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Two poets. Two different styles. One shouts. The other whispers. Both are committed to nature and social justice. Both recently published books you should read. Kathie Kuhn of Lansing has …
Apr 5, 2021
MARQUETTE U. P. Poet Laureate finalists Tyler Dettloff and Rosalie Sanara Petrouske will “ring in April with a night of inspired and inspiring words” at 7 tonight via Zoom. Area residents are encoruaged to join Peter White Public Library for this kickoff event to National Poetry Month with some Yooper verse.
Join the Zoom meeting at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84706329213?pwd=U21nSjIyY2NJTjZXRzk1dVpPak04Zz09
Meeting ID: 847 0632 9213
Passcode: 481432
This event is free and open to the public, but donations to the Great Lakes Recovery Centers are welcomed, according to the event announcement. The suggested donation is $15, organizers said.
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M. Bartley Seigel, an associate professor of creative writing and literature at Michigan Tech University, is among five finalists for the position of U.P. Poet Laureate for 2021-23.
HOUGHTON Ask the average writing student which form of writing they despise most, poetry would likely be on the list. However, ask Michigan Tech associate professor M. Bartley Seigel, and you get a very different answer. For Seigel, poetry has been something he has been working on for longer than even he seems to realize.
“I’ve been a publishing poet for the last, I don’t know, 15 years of my life,” he said. “I had a book of poetry come out back in 2013. I kind of made my bread and butter as a literary magazine editor, and as a teacher of creative writing, but I’ve always been pretty low-key.”