Poetry Reading: Janet Jennerjohn and Michele Kotler

Thu May 28 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm UTC-05:00

Woodland Pattern | Milwaukee

Woodland Pattern Book Center
Publisher/HostWoodland Pattern Book Center
Poetry Reading: Janet Jennerjohn and Michele Kotler
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Join us for a reading in celebration of Janet Jennerjohn’s chapbook, The Moment Before (Woodland Pattern, 2026), along with Michele Kotler.
About this Event

Join us for a reading in celebration of Janet Jennerjohn’s chapbook, The Moment Before (Woodland Pattern, 2026), featuring readings from Janet along with Michele Kotler

Janet Jennerjohn, an alum of the UWM creative writing graduate program, recently retired from MATC after 30+ years of teaching College English. She divides her time between Milwaukee and Door County with her husband Mauricio and their dog Django. She is the author of a bilingual chapbook, Cara dividida/Divided Face and the forthcoming chapbook, The Moment Before. Her poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, SWWIM Every Day, , and the Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar, among others.

Michele Kotler is a poet living in New York City, the city that birthed and raised her. She received her MFA in Poetry from the University of Michigan after receiving her BA in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. She is the founding director of the Community-Word Project, a teaching artist training and artist in the schools organization. Her poetry has appeared in American Poetry Review, Washington Square Review, Spinning Jenny, Painted Bride Quarterly, and SWWIM Everyday.

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Woodland Pattern, 720 East Locust Street, Milwaukee, United States

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