Denise Low, Kansas Poet Laureate 2007-2009, has been writing, reviewing, editing and publishing literary and scholarly articles for 30 years. She is the author of ten collections of poetry and six books of essays, including a biography of Langston Hughes (co-authored with Thomas Pecore Weso). In addition, she has edited anthologies related to ecological matters, Laguna Pueblo author Leslie Marmon Silko, and local cultures. Her writing has appeared in North American Review, Midwest Quarterly, Connecticut Review, Chariton Review, Coal City Review and many others. She has been a faculty member and administrator at Haskell Indian Nations University and visitng full professor at the University of Kansas (2008) and University of Richmond (2005). She serves as vice president and conference chair of the Associated Writing Programs Association. She has awards and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Lannan Foundation, Poetry Society of America, Roberts Foundation, and others.
Denise is available for readings, presentations, talks and workshops throughout the U.S. and particularly the Midwest. She encourages everyone to attend the Associated Writers & Writing Programs conference in Denver April 8-10, 2010.