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Poetry and Conversation

  • L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, Riverview Room 400 Eau Claire Street Eau Claire, WI, 54701 United States (map)

Brenda Cárdenas

This event is the Nadine St. Louis Memorial Poetry Conversation 2025.

Poems and conversation with current Wisconsin Poet Laureate, Brenda Cárdenas, moderated by Max Garland.

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BRENDA CÁRDENAS was born and raised in Milwaukee and has also lived in Beaver Dam, Appleton, Menasha, and Fond du Lac. She obtained her undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and a Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in Creative Writing (Poetry) at the University of Michigan.

A former City of Milwaukee poet laureate, Cárdenas has authored two full-length books: Trace and Boomerang. She has also authored or co-authored three chapbooks: Bread of the Earth/The Last Colors, Achiote Seeds/Semillas de Achiote, and From the Tongues of Brick and Stone.

Learn more about Brenda Cárdenas at brendacardenas.net

Earlier Event: October 24
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Later Event: October 25
Author Leif Enger discusses "I Cheerfully Refuse"

Thank you to the following partners and sponsors for supporting this year’s festival.

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Pablo Center at the Confluence
University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire Foundation
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