Today in the ArtZany Radio studio Paula Granquist welcomes poets Marie Vogl Gery, Andrea Een and Riki Kölbl Nelson from Penchant Poets to celebrate the publication of their new collection What Wakes Her in the Night.
What Wakes Her in the Night, Penchant Poets and Their Poems: Thursday, October 17, 5:00pm – 7:00pm at FiftyNorth, 1651 Jefferson Parkway, Northfield, MN
What Wakes Her In The Night, their fifth anthology of poems, is not yet a New York Times best seller. On the other hand, it offers great reading and listening. For more than fifty years, these women have been writing and creating a conversation where all voices are welcome. Northfield Women Poets evolved to Penchant as poets moved away from Northfield. Copies of the book will be available for sale at $20. Coffee and cookies will be served after the reading; 5-6pm Reading, 6-7pm Coffee and cookies Cost is free.
Penchant was founded circa 1970 by Karen Herseth Wee and Riki Kölbl Nelson as Northfield Women Poets. The group meets weekly during the academic year, and monthly during the summer, to read and critique each other’s work. Penchant/NWP has given numerous readings in Northfield and elsewhere, and has led poetry workshops at the Northfield Arts Guild. Penchant/NWP has published four anthologies of their work.
