Welcome Poets Resources

OF NOTE WITH SPECIAL THANKS

The Friends of Lorine Niedecker
A starting point for anyone interested in learning more about the poetry and life of Lorine Niedecker is a local organization in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin known as the Friends of Lorine Niedecker and their companion website. The Friends are a non-profit dedicated to preserving and expanding the legacy of Niedecker as a “poet of place.”

Formally incorporated in 2004 — in the region where Niedecker spent nearly her entire life — but with organizational roots as far back as 1971, the Friends offer access to research archives and educational materials in partnership with the Hoard Historical Museum, and maintain an extensive ongoing Niedecker bibliography and research guide of scholarship on her. They publish The Solitary Plover, a semiannual newsletter and What Region?, a monograph pamphlet series in collaboration with Woodland Pattern in Milwaukee. Along with these they sponsor a fellowship, host poetry festivals, events and readings.

They are governed by a volunteer board organizing essential preservation and educational work at the intersection of the literary and the local. The production of Welcome Poets was deeply enriched by their generosity.

Hoard Historical Museum
In collaboration with the Friends, the Hoard Historical Museum in Fort Atkinson hosts and preserves a permanent Lorine Niedecker Archival Collection, to which they provided the producers of Welcome Poets unprecedented access. The series showcases approximately 300 items, original pages and photographs from the collection to help tell Niedecker’s story. The mission of the Hoard Historical Museum is to preserve, protect and promote the history and culture of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin and the surrounding area from its earliest inhabitants to the present day. Their collection and research assistance were essential to Welcome Poets.

PUBLISHED BOOKS OF POETRY BY LORINE NIEDECKER

Niedecker, Lorine. 1946. New Goose. Prairie City, Ill.: Press of J.A. Decker.

Niedecker, Lorine, and Wild Hawthorn Press. 1961. My Friend Tree: Poems. Edinburgh: Wild Hawthorn Press.

Niedecker, Lorine, and Trigram Press. 1968. North Central. First edition. London: Fulcrum Press.

Niedecker, Lorine, A. Doyle Moore, Small Publishers’ Company, and Falcon Press (Philadelphia, Pa). 1969. T & G : The Collected Poems (1936-1966). Penland, N.C., New York: Jargon Society, Penland School ; Small Publishers’ Co.

COLLECTED AND EDITED VOLUMES OF LORINE NIEDECKER’S POETRY

Niedecker, Lorine. 1970. My Life by Water: Collected Poems, 1936-1968. London: Fulcrum P.

Niedecker, Lorine, Martino Mardersteig, and Stamperia Valdonega. 1976. Blue Chicory. New Rochelle, N.Y.: Elizabeth Press.

Niedecker, Lorine, Fred Thompson, Thomas Meyer, Jonathan Williams, Inland Book Company, and BookCrafters. 1985. From This Condensery: The Complete Writing of Lorine Niedecker. Edited by Robert J. Bertholf. [Highlands, North Carolina]: The Jargon Society.

Niedecker, Lorine. 1985. The Granite Pail: The Selected Poems of Lorine Niedecker. Edited by Cid Corman. San Francisco: North Point Press.

Niedecker, Lorine, and Jenny Lynn Penberthy. 1991. Harpsichord & Salt Fish. Durham: Pig Press.

Niedecker, Lorine, Jenny Lynn Penberthy, and Amy Trachtenberg. 2002. New Goose. Berkeley, CA: Listening Chamber.

Niedecker, Lorine, and Jenny Penberthy. 2002. Lorine Niedecker : Collected Works. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press.

Niedecker, Lorine, John Harkey, Berg Collection, and City University of New York Center for the Humanities. 2012. Homemade Poems. [New York, N.Y.]: Center for the Humanities, Graduate Center, City University of New York.

Niedecker, Lorine. 2013. Lake Superior: Lorine Niedecker’s Poem and Journal, along with Other Sources, Documents, and Readings. 1st ed. Seattle: Wave Books.

PUBLISHED BOOKS OF POETRY BY NICHOLAS GULIG

Gulig, Nicholas. 2015. North of Order. First edition. Portland: YesYes Books.

Gulig, Nicholas, 2016. Book of Lake: A Poem. Missoula, MT: CutBank Books.

Gulig, Nicholas. 2018. Orient. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland State University Poetry Center.

Gulig, Nicholas. 2024. The Other Altar: Poems. Fort Collins, Colorado: The Center for Literary Publishing, Colorado State University.

LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS

Art + Literature Laboratory (ALL)
Madison
A contemporary arts space where artists, writers, and community members connect, create and grow together. All supports visual, literary, and performing arts through exhibitions, readings, concerts, and hands-on educational programs for people of all ages.

Monsters of Poetry
Madison
A contemporary poetry and fiction reading series in Madison. They communicate about events mainly on social media where you can admire their skillful use of collage.

Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts & Letters
Madison
Within their statewide and wide-ranging mission to connect Wisconsin people and ideas, the Academy supports and recognizes literary excellence through their annual Fiction & Poetry Awards, Fellows Awards, and by stewarding the Wisconsin Poet Laureate program.

Wisconsin Book Festival
Madison
The Wisconsin Book Festival, hosted by Madison Public Library and the Madison Public Library Foundation, invites readers of all ages to connect with authors and ideas. Free events are offered year-round, with a community-wide celebration each fall.

Wisconsin Center for the Book
Milwaukee
An affiliate of the Library of Congress Center for the Book and Woodland Pattern Book Center in Milwaukee, the Wisconsin Center for the Book celebrates the culture of the book and our state’s literary heritage. Through public programs and events, it promotes reading, highlights Wisconsin’s contributions to publishing and book arts, and works to make books and the joy of reading accessible to people across the state.

Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets
Statewide
Dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of poets and poetic heritage in the state, mentoring and supporting local poets with regular readings, workshops, conferences and other events and advocating for the study of poetry in our schools.

Woodland Pattern Book Center
Milwaukee
A poet- and artist-run nonprofit book center, gallery, and performance space. Each year, they present over 400 programmatic activities and events. Their mission is to “promote a lifetime practice of reading and writing; to serve as a forum and resource center for poets and other artists in our region; to encourage collaboration and exchange across the literary, sonic, and visual arts; and to act as a bridge between local and national communities of poets and other artists.”

Write On, Door County
Fish Creek
Write On, Door County emphasizes the power of writing, reading, and storytelling to connect people. Located on a scenic 59-acre campus in the heart of the Door County peninsula, the organization offers year-round classes, programs, and special events designed for writers of all ages and experience levels.