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CONTACT mlt@uwm.edu2825 E. Newport Avenue |
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Marilyn L. Taylor Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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BIO
Marilyn L. Taylor, Ph.D., was the city of Milwaukee's Poet Laureate for 2004-2005. A former adjunct professor of Creative Writing
at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, she currently presents lectures, workshops and readings to clubs, organizations
and colleges throughout the region. She teaches regularly at All Writers Studio in Waukesha, Lawrence University's Bjorklunden
Seminar Program in Door County, Wisconsin, and elsewhere.
Marilyn is the author of six collections of poetry. A chapbook titled The Seven Very Liberal Arts was published
in 2006 in a limited edition by Aralia Press, a fine letterpress publisher located in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Her latest
full-length book is titled Subject to Change, and was published in 2004 by David Robert Books. Marilyn's work has
also appeared in many poetry anthologies and journals, including The American Scholar, The Evansville Review,
Smartish Pace, The Formalist and Poetry magazine's 90th Anniversary Anthology. Marilyn has
received three Pushcart Prize nominations, and was nominated for the 2005 Poets' Prize. She was the winner of the
2003 Dogwood Prize, and other recent contests sponsored by Passager, The Ledge, and GSU Review magazines.
Marilyn also contributes bi-monthly craft-related columns on the art of poetry to The Writer magazine, where she serves
as a contributing editor. She is available for individual private coaching. PUBLICATIONS The Seven Very Liberal Arts
, Aralia Press, 2006 - $20.00 To order, please contact Marilyn directly. Subject to Change is also available at Harry W. Schwartz Books and
Woodland Pattern Book Center in Milwaukee, and Amazon.com OTHER
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