The Wisconsin Book Festival will convene in Madison during October 15–18, 2026.
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Jan 19, 2026
Brenda Cárdenas was invited by Governor Evers to be the Invocation Speaker at Wisconsin's 46th Annual "Tribute and Ceremony" honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr at the State Capitol Rotunda in Madison on January 19, 2026. She delivered a new poem on the theme "The Power of Unity."
To view a PBS Wisconsin video recording of the entire event...
Dec 20, 2024
The Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission (WPLC) is thrilled to announce Brenda Cárdenas as the state Wisconsin Poet Laureate serving a three-year term from January 15, 2025 through December 31, 2027.
Brenda Cárdenas was born and raised in Milwaukee and has also lived in Beaver Dam, Appleton, Menasha, and Fond du Lac. She obtained her...
Dec 17, 2024
Outgoing interview: Nicholas Gulig reflects on tenure as Wisconsin's Poet Laureate, altars, Niedecker, a new journal, indebtedness, and the language of his friends.
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Aug 17, 2024
Nick Gulig has won the 2024 Colorado Prize for Poetry for his new book The Other Altar, to be published by the Center for Literary Publishing and distributed by The University Press of Colorado.
Nick's documentary on his trip around Lake Superior has turned into a documentary film series that tracks his life as...
Jan 09, 2023
The Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission is thrilled to announce Nicholas Gulig as the new state poet laureate of Wisconsin. Nicholas will serve his two-year term beginning January 14, 2023 and serve until the end of 2024. A Thai-American poet from Wisconsin. Nicholas lives in Fort Atkinson and works as an Associate Professor at the...
Aug 18, 2022
The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters, in partnership with the Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission, is pleased to announce the call for applications and nominations for the Wisconsin Poet Laureate for 2023–2024. Beginning August 25, 2022, the Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission will accept applications from individual poets who...
Dec 07, 2020
Reviews:
Milwaukee Journal Sentinal--Jim Higgins: ...
Oct 31, 2020
https://bayviewcompass.com/favorite-poem-i-too/
FAVORITE POEM— I, Too
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My Country Tis of Thee September 2, 2020 BayView Compass
Interviewing people about their favorite poems, my project as Wisconsin Poet...
Oct 01, 2020
https://bayviewcompass.com/favorite-poem-now-sheba-sings-the-song/
FAVORITE POEM — Now Sheba Sings the Song
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FAVORITE POEM — Ringtone
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May 02, 2020
FAVORITE POEM — At the Ten-In-One, aside from the Born Freaks
...Dec 01, 2019
The following statement was passed unanimously by the Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission:
The rise in angry rhetoric against immigrants, particularly immigrants of color, the policy of child separation, and the treatment of children in detention camps...
May 06, 2019
Margaret Rozga writes frequently about favorite poems for the BayView Compass. Read some of her columns here:
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Oct 25, 2016
Interview with KimPoem and commentary by Kim
Mar 10, 2016
http://www.wisconsinacademy.org/magazine/catching-kimberly-blaeser
Spring 2016 article on Kim in Wisconsin People and Ideas. Thanks to everyone at the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters.
Mar 10, 2016
http://wisconsingazette.com/2016/03/08/wisconsins-poet-laureate-taps-native-american-roots/
Thanks to Michael Muckian of the Wisconsin Gazette.
Apr 21, 2015
Anne Strainchamps remembers Ellen Kort at Wisconsin Public Radio.
Apr 21, 2015
Wisconsin's first Poet Laureate, Ellen Kort, is remembered with gratitude.
Jan 24, 2015
Senior Writer Molly Snyder interviews Kim for OnMilwaukee.
Jan 18, 2015
Gayle Worland features the story in the Wisconsin State Journal Sunday edition.
Jan 18, 2015
Featured on the Wisconsin Humanities Blog, Humanities Booyah!, a 2010 essay by Kim with a new preface as she accepts her appointment as Poet Laureate.
Jan 14, 2015
Wisconsin's next poet laureate hopes to hear more poems in public places, saying that poetry “has a spiritual role to play” in our lives.Wisconsin Public Radio's Chick Quirmbach covers the story, featuring Kimberly's reading of "Family Tree" and "Manoominike-giizis."
Jan 08, 2015
Silena Milewski interviews Kim for Express Milwaukee.
Jan 07, 2015
Jim Higgins covers the story for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Featuring video of Kim's poem, "Refractions."