John Lehman
Excerpt from Is This a Date?
The Friends of the Library meeting
Thursday night, 6pm. Cheese roll,
cut-up mushroom and turkey brats
on toothpicks, charts with spaces
for those willing to work the craft fair
next year. Sips of wine from a local
shop. . . .
Twice a finalist for the Wisconsin Poet Laureate position, John Lehman is the founder and original publisher of Rosebud, a national magazine of short stories, poetry and illustration for people who enjoy good writing. He is also the poetry editor of Wisconsin People & Ideas, as well as managing partner of Zelda Wilde Publishing, editor of the web-zine CoolPlums.com and the online RosebudBookReviews.com, and a member of the Prairie Fire Poetry Quartet.
He has presented writing seminars on poetry, autobiography, creative non-fiction and acting techniques for writers in dozens of cities throughout the country. He is a book reviewer and columnist, and has been nominated for three Pushcart Prizes (short story, poetry and creative non-fiction). Born in Chicago, he lives with his wife Talia Schorr and their four dogs in the smallest incorporated village in Wisconsin.
Event
Saturday, October 23, at 2:45 p.m. – Performance by the Prairefire Poets, Eau Claire Room, LEPMPL, Eau Claire, WI
Selected Publications
- Acting Lessons, Parallel Press, 2008
- Shorts – 101 Brief Poems of Wonder and Surprise, Zelda Wilde Publishing, 2005
- America’s Greatest Unknown Poet, Lorine Niedecker in Letters, Reminiscences, Photographs and Her Poems, Zelda Wilde Publishing, 2003
Web Site
http://www.bookthatpoet.com/poets/lehmanjo.html
