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August 20, 2002 -- Mark Turcotte
Mark Turcotte is the author of four poetry collections, most recently
"Exploding Chippewas." He was selected as a 1999 Literary Fellow by the Wisconsin Arts Board and is the recipient of a 2001-2002 Lannan Foundation Literary Completion Grant. A member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, Turcotte lives in Fish Creek, Wisconsin. Sherman Alexie says, "Mark Turcotte's poetry feels like something brand new in Native American literature, like the first step of an original and aboriginal journey. There are no forced apologies or faux confessions here, and no desperate and nostalgic reaches into the past. Turcotte is very present in these powerful and playful poems." This is one of a series of chats (third Tuesday of every month) with authors who will be featured at the first annual Wisconsin Book Festival, which will happen in October, 2002, in Madison.
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