Poetry Reading and Master Class with Nikki Wallschlaeger

Schedule

Thu, 02 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Ekstrom Library, University of Louisville | Louisville, KY

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Join us for our final Axton events of the Spring 2026 season: a poetry reading and a master class with poet and author Nikki Wallschlaeger!
The Poetry Reading is on April 2nd at 6:00pm in the UofL Writing Center located in Ekstrom Library.
The Master Class will take place on April 3rd from 10:00am to noon in the Belknap Academic Building, room 406.
About Nikki: Nikki Wallschlaeger is the author of the poetry collections Hold Your Own (Copper Canyon Press, 2024); Waterbaby (Copper Canyon Press, 2021); Crawlspace (Bloof Books, 2017); and Houses (Horseless Press 2015). She has also published the graphic book, I Hate Telling You How I Really Feel (Bloof Books, 2019). A 2021–22 visiting associate professor of poetry at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Wallschlaeger lives in Wisconsin.
Both events are free and open to the public thanks to the generous support of Williame and Anne Axton.
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