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Kurt Hauswirth with WNMU-FM interviews Martin Achatz, V.P. of the U.P. Poet Laureate Foundation about the application process for the 2023 U.P. Poet Laureate on the Northern Arts & Culture show.

UPPER PENINSULA, Mich. (WLUC) – If you’re looking for other gifts for loved ones, the U.P. Laureate Foundation is offering a unique service. Two-time U.P. Poet Laureate Marty Achatz is writing custom poems for $7. It’s a fundraiser for U.P. Poet Laureate Foundation. Anyone can order a poem and they can be shipped anywhere in … Read more

ISHPEMING, Mich. (WLUC) – The U.P. Poet Laureate Foundation has named the next Poet Laureate of the Upper Peninsula. The purpose of the role is to serve as an ambassador for poetry across the entire U.P. Before announcing the new titleholder, TV6′s Tia Trudgeon sits down with Marty Achatz of the U.P. Poet Laureate Foundation … Read more

Beverly Matherne, professor emerita of English at Northern Michigan University, has been selected as the 2023/2024 U.P. Poet Laureate. The former director of NMU’s Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing and poetry editor of Passages North literary magazine is the author of seven poetry books. “It makes me feel really good,” said Matherne in response to … Read more

MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula Poet Laureate Foundation recently announced the selection of Beverly Matherne as the 2023-24 Upper Peninsula poet laureate. A Louisiana native who has been a U.P. resident since 1991, Matherne has published several books and has had work published in dozens of respected journals, magazines and reviews. She has received seven … Read more

An interview with Beverly Matherne and Martin Achatz by Kurt Hauswirth on WNMU-FM

Upper Michigan Today celebrates National Haiku Poetry Day with the Poet Laureate of the UP

https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2023/10/12/nmu-choir-concert-highlights-women-composers

NEGAUNEE — The Negaunee Public Library is hosting UP Poet Laureate Beverly Matherne and local poet Troy Graham at 4 p.m. April 5. The public is invited to attend this free poetry reading. For more information, visit the library’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/NegauneePublicLibrary/ or call 906-475-7700 ext.18. Additionally, the library and Iron Golem Games are … Read more