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Coming this summer, a new collection from Charles Fort

In July, look for a new collection from the acclaimed poet, Charles Fort. The Backwaters Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Mrs. Belladonna’s Supper Club Waltz. Vermont Poet Laureate, Sidney Lea, says about the work: In his poem entitled “Race War,” Charles Fort concludes that “earth is not sufficient and earth is [...]

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Wednesday Words for May: Joe Starita

Join us Wednesday, May 8, 2013, Noon to 1:00 p.m. at KANEKO for our monthly series, Wednesday Words. KANEKO – UNO Library 1111 Jones Street Omaha, NE Our Featured Writer: Joe Starita Joe Starita is a professor in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  For the past 10 years, [...]

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April Wednesday Words: Kwame Dawes

April 10, 2013, Noon to 1pm At KANEKO in the KANEKO-UNO Library 1111 Jones Street Omaha, NE (map) Our Featured Writer: Kwame Dawes, Emmy-Winning Jamaican Poet and Writer Born in Ghana in 1962, Kwame Dawes spent most of his childhood and early adult life in Jamaica. He is a writer of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and plays. As a poet, [...]

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Saiser on The Writer’s Almanac

BWP Alum, Marjorie Saiser, had her poem, “My Old Aunts Play Canasta in a Snow Storm,” from her Backwaters Press collection Lost in Seward County, featured on the Garrison  Keillor’s radio program “The Writer’s Almanac” on Tuesday, March 12, 2013.

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Final Judge for 2013 Backwaters Prize

We are happy to announce the final judge for the 2013 Backwaters Prize is Lola Haskins. Lola is an NEA fellow whose work has appeared in, among others, The Atlantic, Beloit Poetry Journal, Christian Science Monitor and Prairie Schooner. She teaches in the Low Residency creative writing MFA program at Pacific Lutheran University.

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Wednesday Words: The Braided River Series Featuring Ellen Struve

March 13, 2013, Noon to 1:00 p.m. At KANEKO in the KANEKO-UNO Library 1111 Jones Street Omaha, NE Our Featured Writer: Ellen Struve Ellen Struve is a founding member of the Omaha Playwrights Group. While at the University of Iowa, she participated in the Undergraduate Nonfiction Workshop and studied with Broadway produced playwright Keith Huff [...]

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February Wednesday Words Featuring Aaron Zavitz

The 2013 Wednesday Words Series Begins! Featuring Aaron Zavitz February 13, 2013, Noon to 1:00 p.m. KANEKO KANEKO – UNO Library 1111 Jones Street Omaha, NE Wednesday Words events are held at KANEKO’s KANEKO-UNO Library, located at 1111 Jones Street in Omaha’s Old Market District. Our partnership with KANEKO and the UNO Library continues in [...]

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Wednesday Words for January featuring Lisa Knopp

Join the Backwaters Press, Nebraska Arts Council and KANEKO for the noon hour on Wednesday, January 9  for Wednesday Words.  To kick off 2013, we’ve invited Lincoln essayist and educator, Lisa Knopp. Lisa is the author of five collections of essays, including most recently, What the River Carries: Encounters with the Mississippi, Missouri, and Platte (University of Missouri [...]

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Wednesday Words with Liz Kay 12/12/12

Join The Backwaters Press, the Nebraska Arts Council and KANEKA for a lunch hour with poet and editor Liz Kay as our featured author for the December Wednesday Words. When: Wednesday December 12, 2012 – Noon. Where: KANEKO 1111 Jones Street, Omaha Liz Kay holds an MFA from the University of Nebraska, where she was [...]

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Sara Lihz Staroska, November Wednesday Words

Wednesday, November 14, Backwaters Press in conjunction with the Nebraska Arts Council and KANEKO, welcome the poet Sara Lihz Staroska as our featured author for Wendesday Words. The reading will be at noon at the KANEKO-UNO Library, 1111 Jones  Street. For more information or directions, go to the NAC website. Sara Lihz Staroska is a [...]

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