DENISE LOW
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Dr. Denise Low-Weso,
former Kansas Poet Laureate, has published over 20 books of poetry and essays,
including Ghost Stories of the New West (Woodley), named one of the best Native
American Books of 2010 by The Circle of Minneapolis and a Kansas Notable Book.
Low is a 5th generation Kansan of mixed German, British, Lenape (Delaware), and
Cherokee heritage and earned an MFA from Wichita State University and a PhD is
from the University of Kansas. She teaches in the Baker University School of
Professional and Graduate Studies, freelances, and consults. She has taught at
Haskell Indian Nations University, the University of Kansas, and the University
of Richmond. She is a 2008-2013 board member of the Associated Writers and
Writing Programs, which she has served as president. Low has received awards
from the Academy of American Poets, The Newberry Library, the Lannan Foundation,
the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Kansas Arts Council, the Sequoyah
National Research Center, and the Kansas Center for the Book. She is currently
at work on a USA Artists project, The Lenape Code: Explorations in Delaware
Arts, about the continuity of Algonquin traditions across time and
geographies.
October 24,
2012Park University
The Meetin' House Parkville, MO 64152 6:30 Reception 7:00 Reading |
Thursday, September 20, 2012
See Lenape Code Presentation! Oct. 24, Park University
