[This bibliography is number 64 in the series "Wisconsin
Bibliographies in Women's Studies" published by the
University of Wisconsin System Women's Studies Librarian's
Office, 430 Memorial Library, 728 State Street, Madison, WI
53706; 608-263-5754; email: the Women's Studies Librarian.]
WISCONSIN WOMEN WRITERS OF ADULT FICTION AND POETRY
1962 - 1992
This bibliography in the series WISCONSIN BIBLIOGRAPHIES
IN WOMEN'S STUDIES covers the work of 123 Wisconsin women
authors of adult fiction and poetry who published one or more
books between 1962-1992. While the focus is on authors of
fiction or poetry, codes beside the names indicate the
writers who have also produced nonfiction or plays. For
authors who have published many books, the works cited are
selective.
These Wisconsin writers cannot be classified according
to genres, which range from historical novels to nature
poems, from romances to horror tales. Nor can their writing
be categorized by a particular place, although each writer
has a Wisconsin connection. Some were born in Wisconsin, but
others came to this state from as far away as Russia,
Vietnam, India, and South Africa. At least nine women share
their ethnic heritage through their work: African American,
Native American, Chicana, and Japanese American.
This bibliography has been compiled so that we may share
the diversity and appreciate the creativity being expressed
by the women of Wisconsin -- both those who grew up in the
neighborhoods of this state as well as those who were
transplanted to Wisconsin communities either permanently or
briefly.
A list of the sources consulted to compile this
bibliography is included. Sources of continuing information
on Wisconsin writers are the column "Readable Wisconsin"
appearing annually in an issue of Channel DLS from the
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Division for
Library Services; the Wisconsin Library Association's annual
list of books by Wisconsin authors; and issues of the
Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts &
Letters.
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CRITERIA
Authors were selected on the basis of:
1. having resided in Wisconsin for at least a year's time;
2. having published one or more books of fiction or poetry
for adults since 1962.
CODES
F = Fiction writer
NF = Nonfiction writer
P = Poet
Pl = Playwright
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FOLAMI ABIADE P
(Milwaukee)
African American poet whose work has appeared in
Gathering Place of the Waters: 30 Milwaukee Poets (1983), A
Confluence of Colors (1984), and Winter Nest (1987). Her
book, There's Magic in the Dust: We don't need no aspirin,
was published in Milwaukee in 1986. An MA thesis entitled
Mythology in Film: Can Spike Lee Bring Something New to the
Table? (1991) is available at the University of
Wisconsin--Milwaukee.
KATHLEEN S. ABRAMS F,NF,P
(Wausau)
Her book, Rural Route Reflections (1981), has been
described as "a collection of short prose and poetry for the
person who likes to walk the backwoods". Also writes
nonfiction.
ELLEN AKINS F
(Cornucopia)
Born and raised in South Bend, Indiana. Lived in
Chicago. Her latest book lists Ms. Akins as the town
constable of Cornucopia, WI. Has published Home Movie: A
Novel (Simon & Schuster, 1988); Little Woman: A Novel (Harper
& Row, 1990) and World Like a Knife (Johns Hopkins Univ.
Press, 1991) which is a collection of short stories. Her
stories have also appeared in periodicals such as the Georgia
Review and Southwest Review. Winner of the 1989 Whiting
Writer's Award and Ingram Merrill Foundation Award as well as
a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
JO BARTELS ALDERSON (1930 - ) NF,P,Pl
(Janesville, Oshkosh)
Born in Janesville, WI. A published poet, play reviewer,
editor, free-lance writer and playwright. Her publications
include a trilogy of poetry books entitled Owls, Owls Too and
II, and Tri-Owls (Company for Wisconsin Arts Press 1980,
1984, 1988). Tri-Owls was the 1st place winner in the poetry
division of the 1988 National Federation of Press Women's
Communications Competition. Past president and member of the
board of directors for both the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets
and the Council of Wisconsin Writers.
PAT ALEA (1945- ) P
(Lake Geneva, Milwaukee)
Born in Chicago, grew up in Kansas City, went to school
in Milwaukee. Currently, she's living on a farm in Lake
Geneva, WI. Has published poetry in various small magazines.
Her poetry also appeared in A Change in the Weather: Midwest
Women Poets (1978) which credited her with one book of poetry
entitled Terrarium.
SHIRLEY BOWERS ANDERS P
(Fox Valley)
Writer-in-residence at UW-Fox Valley. Poetry published
in several journals and two chapbooks, Shirley Anders: Poems
(1984) and The Bus Home (1986). Received the North Carolina
Arts Fellowship in 1985 and a Devins Award from the
University of Wisconsin Press in 1986.
ELIZABETH BALESTRIERI P,F
(Milwaukee)
Taught creative writing and composition at UW-Milwaukee.
Prize winning chapbook is entitled Flowers of the Mouth,
Birds of the Eyes (Bucksnort Press, 1986). Her thesis
entitled
Geo-graphics: A Novel, Stories, Poems (1986) is available at
the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
BETTIANNE BALLWEG P
Her poetry appeared in The Heel of Her Skirt (1976) and
her publication Echoes; The Funeral; No, Roses; Pills (too
many) (Evanscent Press, 1977).
SUSAN BARTELS. See Susan Bartels Ludvigson.
MARGARET BENBOW (1944 - ) P
(Madison)
Born in Wisconsin. Attended school in Madison in the
late 1960s. Her poetry has appeared in many literary
journals as well as anthologies such as The Journey Home
(1989). She has had two chapbooks published: Poems by
Margaret Benbow and Bride and Bear (Quixote Press).
SALLY BENFORADO (1924 - ) F,P
(Madison)
Born in New York state. Moved to Wisconsin over 20 years
ago. She is a free-lance writer and teacher who works with
the UW-Madison Continuing Education and Creative Arts/Over
Sixty. In 1987, received an award from the Council of
Wisconsin Writers for her collection of short fiction
entitled Bring Me A Story (Floricanto Press, 1986). Has had
poems published in Feminist Connection, Writing Women, and
Madison Area Writers Anthology.
MARTHA BERGLAND (1945 - ) F,P
(Milwaukee, Glendale)
Born in Oklahoma City, OK. Earned an M.A. from
UW-Milwaukee in 1976. An instructor in English at Milwaukee
Area Technical College since 1984, her publications include A
Farm Under a Lake (novel published by Graywolf Press, 1989);
and a chapbook entitled Fish (Nemesis Press, 1975). Her
short story, "An Embarrassment of Ordinary Riches" won the
Council of Wisconsin Writers annual contest in 1987, was
included in the Pushcart Prize XII and listed as one of "One
Hundred Other Distinguished Stories" in The Best American
Short Stories 1987.
