Poetry
Celebrate 'Midwinter Day' at Woodland Pattern
Woodland Pattern Book Center celebrates the winter solstice and the 40th anniversary of Bernadette Mayer’s epic poem, Midwinter Day, with a community reading of the poem on Dec. 22. Read more
The Midwest Charm of Milwaukee Poet John Koethe
Poet John Koethe celebrates the release of his new anthology, Walking Backwards: Poems 1966-2016, on Nov. 30 at Boswell Book Company. Read more
Rod Eglash's Rich Life
Milwaukee’s iconoclastic Renaissance man, Rod Eglash, has recently published his memoir, The Ego of Eggo. Read more
Soccer and Poetry Require Support at America SCORES' Giving Tuesday Fundraiser
America SCORES Milwaukee, which offers free soccer and poetry practice to underprivileged children, asks for support through an upcoming fundraiser. Read more
Milwaukee Poet Anna Rodriguez's 'Gold Leaf Bones'
A book release party for Anna Rodriguez’s volume of poetry, Gold Leaf Bones, will be held at Voyageur Book Shop on Oct. 4. Read more
Milwaukee Poet DeWitt Clinton on War and Wisdom at Boswell Books
Shorewood poet DeWitt Clinton will perform a reading and discuss his new collection at Boswell Book Company on Sept. 21. Read more
Poet Explores Those Old 'Patriarchy Blues' at Woodland Pattern
Poet Rena Priest will read from her new collection, Patriarchy Blues, at Woodland Pattern Book Center on May 2. Read more
LGBTQ Poetry in Milwaukee
Milwaukee has a long history of LGBTQ poets, including two, Antler and Jeff Poniewaz, who served as the city’s poet laureate. Read more
MinkTronics Present Poetry, Music, Love, Death (and Mink?)
Milwaukee poet Charles Ries found an unusual way to bring his verse stories to life by collaborating with veteran local musicians in a band called Charles P. Ries and the MinkTronics. Read more
Poets of the Bible: From Solomon's Song of Songs to John’s Revelation (W.W. Norton), by Willis Barnstone
In Poets of the Bible: From Solomon’s Song of Songs to John’s Revelation, Willis Barnstone, a poet himself as well as a scholar, hopes to awaken new readers to the literary dimension of scriptures through his own verse translations from the... Read more
Danceworks Performance Company and Milwaukee Opera Theatre Team Up for Performance of Handel’s Bestiary
Handel’s operas are teeming with animals! Stroll the grounds of the Lynden Sculpture Garden in search of the lion, bee, nightingale, snake, elephant, frog, dove, stag, tiger – even a phoenix! Come explore the menagerie created when Danceworks Perf.. Read more
Touching Personal Stories from Wisconsin
In a new literary anthology, Family Stories from the Attic, edited by Wisconsin writers Christi Craig and Lisa Rivera, a global community of (mostly) female writers has compiled a timeless collection of touching personal tales based on fami... Read more
Stream Safari Al's Beats and Poetry Experiment "Stone School"
This January Milwaukee rapper/producer Safari Al celebrated the launch of his labor-intensive side project: an ambitious multi-media poetry zine called Silt Rifle . Each issue of the bi-monthly, hand-stitched zine spotlights a different poet, and .. Read more
Ruby Yacht Gets a Night of Its Own
With its monthly Touch and Agree night at Landmark Lanes, Milwaukee’s Ruby Yacht collective has found a place to workshop new material. Read more
Poet Jay Wright to Make Two Visits to Marquette University
Prominent African-Americanpoet Jay Wright will give a poetry reading at Marquette University on Tuesday,Oct. 25, at 3:30 p.m. as part of their forum series.Praised for its evocativelanguage, introspective tone and mythological imagery,.. Read more
Searching for Sappho: The Lost Songs and World of the First Woman Poet (W.W. Norton), by Philip Freeman
Searching for Sappho: The Lost Songs and World of the First Woman Poet by Philip Freeman contains new translations of all of her surviving work, fragments as well as full poems, revealing a person with a gift for condensing a world of emoti... Read more
The Dawning Moon of the Mind: Unlocking the Pyramid Texts (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), by Susan Brind Morrow
Archaeologist Susan Brind Morrow doesn’t see extraterrestrials or advanced science in the hieroglyphs, but poetry most profound. Read more
The Dayna Clay Band to Headline Linneman’s Poet’s Monday
The Dayna Clay Band will headline Linneman’s (1001 E. LocustSt.) April 25 Poet’s Monday . Theevent will benefit RAINN, the nationslargest anti-sexual assault organization, and The Kennedy Forum/One Mind, a mentalhealth nonprofit. Door.. Read more
Nicole Shantè White Headlines Lyrical Sanctuary on Wednesday
This week, UWM’s poetry open mic Lyrical Sanctuary welcomes nationally touring spoken word artist Nicole Shantè White. White has done some acting. She’s done some dance. Here she’s doing spoken word. As present online, her work is a mix of the.. Read more
Milwaukee Books to Prisoners
Book to Prisoners Fundraiser
Ex-Prisoners Organizing will be hosting a poetry read to raise funds for the Wisconsin Books to Prisoners and LGBT Books to Prisoners. The project is exactly what the title states it is. Last year, they sent thousands of books to prisoners.. Read more
