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MARILYN L. TAYLOR, Ph.D., former Poet Laureate of Wisconsin and of the city of Milwaukee, is the author of eight collections of poetry, most recently Outside the Frame: New and Selected Poems, published by Kelsay Books in December, 2021. (For more about it, please visit the “Books” page on this site.)

Her poems and essays have appeared in many anthologies and journals, including Poetry, Able Muse, Measure, Light, Rhino, Aesthetica, Mezzo Cammin, and the Potcake Chapbook poetry series. She has been awarded First Place in a number of national and international poetry contests, including the Margaret Reid Award for verse in forms from Winning Writers. Her own widely-read “Poet to Poet” column on craft appeared bi-monthly for five years in The Writer magazine. She currently serves as an Associate Editor for Third Wednesday and Verse-Virtual poetry journals.
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