ELAINE BERGSTROM F
(Milwaukee)
The Wisconsin Library Association has Bergstrom listed as
a Wisconsin author. Her tales of horror are Shattered Glass,
Blood Alone, and Blood Rites (Jove, 1989, 1990, 1991).
LOIS BERTOLINO (1947 - ) P
(Madison)
Her poetry has appeared in a variety of journals as well
as the anthology New Poetry Out of Wisconsin (1969). At one
time, she worked for the Madison Public Library. Her
collection of poetry entitled Garden of Eve was published by
Abraxas Press in 1968.
MARJORIE M(ARKS) BITKER (1901 - 1990) F,P,NF
(Milwaukee)
Born in New York City, graduate of Barnard College, began
professional writing career as an occasional journalist while
working on her master's degree at Columbia University.
Married, had three daughters. Moved to Milwaukee in 1957.
Wrote book reviews for the Milwaukee Journal. Under her
maiden name, Marks, has published stories in the New Yorker
and Parents Magazine. Her publications include Kindle an
Inward Sun: Poems for the New Year (1984), Thanks for Giving
and Other Poems (1990) as well as the novels A Different
Flame and Gold of Evening (Popular Library, 1976, 1975). She
was a board member of the Council of Wisconsin Writers from
1970 through 1977. Also listed as a founder and past
president of the Friends of Wisconsin Libraries and the
Friends of Milwaukee Public Library.
GRACE BOGSTEAD P
(Milwaukee, Oconto County)
A native of Oconto County in northern Wisconsin, Bogstead
published a book of poetry entitled God's Reflections Shine
On Me (1977). A review in the Wisconsin Academy Review
(June 1978) noted these poems were "moving, direct
expressions of her religious feelings".
JAI BRETT P
(Milwaukee)
A former journalist who has lived in England, Brett with
Nancy Nunn published Close But Not Touching (Spindrift Press,
1986). 26 poems in the collection were written by Brett.
JANET KAY BRICE (1954 - ) P
(Reedsville, Baraboo)
Born in Reedsville, WI. Her book of poetry, Sweet and
Flaky, was published by Shepard Publishing in 1984.
HAZEL F. BRIGGS. See Hazel Rice.
MARY BRINGLE F
Wisconsin Library Association identified this writer as a
former Wisconsinite. Currently, lives in New York and has
written a number of mysteries including The Footpath Murder;
Hacks at Lunch: A Novel of the Literary Life and Murder Most
Gentrified.
GWENDOLYN BROOKS (1917 - ) P,F
(Madison)
Poet and novelist. Taught poetry at a number of colleges
and universities including UW-Madison in 1969. She was the
first black author to win a Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 1950
for Annie Allen. New York Times Book Review article by Toni
Cade Bambara notes that Brooks "has been applauded for
revelations of the African experience in America,
particularly her sensitive portraits of black women".
INGA GILSON CALDWELL (1897 - ) P
(Oshkosh, Waupaca)
Attended Oshkosh State Teacher's College (now University
of Wisconsin) in 1924-25. Was a school teacher for 20 years
in Waupaca, WI. A charter member of the Wisconsin Fellowship
of Poets and the Wisconsin Regional Writers Association, her
books of poetry are entitled Still Waters (Bruce Humphries,
1950), Giants in My Valley, and Jonquils in December
(Douglas-West, 1971, 1974).
JACKIE CALHOUN F
(Laona)
Born and raised in Wisconsin, lived in Indiana for 27
years, moved back to Wisconsin 1987. Divides her time
between home and her cottage. Her first novel, Lifestyles,
was published by Naiad Press in 1990.
ROBIN S. CHAPMAN (1942 - ) P
(Madison)
Has published poetry in journals such as Nimrod and
Poetry as well as being a frequent contributor to the
Wisconsin Academy Review. Her publications include
Distance, Rate, Time: Poems and Learning to Talk: Poems
(Fireweed, 1989, 1991). She received a 1990 Wisconsin Arts
Board Development Award in Poetry. Ms. Chapman teaches
courses in children's language development at the UW-Madison.
KELLY CHERRY F,NF,P
(Madison)
Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Cherry has been a
professor in English and writer-in-residence at University of
Wisconsin- Madison since 1977. Author of several books of
poetry including Lovers & Agnostics, Natural Theology, and
Relativity: A Point of View as well as five novels. Has
received a number of awards including being named a Notable
Wisconsin Author in 1991 by the Wisconsin Library
Association. WLA also recognized her for Outstanding
Achievement for her book My Life & Dr. Joyce Brothers: A
Novel in Stories (Algonquin, 1990). The Exiled Heart: A
Meditative Autobiography was published in 1991.
LAURA CHESTER (1949 - ) NF,P
(Oconomowoc Lake)
Once a resident of Wisconsin as listed in the Directory
of American Poets (1973 edition). Her books of poetry
include The All Night Salt Licks (Tribal Press, 1972) and
Free Rein (Burning Deck, 1988).
JOSIE CHURCHILL (1895 - ) F
(Westby)
At the age of 84 wrote Dirt Roads: A Collection of
Stories (LaCrosse Tribune/Crescent Printing, 1981) which
were based on her childhood in Vernon County near Dell,
Wisconsin. Has also written the sequel, Among the Hills.
LENORE MCCOMAS COBERLY (1925 - ) P,NF
(Madison)
Native of West Virginia, has traveled extensively in the
Far East, had one of her poems published in China, teaches
poetry writing to the elderly in Madison where she lives.
Her two collections of poetry are Drink From a Sulphur Well
(Pieris Japonica Press, 1973) and Belonging (Fireweed Press,
1989). Has also written nonfiction.
DAISY CUBIAS P
(Milwaukee)
Cubias is originally from El Salvador and has traveled
extensively in Central America with her bilingual poetry.
Currently, lives and works in Milwaukee. Her poems have
appeared in A Confluence of Colors (1984), Variedades
Magazine and Catholic Worker. Her book, Children of War:
Poems of Love, Pain, Hope and Determination = Los Hijos de
la Guerra, was published in both Managua and the United
States (1989).
SHARON CURTIS (1951 - ) F
(Madison, Milwaukee, Waukesha)
Born in Dahran, Saudia Arabia, immigrated to the United
States, naturalized citizen, attended the UW-Madison. Writes
romances with co-author Thomas Dale Curtis under the
pseudonym, Laura London. Books include A Heart Too Proud
(1978) and The Wildflower (1984).
