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Marilyn L. Taylor (born October 2, 1939) is an American poet with six published collections of poems. Taylor's poems have also appeared in a number of anthologies and journals, including The American Scholar, Able Muse, Measure, Smartish Pace, The Formalist, and Poetry magazine's 90th Anniversary Anthology. Her second full-length collection, Subject to Change (David Robert Books, 2004), was nominated for the Poets' Prize. She served as the city of Milwaukee's Poet Laureate in 2004 and 2005,[1] and was appointed Poet Laureate of the state of Wisconsin for 2009 and 2010.[2][3] She also served for five years as a contributing editor for The Writer Magazine. A retired Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, she taught poetry and poetics for the Department of English and later for the Honors College. She currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin, where she presents readings and facilitates workshops throughout Wisconsin and beyond.
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- ^ "Marilyn L. Taylor | Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission". wisconsinpoetlaureate.org. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ Armenti, Peter. "Research Guides: U.S. State Poets Laureate: A Resource Guide: South Dakota-Wyoming". guides.loc.gov. Retrieved 2024-08-07.