There's a new Upper Peninsula Poet Laureate: Beverly Matherne.
Along with her new title, Beverly is professor emerita of English at Northern Michigan University, the former director of the Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing, a poetry editor of Passages North, and an author of poetry books. She's won prizes for her poetry, including the Hackney Literary Award for Poetry.
Beverly plans to visit middle and high school classrooms throughout the Upper Peninsula, where she will promote poetry through interactive lessons and writing activities.
Public Radio 90's Kurt Hauswirth spoke with Beverly, along with the former U.P. Poet Laureate (and current Vice President of the U.P. Poet Laureate Foundation) Marty Achatz:
Visit uppoetlaureate.org for more information about the foundation and activities.
For more information on this year's U.P. Poet Laureate, visit this link.
