Join us as we kick off the 2024 Winter Festival of Poetry. The Winter Festival of Poetry, a program of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, is Wisconsin's longest continuously running poetry program of its size. Hosted by poet James P. Roberts, this 8-week series features six poets each week, reading for roughly 10 minutes each. The series runs from January 21 to March 10. The theme this year is UNDER THE BIG TOP, celebrating the history of the circus! Each week will feature a different aspect of the circus, from clowns to trapeze artists and more.

Schedule

January 21, 2024

Maliha Nu’Man (Madison Youth Poet Laureate)

Richard Vargas

Araceli Esparza

Jess L. Parker

Lynn Patrick Smith

Andrea Potos

With special guest performer Truly Remarkable Loon!

January 28, 2024

C. Kubasta

Sarah Sadie

Rachel Werner

Jenelle Clausen

Kristian Iliev

Nathan J. Reid

February 4, 2024

Kara Candito

Antonio Re

Mark Kraushaar

Michelle Seaman

Catherine Jagoe

Carrie Voigt Schonhoff

February 11, 2024

Amanda Reavey

Heather Swan

Rusty Russell

B. D. Vess

Katrin Talbot

Sara Parrell

February 18, 2024

Roman Montemorano

Cynthia Marie Hoffman

R.B. Simon

Shoshauna Shy

Ronnie Hess

Alison Townsend

February 25, 2024

Joe Lutz

Olga Trubetskoy

F. J. Bergmann

Brenda Lempp

Kimberly A. Blanchette

J. Zachary Rothstein

March 3, 2024

Charles Edward Payne

Cristina Norcross

Donna Carnes

Beth Ann Workmaster

Cristin Jacque

Tim Walsh

March 10, 2024

Sujash Purna

Christine Reding

Fabu

Andrea Musher

Diego Alegria

Paul Baker

Alfonso Doucette

Each week will have a sub-theme and will feature fun facts about the circus. For more information, contact James P. Roberts at [email protected] or call 608-242-7340.

The Winter Festival of Poetry is supported by Mystery To Me, White Hawk Press, Avol's Books, WORT FM, American Family Insurance & Colleen Frentzel, Dennis Collier, Fran and Louis Rall, Robin Chapman, Gillian Nevers, A Place To Be, Apollo Poetry, Katrin Talbot, Kimberly A. Blanchette, Lisa Marie Brodsky, Donna Carnes, Christopher Chambers, Ron Czerwien, Sharon Daly, Araceli Esparza, Cristin Jacque, Martha Kaplan, Dana Maya, Andrea Musher, Sara Parrell, Andrea Potos, Jo Scheder, Carrie Voigt Schonhoff, Lynn Patrick Smith, Marilyn L. Taylor, Guy Thorvaldsen, Olga Trubetskoy, Jodi Vander Molen, Tim Walsh, and Beth Ann Workmaster.

Admission: Free

Time: 2pm

Date: Jan 21 - Mar 10, 2024

Location: Arts + Literature Laboratory

111 S. Livingston Street #100, Madison, Wisconsin, 53703.

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