DOROTHY DALTON (1915 - dec) P
(Green Bay, Menasha)
Born in New York City, she earned a B.S.A. at the
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, did post graduate study at
Columbia University and later lived in Menasha, WI for many
years. Her four volumes of poetry were Poems (Olivant Press
1967), Midnight and Counting (Charas Press 1973), The Moon
Rides Witness (Wolfsong 1978) and Unfinished and Holding
(1984). Her poetry also appeared in journals and anthologies
such as And Her Name Shall Be Demeter: An Anthology of Fox
River Valley Women Poets.
XUAN MAI DANG P
Vietnamese poet whose work appears in A Confluence of
Colors and Winter Nest. Published Tinh Tho Trong Mat Ngoc
or The Love of Poetry is in Your Eyes (Van Hoc, CA 1982).
FRANCES DAVIES. See Leone Lewesohn.
PEGGY HANSEN DOPP F
(Wild Rose)
Co-authored with Barbara Fitz Vroman the book, Tomorrow
is a River (1977), which won the Council of Wisconsin
Writers Award for Fiction. The novel is about life in
nineteenth century Wisconsin. Dopp lives in Wild Rose,
Wisconsin which is a few miles from the Tomorrow River.
MADELEINE DORAN (1905 - ) P,NF
(Madison)
Professor Emeritus in English of the UW-Madison. Her
book of poetry, Time's Foot, won the 1975 Banta Award given
by the Wisconsin Library Association which also named her a
Notable Wisconsin Author in 1980. Other publications include
Something About Swans: Essays (University of Wisconsin
Press, 1973). Also written nonfiction. An interview with
the author is in the oral history project located in the
UW-Madison archives collection.
MARJORIE DORNER (1942 - ) F,Pl
(Luxemburg, DePere, Milwaukee, Oshkosh)
Born in Luxemburg, WI. She earned her B.A. from St.
Norbert College in DePere, her M.A. from Marquette University
and her Ph.D. from Purdue University. Taught English at
UW-Oshkosh and St. Norbert College. Currently teaching at
Winona State University in Winona MN. Her novels include
Family Closets (McGraw-Hill 1989), Freeze Frame (Morrow
1990) and Winter Roads, Summer Fields (Milkweed 1991).
SUE DORO (1937 - ) F,P
(Milwaukee)
Once a member of the Milwaukee Chapter of the Feminist
Writer's Guild, her books are Of Birds and Factories
(People's Books & Crafts 1983); Heart, Home and Hard Hats:
The Non- traditional Work & Words of a Woman Machinist &
Mother (Midwest Villages & Voices 1986); and Blue Collar
Goodbyes (1992).
SUSAN HERR ENGBERG (1940 - ) F
(Appleton, Milwaukee)
Born in Dubuque, Iowa. Earned a B.A. from Lawrence
University in Appleton in 1962. Since college, she has lived
in New York, Connecticut, Illinois and Iowa. In 1979, moved
back to Wisconsin with her husband and two daughters. Her
collection of short stories, Pastorale (Univ. of Illinois
Press 1982), won the 1983 Banta Award from the Wisconsin
Library Association. The titles of her other collections are
A Stay by the River (Viking 1985) and Sarah's Laughter and
Other Stories (Knopf 1991). Has also published short stories
in such publications as Ploughshares and Prairie Schooner.
ROSE ESTES F
Writer of science fiction/fantasy novels. Authored eight
of the Dungeons and Dragon series. Other titles include
Blood of the Tiger and Brother to the Lion, each a volume of
the Saga of the Lost Lands.
SARAH WEBSTER FABIO (1928 - 1979) P,Pl
(Madison)
Black playwright, poet, and a professor of Afro-American
literature born in Nashville, TN. She taught creative
writing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1978
shortly before her death. One of her publications was
entitled A Mirror : A Soul (1969) was a 2 part volume of
poems.
HELEN FAHRBACH (1919 - ) P
(Neenah, Menasha)
Born in Neenah, WI, she lived in Menasha where she worked
as a special services librarian. Ms. Fahrbach has retired,
lives and writes in Neenah, teaches creative writing
workshops and is active in writing organizations across the
state. Her two collections are entitled No One Rides the
Carousel & Other Poems (Butte Des Morts Press 1978 and A
Thousand Journeys: Poems (Perin Press 1989). Has also had
poems published in various journals including the Wisconsin
Academy Review.
JEAN FERACA (1943 - ) P
(Madison)
Born in New York City, she has been with Wisconsin Public
Radio since 1984. She produces and hosts a daily call-in
talk show. Her poetry has appeared in several journals
including the special issue of the Wisconsin Academy of
Sciences, Arts and Letters entitled Wisconsin Poetry (1991).
Her collection of poetry, South from Rome: Il Mezzogiorno was
published by Larkspur Press in 1976. She is the winner of
the 1975 Discovery Award.
ANN EVELYN FILEMYR P,NF
(Milwaukee)
Once a member of the Milwaukee chapter of the Feminist
Writer's Guild, her publications include Journey of Hags:
Come With Me, This Is Our Journey and Like All Journeys, It
is a Circle, a Cycle, a Revolution, a Dance (Wicked Witch of
the Midwest 1981) and Thinking (P. Scobey's Vintage Press
1987). Also has written nonfiction.
SUSAN FIRER (1948 - ) P
(Milwaukee)
Teaches at the UW-Milwaukee and has been awarded an
Academy of American Poets prize and a Wisconsin Arts Board
Fellowship. Her poetry has appeared in a variety of journals
and anthologies such as A Change in the Weather: Midwest
American Poets (1978). Her collections are entitled Her Hands
Were Old & Other Poems (Albatross Press 1972) and My Life
With the Tsar & Other Poems (New Rivers Press 1979).
VICTORIA FORD P
(Dane County)
Her work has appeared in the Wisconsin Academy Review and
the Wisconsin Poets Calendar 1987. Ford was a co-winner in
the First Dane County Poetry Competition. Her collection is
entitled Following the Swans (Fireweed 1988).
RUTH MARY FOX P,NF
(Racine, Milwaukee, Madison)
A professor emeritus of the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee who has also taught at Edgewood College
in Madison. A collection of her poetry, Some Did Return, was
published by Wakebrooks House in 1976. Her poetry also
appeared in a variety of magazines as well as the anthology
New Poetry Out of Wisconsin (1969).
RONA GAHR P
(Milwaukee)
Her poetry has appeared in several anthologies including
Poetry Out of Wisconsin V (1980). She has had one book, Mood
Poetry for Mother (Triton Press 1978), published . She lives
in Milwaukee.
