# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Winter Writers Reading Series: Alison Thumel & Elizabeth Hendricks
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 15 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 15 Jan, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Alison Thumel’s debut poetry collection, Architect, won the 2024 Miller Williams Poetry Prize and was a finalist for the 2025 Kate Tufts Poetry Award. She is the recipient of a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in poetry at Stanford University, a grant from the Elizabeth George Foundation, and the Martha Meier Renk Fellowship from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she completed her MFA. Her poems have appeared widely, including in Poetry, Ploughshares, and New England Review. She lives and writes in Wisconsin.

Elizabeth Hendricks is from New Berlin and is currently a junior at the University of Iowa. An aspiring fantasy author, she works as the web editor for Earthwords Undergraduate Literary Review, the oldest literary magazine on campus. When she isn’t writing, she loves reading, drawing, and spending time in nature. 

We are excited to again partner with Mineral Point’s independent bookstore for our 2026 reading series. Unless noted, readings will be held at Republic of Letters Books, 151 High St., Mineral Point.  

Learn more about Alison and Elizabeth and their work on our Winter Writers Reading Series page: https://shakeragalley.org/writers-reading-series/
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/mineral-point/winter-writers-reading-series-alison-thumel-and-elizabeth-hendricks/200029358979334
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 2

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Mineral Point
- **state**: WI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Republic of Letters
- **lat**: 42.859778885519
- **long**: -90.179565
- **full address**: Republic of Letters, 148 High St, Mineral Point, WI 53565-1208, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Winter Writers Reading Series: Alison Thumel & Elizabeth Hendricks being held?
  - **A:** Winter Writers Reading Series: Alison Thumel & Elizabeth Hendricks takes place on Thu, 15 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 15 Jan, 2026 at 07:30 pm at Republic of Letters, 148 High St, Mineral Point, WI 53565-1208, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Winter Writers Reading Series: Alison Thumel & Elizabeth Hendricks?
  - **A:** Winter Writers Reading Series: Alison Thumel & Elizabeth Hendricks is organized by Shake Rag Alley.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Winter Writers Reading Series: Alison Thumel & Elizabeth Hendricks is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Mineral Point, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Winter Writers Reading Series: Alison Thumel & Elizabeth Hendricks sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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