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Matt Mason

Matt Mason has run poetry workshops in Botswana, Romania, Nepal, and Belarus for the U.S. State Department, and his poetry has appeared in The New York Times. He is the Nebraska State Poet and has received a Pushcart Prize as well as fellowships from the Academy of American Poets and the Nebraska Arts Council. Mason’s work can be found on NPR’s Morning Edition, in American Life in Poetry, and in several hundred other publications.

Featured title: At the Corner of Fantasy and Main: Disneyland, Midlife and Churros

Website: https://midverse.com

MATT’S EVENTS:

  • Friday, Sept. 22 @ 10:15 a.m. – WORKSHOP: Writing Poetry – TICKET REQUIRED – Deadwood Public Library, Downstairs
  • Friday, Sept. 22 @ 4:30 p.m. – Author Signing Event – The Lodge, Bullock & Roosevelt Rooms
  • Saturday, Sept. 23 @ 2:00 p.m. – Readings by the Poets Laureate of Iowa and Nebraska – The Lodge, Cody Room
  • Saturday, Sept. 23 @ 4:30 p.m. – Author Signing Event – The Lodge, Bullock & Roosevelt Rooms

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