MARGARET GEORGE F
(Madison)
Born in Nashville, TN, her early childhood was spent
overseas in such places as Taiwan, Israel and Germany because
her father was a career diplomat. George has lived in
Wisconsin since 1975 when her husband joined the faculty of
the UW Medical School in Madison. Her first novel, The
Autobiography of Henry VIII (St. Martin's Press 1986) won the
1987 Banta Award given by the Wisconsin Library Association.
BARBARA BROWNE GIBSON (1930 - ) P,NF
(Milwaukee)
Her poetry appeared in New Poetry Out of Wisconsin (1969)
which noted she was in the English Department at the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her books include Say My
Name (Cronopios 1963) and In The Water of Crystal Lake I
Float Free (Morgan Press, 1969). The latter volume was also
illustrated by the author. She co-authored Our Bedroom's
Underground: Poems (Kenwood 1963) with Morgan Gibson.
NOREEN GILPATRICK F
Currently living in Wisconsin, her book Piano Man (St.
Martin's Press 1991) was chosen as the Best First Traditional
Mystery in the First Annual St. Martin's Press Malice
Domestic Contest. The setting for this mystery is the Puget
Sound from where she was transplanted.
MARIA GITIN (1946 - ) P,NF
(Madison)
Born in Petaluma, CA, she now lives and teaches English
in California. She attended the University of
Wisconsin-Madison in 1972-73 (finished her B.A. at Antioch
University 1979). Her poetry has appeared in the anthology
In Touch: Poems by Women (1972) as well as in her two
collections entitled Little Movies (Ithaca House 1975) and
Night Shift (Blue Wind Press 1977). Has also published a
cookbook.
IEFKE GOLDBERGER P
(Madison, Milwaukee)
Born of Dutch parents in Spain, she was educated in
Utrecht, The Hague and Amsterdam. Moved to California in
1957 and to Wisconsin in 1960. At one time, Goldberger
taught Dutch at the UW-Madison as well as working as a
librarian in the Rare Book Department of Memorial Library.
Has since moved to Milwaukee. Her poetry has appeared in
several journals such as Delta (The Netherlands) and Lynx.
Her poetry collections are entitled The Catch (1982) and The
Weeping Crab (Sol Press 1984).
JUDY GREENSPAN P
(Milwaukee)
Greenspan is listed in the Wisconsin section of the
Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers. Her poetry
collections are entitled We Are All Lesbians and To Lesbians
Everywhere (Violet Press 1972, 1976).
JANE HAMILTON (1957 - ) F
Lives, works and writes in an orchard farmhouse in
Wisconsin. Her novel, The Book of Ruth (Anchor Books 1988),
won both the 1989 Banta Award from the Wisconsin Library
Association as well as the 1989 PEN/Ernest Hemingway
Foundation award for best first novel.
Her short stories have also appeared in Harper's magazine.
PORTIA HANSON P
(Milwaukee)
Her chapbook, Of Water (Valhalla Publications 1986), was
reviewed in the Wisconsin Academy Review of Books (1987).
The review noted that Hanson was a Ph.D. candidate at the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
CONSTANCE OLSON HAYES F,NF
(Stoughton)
Grew up in Stoughton, WI. Lived in Washington D.C. area
for most of her married life. She published The Lure of New
York & Other Stories in 1975 and The Mood of Youth & Other
Stories in 1986. Has also written an autobiography.
INEZ HERNANDEZ P
A Chicana/Native American poet of Nez Perce heritage
whose poems appeared in Winter Nest (1987). Her publications
include Con Razon Corazon or No Wonder My Heart (1980). She
now lives in Davis, California.
P. C. HODGELL (Patricia Christine 1951 - ) F
(Oshkosh)
Born in Des Moines, she was a teacher of English at
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh from 1981 to 1985. She has
been working on her Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota. As
a writer of fantasy novels, her publications include God
Stalk (1982).
ELLEN HUNNICUTT F
(Big Bend, Milwaukee)
Born in Indiana, she has lived with her family in Big
Bend, Wisconsin for over 20 years. Gives piano lessons and
has taught creative writing at Waukesha County Technical
College and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her
publication, In the Music Library (University of Pittsburgh
1987) is a collection of short stories which won the 1988
Drue Heinz Literary prize. Her first novel, Suite for
Calliope (Walker & Co. 1987), was the 1988 winner of the
Wisconsin Library Association Banta Award.
MYRTLE COOK JACKSON P
(Knapp, Shawano, Stevens Point, Eau Claire, Green Bay)
Graduate of Stevens Point State Teacher's Normal School
and Eau Claire State. She originally "wrote out" for her
first Teacher Certificate in 1907 when she graduated from
grade school. Began publishing poetry in the 1940s and was
included in Poetry Out of Wisconsin V (1980). Her
collections are The Butternut Tree (Christopher 1970),
Trillium & Mayflowers (1967) and Sunshine on the Trees
(Windfall Press 1962). In 1980, she was a resident of Green
Bay.
TERESA KENNEDY (1953 - ) F,NF
(Madison)
Attended the UW-Madison where she majored in dramatics
and creative writing. Has worked as an assistant literary
agent, a free-lance editor and a professional fortune-teller.
Currently, she resides in New York. Two of her short stories
appear in Wisconsin Images (Wisconsin Arts Board 1978). She
has published a novel entitled Baby Todd and the Rattlesnake
Stradivarius (St. Martin's Press 1987). Also has written
young adult novels under the pseudonym Kate Vickery.
MARY KIRCHOFF F
(East Troy)
The Wisconsin Library Association identified Ms. Kirchoff
as a Wisconsin writer. She writes fantasy novels such as
Kendermore which is a volume in the Dragonlance series.
JUDITH KIRKWOOD P
Her poem, "Dear Paul", is included in the Hometown Poets
on Wisconsin Rag series published by Small Planets Press in
1991. Her collection of poetry entitled The Climate of Dreams
was also published by Small Planets Press in 1979.
MARY KITTREDGE (1949 - ) F,NF
(Milwaukee)
This mystery writer was identified as a Wisconsin writer
by the Wisconsin Library Association. Her books include Dead
and Gone (Walker 1989); Fatal Diagnosis: An Edwina Crusoe
Mystery (St. Martin's Press 1990); and Barbara McClintock
(Chelsea House 1991).
CHARYL KNEEVERS P
(Milwaukee)
Once a member of the Milwaukee chapter of the Feminist
Writer's Guild, she has published one collection of poetry
entitled Heartwood Echoes (Singing Stone Press 1983).
