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(Duluth, Minn.) — Lake Superior College’s writers’ series continues with a workshop on Feb. 14 and a reading with author reception on Feb. 15 by Duluth Poet Laureate Barton Sutter. All events are free and open to the public. Pre-registration is required for the workshop. To register, contact Steve Dalager, 218-733-5948 or s.dalager@lsc.edu

Barton Sutter is a Minnesota poet, essayist, and fiction writer who has won numerous awards, including the Minnesota Book Award, in all three genres. He is the recipient of the George Morrison Artist Award, annually given to one person by the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council. Sutter was honored for his longtime contributions to the arts in the Arrowhead region of Minnesota. He was recently named Duluth’s first Poet Laureate by the Lake Superior Writers group.

Sutter is the author of three collections of poetry published by BOA Editions: Cedarhome (1977), The Book of Names (1993) and Farewell to the Starlight in Whiskey (2004), as well as Pine Creek Parish Hall (1985), published by Sandhills Press. Sutter’s collection of short stories, My Father’s War (1992), and his collection of essays, Cold Comfort (1999), were both published by the University of Minnesota Press. He has appeared on and written for public radio, adapted his poems for the stage, and performs with his brother, Ross Sutter, as a music and poetry duo.

Sutter teaches English and creative writing at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. In the summer months, he can be found in one of his four canoes. Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate, chose one of Sutter’s poems for his national American Life in Poetry project, a syndicated column highlighting great American poetry.

Workshop: The Criss-Cross Effect: Imagery
Feb. 14, 10 - 11:00 a.m., W1650
Poet Bart Sutter will explore the interplay between fact and imagery in writing.

Reading and Reception
Feb. 15, 7:00 p.m., Minnesota Room, Lake Superior College Library