Laura Madeline Wiseman has a doctorate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where she teaches English. She is the author of seven collections of poetry, the full-length book Sprung (San Francisco Bay Press, 2012), the letterpress books Unclose the Door (Gold Quoin Press, 2012), and Farm Hands (Gold Quoin Press, 2012), and the chapbooks She Who Loves Her Father  (Dancing Girl Press, 2012),  Branding Girls (Finishing Line Press, 2011), Ghost Girl (Pudding House Publications, 2010), and My Imaginary (Dancing Girl Press, 2010). She is also the editor of the anthology Women Write Resistance: Poets Resist Gender Violence (Hyacinth Girl Press, 2013).

Her poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and reviews have appeared in Margie, Poet Lore, Blackbird, Arts & Letters, Prairie Schooner, Feminist Studies, Thirteenth Moon, American Short Fiction, Cream City Review, and elsewhere.

She has received an Academy of American Poets Award, a Mari Sandoz/Prairie Schooner Award, a Will P. Jupiter Award, a Susan Atefact Peckham Fellowship, a Louise Van Sickle Fellowship, several Pushcart Prize nominations, and grants from the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, the Focus for the Arts, the Center for the Great Plains Studies, and the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation.

 

Interviews

Interview with The Nebraska Girls Lit Hour on the letterpress books Farm Hands and Unclose the Door, the full-length book Sprung, and the anthology Women Write Resistance: Poets Resist Gender Violence.

Interview on “Friday Live” at the Mill with Marge Saiser and Wendy Jane Bantam on NET radio by William Stibor. (starts 26:50, or 28:23).

An interview “‘They Wouldn’t Be Poems If I Didn’t Make Them’: A Conversation with Laura Madeline Wiseman” in Menacing Hedge by Amorak Heuy.

An interview “Sprung Is Not About Spring: an interview with Laura Madeline Wiseman” in Apt by Jeffery Hecker.

An interview “This is What a Feminist Looks Like: Laura Madeline Wiseman” in The Mamafesto by Avital Norman Nathman on strong, powerful women writers and historical figures.

An interview “Women of LFF: Laura Madeline Wiseman” in Les Femmes Folles by Sally Deskins on Nebraska women artists and writers.

An interview “Meet the Residents: Laura Madeline Wiseman” in The Suction Cup by Kate Johnson on Prairie Center of the Arts‘ writer residencies.

An interview “The Habitual Poet: Laura Madeline Wiseman” in Poemeleon edited by Cati Porter about reading and writing poetry.

An interview “The Ground Floor: Laura Madeline Wiseman” in The Floorboard Review edited by Jen Kindbom about writing and inspiration.

An interview “The Circle of Light with Laura Madeline Wiseman” in Roanoke Review with Mary Crockett Hill about poetry and the writing process.

 

Reviews

A review of Sprung by Susana H. Case in Empty Mirror. (forthcoming)

A review of Sprung by Sally Deskins in Galatea Resurrects. 

A review of Sprung by Jeff Hecker “Book Review: My Imaginary Rest on a Cushion of Benjamins” in New Orleans Review.

A review of Women Write Resistance: Poets Resist Gender Violence by Sally Deskins in Les Femmes Folles.

A review of Branding Girls by Mindy Kronenberg “The Doll-Like Beauty of the Brand: Laura Madeline Wiseman’s Branding Girls” in Weave Magazine.

Reviews of She Who Loves Her Father by Sarah Holz and others on Goodreads.

 

Excerpts, Articles, & Features

A feature by Shelby Fleig “UNL lecturer Laura Wiseman curates collection of women’s ‘resistance’ poetry” in the Daily Nebraskan. The feature includes interviews with other WWR poets Deborah McGinn, Lucy Adkins, and Marjorie Saiser.

An article by Frank Radosevich II “Hitting the Books” in In the Spotlight Bradley University about the letterpress book Unclose the Door.

A feature by Shelby Fleig “Spring Stanzas: Professors Pick Poetry Month Favorites” in the Daily Nebraskan with Ted Kooser, Grace Bauer, and Stacey Waite.

An excerpt from Women Write Resistance: Poets Resist Gender Violence in Extract(s).

A live recording of a reading at the New Hampshire Institute of Art in In Place LIVE.

An article by Leslie Renkin “Bradley Professor Shares the Art and Craft of Handmade Books” in the Peoria Journal Star about the letterpress book Unclose the Door.

A feature from the chapbook Men and their Whims in Escape into Life. 

An excerpt of the letterpress book Unclose the Door in Extract(s). 

An excerpt of the full-length book of poetry Sprung in Extract(s).

An article by Sally Deskins “Omaha Veteran Explores Trauma of War” in KNVO News about an art exhibit and poetry reading.

An excerpt of the chapbook She Who Loves Her Father in Extract(s).

An article by Gregory R. Norfleet “Poet Seeks Inspiration of Hoover, Ancestor” in West Branch Times.