Lucy Adkins, Amy Plettner, and Marge Saiser Poetry Reading

Event Description

Join us for an evening of poetry with Lucy Adkins, Amy Plettner, & Marge Saiser. NE State Poet Matt Mason will also be presenting the Celebrate Kearney Crowd-Sourced Poem via video at 7pm.

Lucy Adkins grew up in rural Nebraska and attended country schools and the University of Nebraska before earning a BA from Auburn University. She's the author of "One Life Shining," "Farmwife," and "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.

Bookings

There's no need to book your place for this event. Just meet us at Kearney Public Library!