Writers' Workshop with Lucy Adkins, Amy Plettner, & Marge Saiser
Thursday April 27, 2023 at 12:00PM
Kearney Public Library
Event Description
Join us for a writing workshop with poets Lucy Adkins, Amy Plettner, and Marge Saiser.
Lucy Adkins grew up in rural Nebraska and attended country schools and the University of Nebraska before earning a BA from Auburn University. She is the author of "One Life Shining: Addie Finch," "Farmwife," and a non-fiction book "Writing in Community: Say Goodbye to Writer’s Block," co-written with Becky Breed. Her poetry has been published in various journals, magazines, and several anthologies.
Amy Plettner holds an MFA from the University of Nebraska. She lives and works on a tall grass prairie in southeast Nebraska where she's learned to wrangle snakes, wasps, and small mammals. Her first book was "Undoing Orion’s Belt," her poems have been anthologized, and her latest book is "Points of Entry."
Marjorie Saiser is the author of eight books of poetry and co-editor of two anthologies. Her work has been published in "American Life in Poetry," "PoetryMagazine.com," and other journals. She earned her master’s degree in creative writing at UNL and has received the WILLA Award and the High Plains Book Award.
When
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Thursday April 27, 2023
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Where
Platte (North & South Combined)
Kearney Public Library
2020 1st Avenue,
Kearney NE
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Event Partner
This event is presented by the Kearney Public Library and the Prairie Art Brothers with the support of the Nebraska Arts Council, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, and Humanities Nebraska.
Bookings
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