ELLEN KORT (1936 - ) P,F,NF
(Glenwood, Clintonville, Menomonie, Appleton)
Born in Glenwood, raised in Menomonie, lives in Appleton.
A mother of six children who has worked as an assistant
manager and talk show host on a radio station in Appleton.
She has written poetry, short stories, articles, humorous
essays, and children's books as well as editing an anthology
of Fox Valley Women Poets entitled And Her Name is Demeter
(1981). The Wisconsin Academy Review states in the review of
her collection, There Is Something Ancient Here (Woelfinger
Press 1986), that hers is "a voice resonant with Wisconsin
country sounds and images, and her readers are blessed with
poetry that explores not only her past but the past of us
all".
CATHERINE M. KRUEGER (1908 - ) F,NF
(Howards Grove)
A Wisconsin writer as identified by the Wisconsin Library
Association, her publications include Songs in the Night &
Other Stories (Vintage Press 1975) and Mother Was a Bachelor
(Vantage 1983). She has also published a biography of her
husband, Arthur Michael Krueger (1910-1973), a United Church
of Christ clergyman, entitled Letters to Art: A Biography of
Sorrow, A Celebration of Hope (Vantage 1978).
PEG CARLSON LAUBER (1938 - ) P
(Eau Claire)
Born in Detroit, she now teaches creative writing and
women's literature at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
Her poetry has been published in a variety of journals and
anthologies such as A Change in the Weather: Midwest Women
Poets (Rhiannon Press 1978) which she also edited. Her
chapbooks are entitled Locked in the Wayne County Courthouse
(Rhiannon Press) and Wonderful Things Refuse to Happen in
Grand Rapids (Piirto Press 1979).
MARY (BARTELT) LEADER F,NF
(Milwaukee, Shorewood, Mequon)
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Earned an A.A. degree from
the University of San Antonio, a B.A. from the University of
Texas, and her M.A. from the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She worked as a reporter for the
Milwaukee Journal during World War II; as a news and feature
writer as well as theater reviewer for the Cedarburg News
Graphic; and as an actress in a touring company of "Women of
Destiny". Each of her two novels, Triad (1973) and Salem's
Children (Leisure Books 1979), contain elements of the
supernatural.
LEONE LEWESOHN F
(Milwaukee)
Under the pseudonym, Frances Davies, writes romances for
the lines Second Chance At Love and Harlequin.
ANGELA LOBO-COBB P
(Madison)
Madison poet and lecturer. Has edited and contributed to
A Confluence of Colors: The First Anthology of Minority
Wisconsin Poets (1984) and Winter Nest: A Poetry Anthology
of Midwestern Women Poets of Color (1987). Her book, Roots
and Rootlessness: Poems of Indian History, Change and
Migratory Experience was published by the Writers Workshop of
Calcutta in 1983. She has lectured on poetry in India,
Europe and the USA.
LAURA LONDON. See Sharon Curtis.
SUSAN BARTELS LUDVIGSON (1942 - ) P
(Rice Lake)
In Contemporary Authors, Ludvigson writes, "I was born
and grew up in a small northern Wisconsin town, Rice Lake --
a place that continues to fascinate me and that figures in
many of my poems". Writing under the name Susan Bartels, her
books include Step Carefully into the Night (1976) and
Northern Lights (1981).
FRANCES MAY P
(Sturgeon Bay)
A past president of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets,
her collection entitled Night Letters (1971) won a Wisconsin
Press Association Award. She has also published in poetry
journals and anthologies such as Poetry Out of Wisconsin V
(1980).
JERI MCCORMICK (1934 - ) P,NF
(Madison)
Spent her childhood in the Kentucky Cumberlands. A
Wisconsin resident since 1970, she received an M.S. at the
UW-Madison, teaches creative writing at senior centers and
works as an editor in the State Department of Administration.
The poetry in her chapbook, The Sun Rides in Your Ribcage
(Fireweed 1987), uses a variety of fairy tale images. Her
poems have also appeared in journals such as the Wisconsin
Academy Review and Abraxas.
EVE MERRIAM (1916 -1992) P,F,NF,Pl
(Madison)
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Attended Cornell
University, University of Pennsylvania (A.B. 1937) with
graduate study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and
Columbia University. Lives in New York. The author of more
than 40 books for adults and children. She has won many
awards for her poetry as well as an Obie Award from Village
Voice in 1976 for her play, "The Club". Her poetry
collections include The Double Bed: From the Feminine Side;
The Inner City Mother Goose; The Nixon Poems and Montgomery,
Alabama, Money Mississippi and Other Places.
EDNA K. MEUDT (1906 - 1989) P,Pl
(Wyoming Valley)
Born on a farm in Wyoming Valley, Wisconsin and a
life-long resident of Wisconsin. She was a teacher,
lecturer, editor and writer who published six books of poetry
and two plays. She received several awards including the
National League of American Pen Women prize in 1976 for her
collection of poems, The Ineluctable Sea; the Council for
Wisconsin Writers prize in 1977 for Promised Land; and the
University of Wisconsin award of distinction in 1978.
MARTHA MIHALYI (1953 - ) P
Her poetry has appeared in a special issue of the
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters entitled
Wisconsin Poetry (1991). She has been awarded a Wisconsin
Arts Board Fellowship, a Minnesota Loft Mentor Award, a Lake
Superior Contemporary Writer's Award (twice) and a Devine
Fellowship. Her two books are The Woman in the Glass House
Speaks (Stone and Water Press) and Bloodflowers (Red Weather
Press).
LAUREL MILLS P
(Neenah)
Born in Maine, Mills has lived in Neenah for more that 10
years. The Wisconsin Library Association cited her book My
Gull is My Divining Rod with an Outstanding Achievement
Recognition in 1986. Her home is near Horicon Marsh, a
wildlife refuge for Canadian Geese on their annual migration
which is reflected in the images in her second book of poetry
Canada Geese Coming Home (Woelfinger Press 1986).
KYOKO MORI (1957 - ) F,P
(Milwaukee, DePere)
Earned her Ph.D in English/Creative Writing from the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and teaches at St. Norbert
College in DePere. Her poetry was featured in Sing Heavenly
Muse #15: Three Womem Poets and in the South Florida Poetry
Review (Winter 1987). Has also published a book of short
fiction entitled The Ritual in Roses and Silk (Morgan Press).
