Announcing two new fellowships for Milwaukee Poets!
Woodland Pattern is currently accepting applications for a paid Poetry Coalition Fellowship position. This position is 20 hours per week from September 5, 2022, to June 30, 2023. The stipend is $18,720 plus $1,000 toward health care. Sponsored by the Mellon Foundation, this program seeks to diversify the leadership of the nonprofit literary field, among other goals.
As of June 1, we will also be accepting applications for a new Milwaukee Emerging Poet Fellowship, open to Milwaukee poets between the ages of 20 and 30. Among other benefits, the fellow will receive a $1,000 award, a $500 book allowance, and a $2,000 project budget to launch a reading series, publication, press, or other literary arts project in collaboration with Woodland Pattern and its partners. This year's mentor is former Milwaukee Poet Laureate Brenda Cárdenas.
JUNE EVENTS
Reading Group: Ping Pong Book Club
*IN PERSON*
Wed. June 29 | 6-7 pm CDT | Open to the public
Ping Pong is currently reading Meiko Kawakami's Breasts and Eggs.
And She Was Love: Paintings by Akindele John
On view through August
JULY EVENTS
Kitchen Counter Poetics, a workshop with Chuck Stebelton
*IN PERSON*
Sun. July 10, 17, & 24 | 2-4 pm CDT | $100 General ($90 Members) Scholarships available
Poetry in the Park—At Juneau Park
Featuring readings from Portia Cobb, Lane Hall, Zack Pieper, and Duriel E. Harris
*IN PERSON*
Tues. July 12 | 6:30 pm CDT | $Give What You Can
Poetry Reading: Sue Blaustein and DeWitt Clinton
*HYBRID*
Thurs. July 21 | 7 pm CDT | $Give What You Can
Reading & Potluck: Kitchen Counter Poetics
*IN PERSON*
Sun. July 31 | 2 pm CDT | Open to the public
Open for browsing
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You can also continue to visit our online book center to browse selections from our small-press inventory, or give us a call at (414) 263-5001 to see if we have a title in stock. As always, we are happy to place special orders, ship books to your home, and to offer contactless pick-up at your request.
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