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In Fort Atkinson, the Friends of Lorine Niedecker and the Hoard Historical Museum co-steward the 20th century poet's local legacy. They connect archives and research about Niedecker to readers, scholars, writers and the community.

Poet, writer, scholar and small-press publisher Caryl Pagel delivers a lecture on the life of Lorine Niedecker — including Niedecker's relationship to Fort Atkinson, writing, reading, humor, regional politics, the Great Lakes and 20th century poetry.

On the streets of Fort Atkinson in the region where Lorine Niedecker lived most of her life, large poetry walls share excerpts of her work — part of a broader history of public muraling generating spontaneous encounters with art and ideas.