Writing Prompts to Get You Started #34
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Elise
Apr 8, 20222 min read
Writing Prompts to Get You Started #33
Welcome to the place that is dedicated to getting you writing (again?). Maybe you have absolutely no idea where to start but have always...
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Elise
Mar 11, 20222 min read
Writing Prompts to Get You Started #31
Welcome to the place that is dedicated to getting you writing (again?). Maybe you have absolutely no idea where to start but have always...
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Andy Kristensen
Aug 4, 202110 min read
Poem of the Week - August 4th, 2021 - 'Born. Living. Will. Die.'
Poet: Camonghne Felix Poet Background: Felix was born in 1992 and raised in the Bronx in New York City. She is a writer, poet, and...
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Andy Kristensen
Jul 16, 20217 min read
Poem of the Week - July 16th, 2021 - 'To Weep'
Poet: Gregory Orr Poet Background: Gregory Orr is arguably one of the most accomplished American poets of the last half-century, with his...
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Andy Kristensen
Jul 1, 20218 min read
Poem of the Week - July 1st, 2021 - 'As dogs'
Poet: Rachel B. Glaser Poet Background: Rachel B. Glaser is somewhat of a mystery, at least when it comes to discovering her background...
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Andy Kristensen
May 26, 20217 min read
Poem of the Week - May 26th, 2021 - 'Layla'
Poet: Megan Denton Ray Poet Background: Megan Denton Ray, born and raised in Tennessee, earned her MFA in poetry from Purdue University...
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Andy Kristensen
May 12, 20219 min read
Poem of the Week - May 12th, 2021 - 'The Lost Woods as Elegy for Black Childhood'
Poet: Derrick Austin Poet Background: Today we have a poet with a Wisconsin connection! Derrick Austin is an award-winning poet hailing...
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Andy Kristensen
May 5, 20217 min read
Poem of the Week-May 5th, 2021-'It's Important I Remember that the Moral Arc of the Universe Bends-'
Poet: Cortney Lamar Charleston Poet Background: Charleston, born in Harvey, IL, was raised on the South Side of Chicago and parts of the...
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Andy Kristensen
Apr 28, 20216 min read
Poem of the Week - April 28th, 2021 - 'Leave It All Up to Me'
Poet: Major Jackson Poet Background: Jackson, an award-winning poet and essayist, was born in 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He...
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Andy Kristensen
Apr 21, 20215 min read
Poem of the Week - April 21st, 2021 - 'The Afterlife' by Billy Collins
We have a lot going on this week at the Brown Deer Public Library (we just opened up our *BRAND NEW* library to the public, and we’re...
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Andy Kristensen
Apr 14, 20215 min read
Poem of the Week - April 14th, 2021 - 'Grief Dream' by Carol Muske-Dukes
Poet: Carol Muske-Dukes Background: Muske-Dukes, born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1945 and raised in Forest Lake, Minnesota, is the author...
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Andy Kristensen
Apr 7, 20215 min read
Poem of the Week - April 7th, 2021 - 'Easter' by Jill Alexander Essbaum
Poet: Jill Alexander Essbaum Background: Essbaum, born and raised in Bay City, Texas, is a poet, novelist, and editor. Educated at the...
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Andy Kristensen
Feb 3, 20213 min read
Poem of the Week - February 3rd, 2021 - 'Are you in the mood?' by John Kenney
Hello, readers of the ‘Poem of the Week’ posts! Just wanted to give you all a heads up--over the course of the next three weeks, we here...
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Andy Kristensen
Jan 29, 20216 min read
Poetry Collection Review: How to Fly (In Ten Thousand Easy Lessons' by Barbara Kingsolver
Title: How to Fly (In Ten Thousand Easy Lessons) Author: Barbara Kingsolver Themes/Subjects: Self-Help, Travel, Inwardness, Loneliness,...
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Andy Kristensen
Jan 27, 20218 min read
Poem of the Week - January 27th, 2021 - 'Disenchanted Corpse' by Margaret Atwood
This week’s ‘Poem of the Week’ comes courtesy of one of the biggest writers of the past forty years: Canadian novelist, poet, essayist,...
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Andy Kristensen
Jan 20, 20217 min read
Poem of the Week - January 20th, 2021 - 'Variation on a Theme by Elizabeth Bishop' by John Murillo
This week’s ‘Poem of the Week’ comes courtesy of one of my new favorite poets, John Murillo. Murillo’s work, similar to many other poets...
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Andy Kristensen
Jan 15, 20213 min read
Poetry Collection Review: Un-American By Hafizah Geter
Title: Un-American Author: Hafizah Geter Themes: Self-Identity, Faith, Racism, Cultural Identity, Trauma, Family, Immigration, Queerness,...
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Andy Kristensen
Jan 13, 20216 min read
Poem of the Week - January 13th, 2021 - 'Thief' by Barbara Kingsolver
The poem for this week’s installment of ‘Poem of the Week’ comes from an author who is better known as a fiction writer—Barbara...
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Andy Kristensen
Jan 8, 20214 min read
Poetry Collection Review: The Malevolent Volume by Justin Phillip Reed
Title: The Malevolent Volume Author: Justin Phillip Reed Themes: Self-Identity, Queerness, Violence, Racism, Protest, Horror, Mythology,...
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