by Ami Maxine Irmen In 2014, NPR asked, “Where Have All the Poets Gone?” —noting that despite “more poetry being published than ever before,” “people are reading less and less” of it. As a writer of poetry, as a teacher of poetry, as a friend of people who also write poetry, I realize my worldview is a bit skewed – but it seems maybe NPR is asking the wrong question. Perhaps what we are seeing is a shift away from traditionally… [Read More]
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This is Our Community— Come Say Hi
by Ami Maxine Irmen Last year around this time, I found myself at a Green Bay wine lounge. I had never been before, and I was there because I had been hounding folks about wanting to get involved in UntitledTown—the new Book and Author Festival that was about to take place in my very own backyard. (To say that I was stoked was the understatement of the year.) Come out and say hi, they told me–and am I ever so… [Read More]
UntitledTown Book and Author Festival 2018
Thanks to our title sponsors, Breakthrough Fuel and Crystal Clear Resources, the 2018 UntitledTown Book and Author Festival featured presenters reach deep into contemporary conversations, entertain in ways that make people think, and explore thought-provoking conversations that range from important issues like the immigrant experience to scientific philosophical ones, like the many indignities of being dead. The Festival kicks off on the evening of Thursday, April 19, with humorous science writer Mary Roach, whose newest book, Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War, dives into… [Read More]
UntitledTown Book and Author Festival 2018 — We’re open for pitches!
The call for pitches for the 2018 Festival is closed. If you’re interested in participating in the future, please subscribe to our newsletter so that you receive our 2019 call for pitches! Greetings from UntitledTown! We hope you’ve had a wonderful summer. Here in UntitledTown, we’ve kicked off our shoes and curled our toes in the grass, and we’ve donned eclipse glasses to cheer for the moon, and we’ve donned sunglasses to flip through Beach Reads, and— Oh, who are… [Read More]