Recent media coverage and interviews about the U. P. Poet Laureate Foundation and the U.P. Poet Laureate.
NEWS ABOUT 2023-4 U.P. POET LAUREATE
Poet Laureate Celebrates National Haiku Day
Upper Michigan Today celebrates National Haiku Poetry Day with the Poet Laureate of the UP
Marquette Monthly – April 2023

THE NEWS EXAMINER 03/30/2023
PWPL would like to congratulate Beverly Matherne as the newly selected Upper Peninsula Poet Laureate Foundation 2023-2024 U.P. Poet Laureate!
Beverly Matherne will be performing a Live Poetry Reading at the Great Lakes Poetry Festival on April 26 from 7 – 8 pm in the Community Room.
Read some of her several books or poetry at PWPL today!
An interview with Beverly Matherne and Martin Achatz by Kurt Hauswirth on WNMU-FM
The Daily Mining Gazette 3/24/23
Upper Peninsula Woman named 2023-24 Poet Laureate The Mining Journal 3/23/23
Northern Today English Professor Emerita Named U.P. Poet Laureate
TV 6 Interview with Martin Achatz and Beverly Matherne 3/21/23
Library Words with Nerds Podcast – Martin Achatz, 2-time former U. P. Poet Laureate and V.P. of the U.P. Poet Laureate Foundation discusses foundation news with Janeen Rastall.
More News
Martin Achatz, Foundation Vice-President is interviewed by WLUC about the Giving Poetry project on Nov. 27, 2022.
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.