We're so excited to bring this group of writers together at Amorphic! You should come--it'll be a fantastic reading, and we'd love to see you!
TERESA DZIEGLEWICZ is a Pushcart Prize-winning poet, educator, and lover of rivers and prairies. She is a Black Earth Institute fellow, a Chicago Poetry Center Poet-in-Residence, and part of the Mni Wichoni Nakicizin Wounspe (Defenders of the Water School) founding team. With Natasha Mijares, she organizes "Watershed: Ways of Seeing the Chicago River".Her first book of poetry, Something Small of How to See a River was selected by Tyehimba Jess for the Dorset Prize (Tupelo Press). Her children's book, Belonging, co-written with Kimimila Locke, is forthcoming from Chronicle Books. She lives in Chicago, with her family, on Potawatomi land.
DERRICK HARRIELL was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is the author of four collections of poetry: Cotton, Ropes, Stripper in Wonderland, and Come Kingdom. He is a Professor of English-Creative Writing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
FREESIA MCKEE (she/her) writes about history, place, gender, and genre through poetry, creative prose, book reviews, and literary criticism. She is the author of three chapbooks, City of Honesty (Water’s Edge Press), How Distant the City (Headmistress Press) and Hummingbird Vows (Bottlecap Press). Freesia works as an Assistant Professor of English at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. You can read more of Freesia's work at FreesiaMcKee.com.
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