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Welcome Appleton’s Second Poet Laureate, Megan Gannon
Poet and novelist Megan Gannon was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee and is a graduate of Vassar College (BA), the University of Montana (MFA), and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (PhD). She also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in The Gambia, West Africa from 1998-2000.
Her work has appeared in venues such as Ploughshares, Pleiades, Gulf Coast, Third Coast, The Notre Dame Review, Verse Daily, Poetry Daily, and The Best American Poetry 2006.
She teaches at Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin.
“Poetry makes space for the full range of human experience, and I look forward to exploring the livable cities we can build together with language,” said Gannon.
Event Details
Date: Thursday, September 17
Time: 6-7:30 pm
Location: Appleton Public Library Mary Beth Nienhaus Community Meeting Room A/B