LORRIE MOORE (Marie Lorena 1957 - ) F
(Madison)
Creative writing professor at the UW-Madison. Her
collections of short stories, Self-Help (Knopf 1985) was
honored by the Wisconsin Library Association with an
Outstanding Achievement Recogition in 1986. Her other
collections are Anagrams (Knopf 1986) and Like Life (Knopf
1990).
LUCINDA OAKLAND MORKEN (1906 - ) P,NF
(Ettrick, Wausau, Taylor, Blair)
A member of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, her books
include Lines Across My Sky (Windy Row Press 1972) and Women
of Spirit (Morken 1986). During her career as a high school
English teacher, she taught in Wausau, Taylor and Blair
Wisconsin. Resides in her pioneer grandparents' farm.
ANDREA MUSHER P
(Madison, Whitewater)
Originally from the East Coast, Musher has lived in and
around Madison for over 12 years. The biography in the
anthology, Eleven Wisconsin Poets: A Whitewater Poetry
Sampler, states she has supported her "habit of writing
poetry with a variety of paying jobs including making
omelettes, acting in a dinner theater, teaching and helping
to establish a postsecondary education program in two state
prisons". Several of her poems have been published by
private presses including Poem for the Maple Leaves
(Flatlands Press 1982) which she wrote soon after coming to
Wisconsin.
DIANE NICHOLS P
(Oconto)
An author of poetry, fiction and free-lance articles, her
publication entitled This Sunheart, This Me was published by
Shelters Press in 1976. Nichols was one of the founders and
the chief editor of Primipara, a journal for and by Wisconsin
women which was published between 1974 and 1984.
LORINE NIEDECKER (1903 - 1970) P
(Fort Atkinson, Beloit, Madison)
She lived for most of her life on the Rock River near
Fort Atkinson. Attended Beloit College for two years after
graduating from high school in 1922. She also briefly lived
in Madison writing for WHA radio. From This Condensery: The
Complete Writings of Lorine Niedecker (edited by Robert J.
Bertholf and published in 1985) won the 1986 Banta Award
given by the Wisconsin Library Association. The WLA had
already named Niedecker a Notable Wisconsin Author in 1978.
Other publications include My Life By Water: Collected
Poems, 1936-1968 (Fulcrum Press, 1970) and Blue Chicory
(Elizabeth Press, 1976).
NANCY NUNN P
Published with Jai Brett a collection of poetry entitled
Close But Not Touching (Spindrift Press 1986). Eighteen
poems in this collection were written by Nunn. She's makes a
living in real estate sales.
JOYCE CAROL OATES (1938 - ) F,NF,P,Pl
(Madison)
Ms. Oates lived in Madison for one year (1960-61) while
earning an M.A. in English as the University of Wisconsin.
She has received many awards including the National Book
Award for Fiction in 1970 for them.
MARSHA PARKER (1952 - )
(Milwaukee, Madison, Beloit, New Berlin)
Born in Milwaukee. Attended UW-Madison and Beloit
College. She has been a writer and farmer in New Berlin since
1979. Her first novel Ghosts was published by Dutton in
1982.
MARIAN PAUST P,NF
(Richland Center)
A charter and life member of the Wisconsin Fellowship of
Poets, Paust has had several books of poetry published
including Honey To Be Savored (1968), Everybody Beats a Drum
(1970) and New Poems Hung Up to Dry (197?). She also has
been a member of the Wisconsin Regional Writers Association
since 1949.
ANGELA J. PECKENPAUGH (1942 - ) P
(Milwaukee, Whitewater)
Born in Richmond, Virginia, she moved to Milwaukee in
1968 and to Whitewater in 1982. Currently an associate
professor of English at the UW-Whitewater, her poems have
been publishied in both journals and anthologies such as
Eleven Wisconsin Poets (1987). Her books of poetry include
A Book of Charms (Barnwood) and Discovering the Mandala (Lake
& Prairies Press). She has received a Wisconsin Arts Board
Grant and honorable mentions from the Council of Wisconsin
Writers. The last few years she has been performing a series
of poems about women artists call "Courage and Color,
Creating Beyond Convention".
GRETA CELIA LAGRO POTTER (1894 - 1981) P
(West Superior)
Born in West Superior, Wisconsin, Greta Potter was
included in the book Wisconsin Women: A Gifted Heritage
(1982). Her publications include Chequamegon View Hilltop
and Other Poems (1977).
ANNE POWERS. See Anne Powers Schwartz.
PENNY PRITZL P
(Milwaukee)
The Wisconsin Library Association identified her as a
Wisconsin author with the publication of her book of poetry
entitled Tracing the Heartline (1990). A previous
collection, Tonight There Is a Pattern was published by the
author in 1986 in New Mexico.
SARA LINDSAY RATH (1941- ) P,NF,Pl
(Manawa, Gay Mills, Boscobel, Madison)
Born in Manawa, Wisconsin, she earned a B.A. in English
from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an M.F.A. in
writing from Vermont College, Vermont. Currently living in
Boston, her books of poetry are entitled Whatever Happened to
Fats Domino & Other Poems (Wisconsin House 1971); Cosmic
Virgin (Wisconsin House 1973); and Remembering the Wilderness
(Northword 1983) which was the winner of the 1984 Banta Award
from the Wisconsin Library Association. Rath has also won
awards for her nonfiction and teleplays written for WHA-TV.
GEORGIA JO RESSMEYER (1947 - ) F
(Milwaukee)
After growing up in a parsonage on Long Island, she also
lived in Indiana, Chicago, Toyko, New Haven and Milwaukee.
Once a member of the Milwaukee chapter of the Feminist
Writers Guild, the author's note in her book Bernice: A
Comedy in Letters (Metis Press 1984) reads "besides writing,
her careers have included shearing Christmas trees, teaching
English as a second language, practicing law, and organizing
women. She likes writing best. She loves women. Her sexual
preference is the Midwest".
HAZEL RICE (1896 - ) F,P
(Madison)
Writes under the name of Hazel F. Briggs. Publications
include Mary Carter on Behalf of the Aunts: A Novella (Rice
Publication, 1979; appeared in serial form in the Wisconsin
Academy Review in 1978) and I'll Tell You Tomorrow and Other
Stories (Northword, 1983). Also an interview with the author
is a part of an oral history project in the UW-Madison
archives collection.
SHEILA ROBERTS F,NF
(Milwaukee)
Originally from South Africa, she moved to Michigan in
1977 after her first novel, He's My Brother (reprinted in
U.S. as Johannesburg Requiem) was banned by the South African
government for obscenity and political content. In 1986, she
relocated again to teach at the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Most of her books and short stories
have been published in South Africa. Besides her creative
work, she is the author of many articles on South African
literature. Roberts became a U.S. citizen in 1990.
