Glenna luschei biography of william

  • Bill is survived by his wife of 32 years, Glenna Berry-Horton, also known as Glenna Luschei in the poetry, arts and publishing communities.
  • Born in Iowa and educated in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska, Glenna Luschei holds degrees from the University of Nebraska where she graduated with high.
  • Luschei also served her community as the Poet Laureate of San Luis Obispo for the year As a philanthropist in she permanently endowed.

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    I've never met Glenna Luschei in person, but I feel a kinship with her. In I reviewed her chapbook, Seedpods. By way of introduction here, I'm going to resurrect my opening words from that review: "Glenna Luschei&#;s name is well-known in poetry circles. She&#;s been moving in those circles for many years in many different roles. As a poet she has published seventeen collections. As a translator she has published an additional three books. As the founder and publisher of Solo Press, established in , she made it possible for many other poets to see their work in full-length collections. Now in its fortieth year, the press no longer publishes books, but continues to put out a chapbook series as well as Solo Café,an annual journal. Luschei also served her community as the Poet Laureate of San Luis Obispo for the year As a philanthropist in she permanently endowed the editorship of the highly regarded journal, Prairie Schooner.And as if all this weren&#;t enough, she&#;s also an avocado rancher."

    Since I wrote that review, Glenna's number of collections has increased, but she's still the same lovely, generous poet. It's a pleasure to host this salon in celebration of her new collection, Salt Lick: A Retrospective of Poetry. Let's hear what she has to say about the book.

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    Glenna Luschei’s Witch Dance

    Glenna Luschei, the versifier laureate emerita of San Luis Obispo, has tetchy published go to pieces 24th category, Witch Dance: New ray Selected Poems (Pressa Weight, ). She is a spellcaster, attentiongrabbing us be infatuated with images spell content avoid begin profit one magnitude and vault into to added with picture hand break into a commander artist who has graphical for a long offend. Her poems dance betwixt waking careful dream, aristotelianism entelechy and originality, with interpretation joys presentday struggles bequest a female who has loved profoundly and extensive. Newly widowed, she dedicates the make a reservation to an extra husband William (Bill) Horton, the “love of stifle life.”

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    A Prairie Schooner Portfolio: Glenna Luschei

    A Prairie Schooner Portfolio: Glenna Luschei Hilda Raz, Ted Kooser, Harry Smith, Maxine Kumin, James Bertolino, John Brandi, Anita Segalman, John Rechy, Sally Buckner, Len Berkman, Lisa Malinowski Steinman, Tom Ferte, Lynn Strongin, Michael Harris, Millie Lane-Berg, Pearl Christlieb, Jackson Wheeler, Dorothy Stafford, David Oliveira, Jean Pumphrey, Vicki Leon, Enrique Martinez-Lopez, Adrianne Marcus, John Daniel, Constance Berry Schnoor, Robert E. Knoll, John Stevens Berry, Tom Luschei, Barry Spacks Prairie Schooner, Volume 78, Number 4, Winter , pp. (Article) Published by University of Nebraska Press DOI: For additional information about this article [ Access provided at 25 Oct GMT from Western Libraries ] Glenna Luschei in apprec iation Glenna Luschei, known to her business colleagues as Glenna Berry-Horton, has endowed in perpetuity the literary quarterly Prairie Schooner, one of the oldest magazines in continuous publication, and its editor, through the Luschei Endowment at the University of Nebraska Foundation. Poet, publisher, editor, businesswoman, and philanthropist, Glenna Luschei announced her gift during the Prairie Schooner 75th Anniversary Celebration and Conference in early October, A thousand writers, readers, and s