September 11, 2021
In-Na-Po’s Kimberly Blaeser, Elise Paschen, and Margaret Noodin participated in a panel for Printers Row Lit Fest
By Indigenous Nations Poets
In-Na-Po offered a panel and reading from “When the Light of the World was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through” at the 2021 Printer's Row Lit Fest in Chicago. Participants included Mark Turcotte and board members Kimberly Blaeser, Elise Paschen and Margaret Noodin. In-Na-Po Executive Director Blaeser moderated the panel, which discussed the making of the Norton anthology of Native Nations poetry edited by Joy Harjo, LeAnne Howe, and Jennifer Elise Foerster. Panelists read from their own work and from the works of fellow contributors.
In-Na-Po
Founded in 2020, In-Na-Po—Indigenous Nations Poets—is a national Indigenous poetry community committed to mentoring emerging writers, nurturing the growth of Indigenous poetic practices, and raising the visibility of all Native Writers past, present, and future. In-Na-Po recognizes the role of poetry in sustaining tribal sovereign nations and Native languages.
