Wanted: The poet laureate of Dairyland

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: June 21, 2000| Author: STEVEN WALTERS | Copyright information

Wanted: The poet laureate of Dairyland

Thompson puts out call for nominees for first state leader of literature

By STEVEN WALTERS

of the Journal Sentinel staff

Wednesday, June 21, 2000

Madison -- The governor Tuesday put out the call:

A poet laureate is needed, by fall.

Moving to fill a cultural black hole that had escaped most Wisconsin residents, Gov. Tommy G. Thompson invited all serious poets to apply to become the state's official poet laur...

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