Presentations & Readings with Co-Editors,
Sarah Busse & Wendy Vardaman
Verse Wisconsin editors are available for readings & presentations at community events & college classrooms.
June 18-19th, 2010
Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books
University of Wisconsin-Waukesha
March 20th, 2010, 7 pm
Verse Wisconsin Launch, with VW authors, editors & advisors
Avol's Bookstore
Madison
March 19th, 2010, 7-8:30 pm
Verse Wisconsin Launch Reading,
with Todd Boss & Wendy Vardaman
Woodland Pattern Book Center
Milwaukee
March 12th, 2010 7:30 pm
The Village Booksmith
Baraboo
Poetry reading and discussion of the magazine
November 15th, 9:30 am
Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Fall Conference
Stevens Point
"The New Free Verse"
October 10th, NEW TIME! 1:30-3
Wisconsin Book Festival
Madison
Publishers Roundtable Madison Public Library-Main Branch
Discussion by editors & publishers from independent poetry presses in Wisconsin on the topic of “Starting & Sustaining the Small Press.” We
will talk about ourindividual experiences, why we do what we do, why it matters, what we look for in the work we publish, why publish the chapbook, how individual small presses differ from one another as well as what they have in common, and what it takes to make this leap of faith! Publishers will bring books and other work samples, and be available to answer questions and to talk to authors individually after the discussion.
Participants include: Centennial Press, DesperadoPress, Fireweed Press, Little Eagle Press, Marsh River Editions, Mobius, & Popcorn Press
October 3rd, 2 pm
Lorine Niedecker Wisconsin Poetry Festival
Fort Atkinson
Publishers Roundtable Library Rogers Room
Poetry editors and publishers from around the state will gather to discuss how to support the business of poetry publication. A Q&A session will follow. Further tips and connections are encouraged at the Poetry Cafe.
Moderators - Sarah Busse and Wendy Vardaman, with Rod Clark (Rosebud), Karl Elder (Seems), Madison Poet Laureate Fabu (Madison Magazine), Shoshauna Shy (Woodrow Hall & Poetry Jumps Off the Shelf), Jason Smith (Wisconsin People & Ideas), and Henry Timm (Penninsula Pulse).
September 8th, 2009 7 PM
Windhover Center for the Arts
Fond du Lac
Reading by Sarah Busse and discussion of the magazine
Questions welcome. Open mic to follow.
