John Lehman

CONTACT

1-608-235-2377

John Lehman
Rockdale, Wisconsin

BIO

Twice a finalist for the Wisconsin Poet Laureate position, John Lehman is the founder and original publisher of Rosebud, a national magazine of short stories, poetry and illustration for people who enjoy good writing. He is also the poetry editor of Wisconsin People & Ideas, as well as managing partner of Zelda Wilde Publishing, editor of the new interactive web-zine Cool Plums CoolPlums.com, and a member of the Prairie Fire Poetry Quartet which includes Shoshauna Shy, Robin Chapman and Richard Roe. John was also a finalist for the Wisconsin Poet Laureate position in 2004. He has presented writing seminars on poetry, autobiography, creative non-fiction and acting techniques for writers in dozens of cities throughout the country. He is a book reviewer and columnist, and has been nominated for three Pushcart Prizes (short story, poetry and creative non-fiction). Born in Chicago, he lives with his wife Talia Schorr and their four dogs in the smallest incorporated village in Wisconsin.

For a complete listing of workshops in 2008, go to writergallery.com

NEW ! --- Exciting blog at coolplums.wordpress.com

PUBLICATIONS

Acting Lessons, Parallel Press, 2008 - $10
Shorts - 101 Brief Poems of Wonder and Surprise, Zelda Wilde Publishing, 2005 - $11.95
America's Greatest Unknown Poet, Lorine Niedecker in Letters, Reminiscences, Photographs and Her Poems, Zelda Wilde Publishing, 2003 - $12
Dogs Dream of Running, Salmon Run Press, 2001 - $12
Shrine of the Tooth Fairy, Cambridge Book Review Press, 1998 - $8

The Writer in You—6 Audio Cassette Program, available from betterwriter.com: $39.95

All books available at bookstores and from amazon.com and bn.com

BOOKINGS

2009

March
Participant in The Winter Festival of Poets reading on March 1st at 2:00 PM with Richard Merelman, Adam Gregory Pergament, Gillian Nevers, Katrin Talbot, and Rusty Russell at Avol's Bookstore in Madison. Also, on March 12th at 7:00 PM, John is joined by members of the Prairie Fire Poetry Quartet - Robin Chapman, Richard Roe and Shoshauna Shy - in a program titled "Stage Left" to celebrate the launch of his new book titled "Acting Lessons" at Avols Bookstore in Madison.

April
Participant in The Prairie Fire Poetry Quartet's program "Under the Influence" on April 23rd at 7:00 PM at the Minhaus Craft Brewery sponsored by the Monroe Arts Center in Monroe monroeartscenter.com/poetry.php4

POEM

THE NUT BREAD MURDERS

A friend sends a loaf of nut bread that’s dense
as a kiln-dried brick. I tell my wife it reminds me
of something my first wife would bake. Is this
a mistake? No, because upon hearing it she
makes me a fluffy coffee cake with a brown-sugar
and chocolate-chip topping, and I deduce there
may be a lesson about women here. (how one
can be played against another). So I call my
first wife who asks what the hell I want. Hmmm.
Later, I decide to put her in a novel I’m plotting
as a character out to poison everyone with her
goddamn nut bread while I, the hero, am saved by
a stripper named Brown Sugah. Writing comes fast.
It’s February in Wisconsin and I am going nuts.

Published by Parallel Press

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