LISA RUFFOLO F
(Milwaukee, Madison)
Born in Milwaukee, she earned a B.A. from the UW-Madison
in 1979 and an M.A. from Johns Hopkins University in 1980.
Her short story collection, Holidays (New Rivers Press 1986),
was reviewed in the Wisconsin Academy Review of Books
(September 1988) as being "tightly crafted story-telling".
At the time of the review, Ruffolo was teaching writing
part-time at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The author
also has had stories published in the Madison Review. She
received a Wisconsin Arts Board Fellowship in 1984.
JESSICA KAWASUNA SAIKI F
(Watertown)
She grew up in a Japanese community in Hawaii. Her first
book, Once, A Lotus Garden and Other Stories, depicts life in
the small Japanese-Hawaiin community of Lunalilo during the
1930's and 1940's. Her second book, From the Lanai: And
Other Hawaii Stories was published by New Rivers Press in
1991. Also an accomplished artist, she has illustrated each
of her books. A longtime resident of Watertown, Wisconsin,
the author has recently moved to Denver, Colorado.
KAY SAUNDERS P,NF
(Appleton)
A native of Michigan now living in Appleton, her poetry
has been published in journals such as American Bard and
Primipara. A Whippoorwill Calls For Memories (Post Printing
1982) and Only the Footprints Are Gone (Saunders'
Enterprises 1987) are two collections of her poems. Her
book, Gift of the Strangers (Pearl- Win 1983), was a product
of her creative writing classes with the elderly.
ANNE POWERS SCHWARTZ (1913 - ) F
(Milwaukee)
Born in Cloquet, MN, this writer of historical romances
was a long time resident of Milwaukee. Publishing since the
1940's under the name of Anne Powers, her books include Young
Empress (1979) and To Follow the Passionate Heart (1980).
Most of her books have appeared in foreign editions and in
paperback.
R. E. SEBENTHALL (Roberta 1917 - 1979) P,F
(Eau Claire, Mount Horeb)
She lived most of her life in Mount Horeb although she
was born in Eau Claire. Her poetry appears in the anthology
The Journey Home (1989) as well as in her books entitled
Acquainted With a Chance of Bobcats (Rutgers Univ. Press
1969) and Anatomy of December (Juniper Press 1978). She
also published mysteries under the pseudonym of Paul Kruger
such as Weep For Willow Green: An Inner Sanctum Mystery and
The Cold Ones (Simon & Schuster 1966, 1972). Her other
pseudonyms were Roberta Hill and Harry Davis.
GERTI H. SENNETT (1919 - ) P
(Milwaukee, Keshena, Wisconsin Rapids, Bay View)
Her poems have appeared in a number of journals such as
the Wisconsin Academy Review and anthologies such as Poetry
Out of Wisconsin V (1980) and The Journey Home (1989). Of
Menominee heritage, her book of poetry, Dream Song to the
Buffalo Spirit (Company for Wisconsin Arts Press 1990) was
published under the name Kah-Shee-Nau-Wah. During her years
of residence, she was a member of the Wisconsin Fellowship of
Poets and the Wisconsin Regional Writers Association. She
now resides in California.
JANET BEELER SHAW (1937 - ) F,P
(Madison, Ridgeway)
A native of Springfield, Illinois, Shaw has lived in
Wisconsin for over 10 years. She has been a lecturer at the
University of Wisconsin and a visiting writer at Edgewood
College in Madison. The Wisconsin Library Association cited
two of her books for an Outstanding Achievement Recognition:
Some of the Things I Did Not Do (Univ. of Illinois Press
1984) which is a collection of short stories; and her novel
Taking Leave (Viking Penguin 1985). Her book of poetry,
Dowry (University of Missouri 1978), won a Devins Award. Has
also published six novels for children in The American Girls
Collection for the Pleasant Company.
LYNN SHOEMAKER P
(Whitewater)
Listed in the Directory of American Poets and Fiction
Writers, her poetry collections include Coming Home, Curse &
Blessings (Ithaca House 1973, 1978) and Hands (Lynx House
Press 1982).
MARY SHUMWAY (1926 -2000) P
(Portage, Plover, Oshkosh, Madison, Wisconsin Dells,
Stevens Point)
Born in Portage, grew up in Wisconsin Dells and is
currently an English professor at UW-Stevens Point. Her
poetry has appeared in a variety of journals including the
Wisconsin Academy Review. Her books of poetry include
Practicing Vivaldi (Juniper Press) and Time & Other Birds
(Konglomerati Press). She is also a musician who plays the
violin, trumpet and baritone horn.
SUE SILVERMARIE P
(Milwaukee)
Once a member of the Milwaukee chapter of the Feminist
Writers Guild, her book Imagine Her Satisfaction (Midwife
Press 1985) was awarded 3rd place for a 1985 poetry book by
the Council of Wisconsin Writers.
MONA (ELIZABETH) SIMPSON (1957 - ) F
(Green Bay)
A resident of Wisconsin until the age of twelve, Ms.
Simpson uses her native Green Bay which she calls Bay City as
one of two main settings in her first novel, Anywhere But
Here (Knopf 1987). She has published short stories in the
literary journals Ploughshares and Iowa Review as well as a
second novel, The Lost Father (Knopf 1991).
HELEN CATHERINE SNYDER SMITH (1903 - ) P
(Evansville, Janesville)
A member of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts &
Letters since 1941, her poetry has appeared in many different
journals and anthologies including New Poetry Out of
Wisconsin (1969). Her publications include a collection of
poems entitled But Not Yet published in 1973.
KAY NOLTE SMITH (1932 - ) F
(Baraboo)
The Wisconsin Library Association identified as an
author with a Wisconsin connection. She moved to New York
after growing up in Minnesota and Wisconsin to pursue a
career as an actress and writer. Her book The Watcher (1980)
won a Mystery Writers of America/Edgar Allan Poe Award for
best first novel. Her most recent book is entitled A Tale of
the Wind: A Novel of 19th Century France was published by
Villard in 1991.
KAREN A. SNIDER P
(Milwaukee)
While a member of the Feminist Writers Guild Milwaukee
chapter, she published a book of poetry entitled Aunty Em is
a Prisoner in Kansas (Wicked Witch of the Midwest 1981).
Salient Seedling Press published her poem Dorothy During
Wounded Knee: A Portrait At Sixteen in 1985.
