Denise Sweet
Appearance
Denise Sweet | |
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Nationality | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
Genre | poetry |
Notable awards | Wisconsin Poet Laureate (2004–08) |
Denise Sweet is an
Poet Laureate
.
Background
Sweet grew up in
White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.[1]
Career
Sweet was educated at the
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. She also taught a travel seminar in the Yucatán Peninsula and Guatemala where she did fieldwork among the Maya peoples
.
Awards and honors
Sweet 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
Poet Laureate of Wisconsin
.
Books by Denise Sweet
- Palominos Near Tuba City: New & Selected Poems, Holy Cow! Press, April, 2018
- Songs for Discharming, Greenfield Review Press
- Days of Obsidian, Days of Grace, Poetry Harbor Press
- Know By Heart, Rhiannon Press
Anthologies
- Nitaawichige: Selected Poetry and Prose by Four Anishinaabe Writers, Poetry Harbor
- Stories Migrating Home: Anishnaabe Prose, Loonfeather Press
- Reinventing the Enemy's Language: Contemporary Native Women's Writing of North America, W.W. Norton
- Returning the Gift: Poetry and Prose from the First North American Native Writers' Festival, University of Arizona Press
- Women Brave in the Face of Danger, Crossing Press
References
- ^ "Denise Sweet". Wisconsin Conversation Voices. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
External links
- Governor Doyle Appoints Denise Sweet Poet Laureate of Wisconsin
- Denise Sweet becomes Wisconsin's poet laureate
- Denise Sweet will be a wonderful Poet Laureate from The Middlewesterner
- Denise Sweet Wisconsin Poet Laureate
- Outstanding Women of Color In Education Awards, Univ. Wisconsin System
- Sweet's Faculty page
- Poet Denise Sweet Video produced by PBS Wisconsin