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FCBF official booksellers:
The 2013 Fox Cities Reads is underway! Pick up a copy of Last Child in the Woods and the Nature Priniciple by Richard Louv at your local library and join in community-wide discussions about the book. The author will visit the Fox Cities April 22-24 during the Fox Cities Book Festival.
Author Biography
Wisconsin poet Mike Koehler has the ability to look at everyday experiences and turn them into poetry, a poetry that captures the feel of small town life in the Midwest and the people who live here. Koehler's collection, Red Boots (2009), won the first R.M. Arvinson Manuscript of the Year Award from Little Eagle Press in 2008. Tangletown (1997) and Notes from Skinner's Elbow (1999), his other collections, are also distinguished by their clear imagery and straightforward language.
Koehler has done poetry readings on Wisconsin Public Television, the Wisconsin Public Radio program Higher Ground with Jonathan Overby, and has had poems published on various websites and in print journals. He currently lives in Little Chute, Wisconsin, with too many books and a huge tomcat named Jerry. Koehler says to stop by his blog One Hand Armands and he'll buy ya a cold one.
Additional Information
- Verse Wisconsin review of Red Boots
- Mike Koehler's Outlaw Poetry web page
- "Over Polly's" on PoetryPoetry.com
- "Michael Koehler: Tangletown & Beyond" by Norbert Blei
While the Fox Cities Book Festival has a rich history of celebrating writers and books from around the globe, you don’t need to travel far to find some of the country’s best poets. Join facilitator Cathryn Cofell for a sampling of three of northeast Wisconsin’s finest, each with considerable publishing, book and award credits to his or her name.
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