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Writers’ Workshop with Lucy Adkins, Amy Plettner, & Marge Saiser

April 27, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm CDT

$15

Prairie Art Brothers and the Kearney Public Library present a writers’ workshop with poets Lucy Adkins, Amy Plettner, & Marge Saiser as part of the “How the Light Gets In” poetry month celebration.

Registration is required, and the workshop fee is $15.

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.

Details

Date:
April 27, 2023
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm CDT
Cost:
$15
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Website:
https://kearney.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=38682

Organizer

Kearney Public Library
Phone
308-233-3282
Email
circulationservices@kearneygov.org
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Venue

Kearney Public Library
2020 1st Ave.
Kearney, NE 68847 United States
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