Link to May 8 GM Today article, "Word Up".Excerpt: When Friends of the Milwaukee Public Library chose Susan Firer as Milwaukee’s poet laureate for 2008-09, library director Paula Kiely said, "I know you will be a great ambassador for the library and for poetry."
The Whitefish Bay resident is the fifth poet to hold the honorary position. The laureate project aims to reaffirm the role of poets in society. The assistant English professor at UW-Milwaukee and award-winning author of five published books of poetry embarked with passion on trips to Nebraska, Kansas, Utah, Chicago and Madison for readings, workshops and panel discussions with other poet laureates.
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