—Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, 2016
1.
Just off of Highway 12, Sandburg’s signature
of time & eternity: the muggy marshes
& thick forests of the mind, sand that sings
its memory of glaciers & the glaciers before
them. 14,000 years of them.
In 2005, Indiana established a state poet laureate position, which is currently held by Adrian Matejka, who was appointed to a two-year term in 2018. Matejka is the author of four books of poetry, including The Big Smoke (Penguin, 2013), which won the 2014 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.
type | name |
state![]() |
---|---|---|
Writing Program | University of Southern Indiana Creative Writing | Indiana |
Literary Magazine | African American Review | Indiana |
Literary Magazine | Indiana Review | Indiana |
Literary Magazine | Sycamore Review | Indiana |
Literary Magazine | Southern Indiana Review | Indiana |
Poetry-Friendly Bookstore | The Indiana University Bookstore | Indiana |
Poetry-Friendly Bookstore | Destinations Booksellers | Indiana |
Poetry-Friendly Bookstore | Viewpoint Books | Indiana |
Poetry-Friendly Bookstore | Von's Books | Indiana |
Writing Program | University of Notre Dame Creative Writing Program | Indiana |
—Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, 2016
1.
Just off of Highway 12, Sandburg’s signature
of time & eternity: the muggy marshes
& thick forests of the mind, sand that sings
its memory of glaciers & the glaciers before
them. 14,000 years of them.