Name Denise Sweet | Role Poet | |
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Books Songs for Discharming: Poems, Nitaawichige: Selected Poetry and Prose by Four Anishinaabe Writers, Know by Heart | ||
The Poetry of Prof. Denise Sweet
Denise Sweet is an Anishinaabe poet. From 2004 to 2008, she served as the Wisconsin Poet Laureate.
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- The Poetry of Prof Denise Sweet
- A gathering of words water a conversation with poet denise sweet
- Career
- Books by Denise Sweet
- Anthologies
- References
A gathering of words water a conversation with poet denise sweet
Career
Sweet was educated at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and taught creative writing, literature, and mythology at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. She also taught a travel seminar in the Yucatán Peninsula and Guatemala where she did fieldwork among the Mayan peoples. She has won several awards for her poetry including the Diane Decorah Award, the Posner Award, the Woman of the Year Award from the Wisconsin Women's Council and the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas First Book Award for Poetry. In 2004 she became the Poet Laureate of Wisconsin.
Books by Denise Sweet
Anthologies
References
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