Nancy Shea and Max McKenna, the text of Tom Montag’s 2012 Festival presentation, a calendar of Niedecker events, original poetry and more. Read more