RUTH STONE (1915 - ) P
(Madison)
Born in Roanoke, Virginia, she has taught English at a
number of colleges and universities including the UW-Madison
(1967-1969). A Guggenheim Fellow, her poetry collections
include Topography & Other Poems (1970) and Second Hand
Coat: New & Selected Poems (1987). She has also been the
subject of a documentary film, "The Excuse: The Poetry of
Ruth Stone".
JANET STRECHER P
Her first collection of poems, Dream Machines and Magic
Potions: Other Notes from Life (Phaedrus Press 1986) was
reviewed by the Wisconsin Academy Review of Books (September
1988). Many of the poems found in this volume give voice to
her experiences as a practicing nurse.
ANNE STUBBE (1911 - ) P
(Wausau)
Born on a farm in northeastern Wisconsin, she now lives
in Wausau. Her poetry has appeared in a number of journals
and anthologies since she began publishing in the 1960s. Her
first collection of poetry, Letters from the North Country,
was published by the Company for the Wisconsin Arts Press in
1987.
INGRID SWANBERG P
(Madison)
Born in Ross, California, she moved to Madison in 1973.
She edits and publishes the poetry journal Abraxas as well as
a poetry book series under the imprint Ghost Pony Press. Her
poetry has been published in the Wisconsin Academy Review,
Lips, and Osiris among other journals. Her books include
Flashlights (1981) and Letter to Persephone & Other Poems
(1984).
NANCY THAYER (1943 - ) F
(Racine)
Identified as a Wisconsin author by the Wisconsin
Library Association, her publications include Bodies and
Souls (Doubleday 1983); Nell (W. Morrow 1985); and Spirit
Lost (Schribner's 1988). Lived in Racine and taught at
UW-Parkside before moving to Nantucket.
BARBARA FITZ VROMAN F
(Hancock)
Born in Chicago, this former journalist for the Waushara
Argus is currently a free-lance writer living in Hancock,
Wisconsin. Co-authored her first novel Tomorrow is a River
with Peggy Hansen Dopp (see Dopp entry). Her second novel,
Sons of Thunder (1981), set in late 18th century Ireland
received the Milwaukee Journal Leslie Cross Award. Her
latest novel is entitled Linger Not a Chebar (Angel Press of
Wisconsin 1992).
PHYLLIS WALSH P,NF
(Richland Center)
She is now a resident of Richland Center after living in
rural Wisconsin for most of her life. Her poetry has
appeared in Primipara and other such journals. Her
collection, Like a Dream Waking, was published by the
Midwestern Writers' Publishing House in 1981. Her most
recent work is a biography of another Wisconsin women poet,
Lorine Niedecker: Solitary Plover (Juniper Press 1992).
MARGARET WEIS (1948 - ) F,NF
(Lake Geneva, Williams Bay)
Born in Independence, Missouri, Weis moved to Lake
Geneva Wisconsin in 1983 as an editor of juvenile romances
and other special products lines of TSR Hobbies, Inc. She
has been a free-lance writer since 1987. As a writer of
fantasy novels, she has authored and co-authored with Tracy
Hickman many of the books in the Dragonlance series. Has
also written nonfiction for young readers under Magaret Weis
and Margaret Baldwin (former married name).
EUDORA WELTY (1909 - ) F
(Madison)
Primarily viewed as a Southern writer, Ms. Welty did
earn her undergraduate degree at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. She lives in Mississippi. Her work has
received many awards including the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction
in 1973 for The Optimist's Daughter.
JO ANN (MUELLER) WENDT (1935 - ) F
(Oshkosh)
Romance writer who earned an M.S. from Wisconsin State
University (now UW-Oshkosh) in 1968. She lives in California
since her husband retired from the Air Force. During 26
years in the military, they lived in Hawaii, Japan, New
Jersey, Delaware, Florida, Texas, Alabama, and Virginia. As
a free-lance writer, she has been published in the a variety
of magazines and newspapers. Her romances include The Golden
Dove (1989) and Beyond the Savage Sea (1990).
VIOLA WENDT (1907 - ) P
(Waukesha)
A retired professor of English and poet-in-residence at
Carroll College whose home is in Waukesha. Her poetry
collections include The Wind is Rising (1979) and In Any
Available Light: New Poems (1983).
ROBERTA HILL WHITEMAN (1947 - ) P
(Baraboo, Madison, Stockbridge-Munsee Reservation, Eau
Claire)
A poet of Native American heritage, she grew up near the
Oneida Reservation. Attended UW-Madison and the University
of Montana, taught in South Dakota and on the
Stockbridge-Munsee Reservation in Wisconsin, and is currently
teaching Native American Literature at UW-Eau Claire. Her
poetry has appeared in in numerous journals including
Abraxas. The Wisconsin Library Association cited her
collection of poetry, Star Quilt (Holy Cow! Press 1984), with
an Outstanding Achievement Recognition.
GENEVIEVE SMITH WHITFORD P
(Madison)
Identified as a Wisconsin author by the Wisconsin
Library Association, her books of poetry are Queen Anne's
Lace & Other Poems and The Sound of the Harp (Harp Press
1982, 1989).
DORIS T. WIGHT (1929 - ) P,F
(Madison, Baraboo)
Born in Harvey, Illinois, she earned at Ph.D. in
Comparative Literature at the UW-Madison, and has been a
creative writing teacher at UW-Baraboo, Madison Area
Technical College, and UW- Extension. She has contributed
more than 400 hundred poems to 140 publications as well as
fiction. Her collection of poetry is entitled Bird Wings.
VICTORIA GLENN YATES P
(Madison, Janesville)
Born in Tennessee and educated in southern schools and
colleges. Upon retirement from professional life, she moved
from Madison to Janesville. Her poems appeared in Poetry Out
of Wisconsin V (1980) which credited her with a volume of
poetry entitled Why Me? (Existential Press 1977).
MARYA ZATURENSKA (1902 - 1982) P,NF
(Madison)
Born in Kiev, Russia, brought to the U.S. in 1909,
naturalized as a citizen in 1912, attended Valpariso
University in 1922-23 and the University of Wisconsin
1923-25. Her poetry collections include Collected Poems
(Viking 1965) and The Hidden Waterfall (1974). She also
wrote non-fiction and co-authored several books with her
husband, Horace G. Zaturenska.
CHRISTINA ZAWADIWSKY (1950 - ) P
(Milwaukee, Madison)
Born in New York City, she moved to Milwaukee at the age
of 14 and later attended UW-Madison. Her poetry collections
include The World at Large (Bieler Press 1978) and Sleeping
With the Enemy (Floating Island Press 1980). Her poetry has
appeared in a Pushcart Prize anthology as well as The Journey
Home (1989).
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