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BIO
Joan
Wiese Johannes lives in Port Edwards, Wisconsin with her poet/artist
husband Jeffrey, two cats, and a golden retriever. She has been
publishing poetry for twenty years and writing music for Native
American flute for seven. A poem of hers was displayed at the University
of Wisconsin-Stevens Point during the Conference on Preventing All
Forms of Violence Against Women March 2-5. She has won the Triad and Trophy
Poem contests sponsored by the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets,
and received honorable mentions in the Trophy Poem, Triad,
and Muse contests for WFOP, as well as from The Writer's
Place and English Journal. Her poetry, articles, and creative
nonfiction have been published in numerous journals and magazines,
including Cat Fancy, Rattle, The Wisconsin River Journal, Moving
Out, Jam Today, Rhino, and Wisconsin Academy Review.
Her poems have been anthologized in Poets Who Haven't Moved
to Minneapolis, Poets Who Haven't Moved to St. Paul, At the Heart
of Riverwood, and Wisconsin Poets' Calendars.
Joan
has published three chapbooks, two of poetry and one of original north
woods mythology. A presenter and featured reader at venues in Wisconsin
and Minnesota, her workshops and presentations include Native American
flute as well as poetry. She has studied with internationally known
Native American flutist R. Carlos Nakai at seven week-long workshops
since 1997, and in 2003 was awarded a silver medallion for sharing
Native American flute through publishing duets for voice/flute in
actual pitch and flute tablature. Her duet CD of original flute
compositions was also released in 2003. Her workshops include both
poetry and Native American flute; for example, in one of her presentations,
she shows how percussion instruments can accent poetry.
1993
Wisconsin Secondary Teacher of the Year, 1999 Chisholm Award winner
for the exemplary teaching of English, and winner of the Best Supporting
Actress and Best Actress awards from The Wisconsin Rapids Community
Company of Players, Joan uses her skills as a teacher and dramatist
to entertain and inform audiences. Still employed full time as a
teacher, she hopes to retire someday to a career as an artist in
residence.
PUBLICATIONS
Myopic Nerve, 2005
($11.25 postage included)
Four Duets for Native American Flute and Voice,
sheet music, 2003. ($8.00 plus $1.00 postage)
Heyoalinda, CD released with Wayne McCleskey,
2003 ($15.00 postage included)
Mother
Less Child,
poetry chapbook, 2000. ($7.00 plus $1.25 postage)
The Mending of the Moonglow, creative
nonfiction chapbook, 1999. (Sold Out)
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