Thanks go out to our wonderful 2013 sponsors!
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.
Ellen Kort was Wisconsin's first Poet Laureate, serving from 2000-2004. She is the author of 11 books and 8 collections of poetry. Ellen's work has been featured in a variety of anthologies and incorporated architecturally in downtown Milwaukee's Midwest Express Center, the Green Bay Botanical Gardens and the Fox River Mall.
Author Biography
Ellen Kort was Wisconsin's first Poet Laureate, serving from 2000-2004. She is the author of 11 books and 8 collections of poetry. Ellen's work has been featured in a variety of anthologies and incorporated architecturally in downtown Milwaukee's Midwest Express Center, the Green Bay Botanical Gardens and the Fox River Mall. Ms. Kort's poetry has been performed by the New York City Dance Theatre and recorded on audio by Ellen Burstyn, Ed Asner and Alfre Woodard. Ellen uses her skills as a poet and teacher to reach out to the community in numerous ways, teaching at local universities and schools and conducting writing workshops for at-risk teens, nurses, physicians and for survivors of cancer, AIDS and domestic abuse. Ellen has been a guest on Wisconsin and National Public Radio and has traveled widely as a poet, speaker, and poetry workshop facilitator throughout the U.S., New Zealand, Australia, the Bahamas, and Japan.
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 us for a sampling of four of Wisconsin’s finest, each with considerable awards, publishing and book credits to his or her name. Books will be available for sale and signing after the event.
Author introductions will be provided by Cathryn Cofell. Participants include:
Tags: We are all story tellers weaving our life into the wisdom, wit and wonder of one another’s stories; the narrative thread that connects us – that helps us make sense of our life. We are the voice, the bone and flesh of our own story.
Ellen Kort, Wisconsin’s first Poet Laureate, invites you to find an reclaim the narrative of your life story as we spill words onto paper and shape them into stories and poem.
You are invited to bring a notebook and pen.
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