30 Poets in 30 Days

Lucy Adkins and Marjorie Saiser: Today’s reading is a Daily Double treat featuring the poets Lucy Adkins and Marge Saiser. As I tried to say in the introduction, (which looks a lot like something that belongs on an outtakes reel!) the idea for pairing them came to me from V. Hansman, the founder of Prospect Street Writers House in North Bennington, Vermont. #ProspectStreetWritersHouse’s philosophy is embodied in poet Donald Hall’s maxim – “The friendship of writers is the history of literature.” These two poets have been friends of and to so many writers in the Nebraska writing community. Their place in the history of Nebraska literature cannot be understated. Lucy is a writer of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Her chapbooks include One Life Shining: Addie Finch Farmwife from Pudding House Press, and Two-Toned Dress, which was the winner of the 2019 Blue Light Press Poetry Prize. Her full-length collection of poetry, A Crazy Little Thing, was published by Wayne State College Press just this spring. Marjorie Saiser is the author of eight books of poetry and co-editor of two anthologies.  Her work has been published in American Life in Poetry, Nimrod, Rattle.com, PoetryMagazine.com, RHINO, Chattahoochee Review, Poetry East, Poet Lore, and other journals. She earned her Master’s Degree in Creative Writing at UNL and has received the WILLA Award and the High Plains Book Award.