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CONTACT

Santerra@aol.com

1-608-235-2377

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John Lehman
Rockdale, Wisconsin

BIO

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 www.CoolPlums.com, and a member of the Prairie Fire Poetry Quartet which includes Shoshauna Shy, Robin Chapman and Richard Roe. John 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 he has been nominated for three Pushcart Awards (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

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 www.betterwriter.com: $39.95

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

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BOOKINGS

2008

April
Presenting workshop on April 13th titled "Poetry: From Personal to Powerful—Discovering the Voice that is Great Within Us (Beginners to Advanced)" in Cambridge. Email John for details.

    POEM

MEN STILL LIKE THE SMELL
OF FRESH CLEAN CLOTHES

My dead parents drive by our house.
They see their youngest child, now
a gray-haired man with an aching toe,
mowing the lawn. “He still doesn’t do
a very careful job,” my mother notes.
“Let it go,” my father grumbles, more
impressed by my young, second wife
hanging out a washing of clothes.

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