Name: Montana Poet Lecture Series
Start: 2025-01-10T16:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-01-10T18:00:00-07:00
Location: 186 Bridge St, Bigfork, MT 59911-3743, United States

In this series, we welcome celebrated Montana poets to speak about their poetry and offer insights into their process of creativity.
November 8th 2024, 4-6pm
The first speaker in the series, Montana Poet Laureate Chris LaTray, is a Métis storyteller and an enrolled member of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians. He is the author of One-Sentence Journal: Short Poems and Essays from the World at Large. His latest book, Becoming Little Shell was published by Milkweed Editions in 2024.
January 10th 2025, 4-6pm
The second speaker in our series is Lowell Jaeger, a nationally recognized poet and former Montana Poet Laureate who has delighted audiences with readings, lectures, discussions, radio shows, and poetry workshops for over 30 years.
March 14th 2025, 4-6pm
The third speaker in our series, Melissa Kwasny, is the author of seven books of poetry and a collection of essays on the poetic image. She was Montana Poet Laureate from 2019-2021, a position she shared with M.L. Smoker, and has taught poetry writing in graduate and undergraduate programs and in the public schools for over thirty years.
This series is partially funded by the ImagineIF Library Foundation and Humanities Montana through grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Montana’s Cultural Trust, and private donations.