Explore the making of a chapbook from start to finish with Ugly Duckling Presse.
In a moderated conversation, poet Anada Werner and editor Milo Wippermann will discuss every facet of the chapbook—from composition and editing to printing, design, and distribution—for new readers and prospective chapbook authors alike, and consider one publisher’s place in the history and present of bookmaking. The event will conclude with a celebratory reading from Werner’s new chapbook, PUNT (UDP, 2024).
Reading in the Chapbook Room with a reception to follow in the Viscusi Reading Room. Presented in partnership with Ugly Duckling Presse.
By attending or participating in this program, you agree to abide by Poets House Community Agreement. Events at Poets House are popular, and seating is first-come, first-seated. We have several seats reserved for people with access needs. If events reach capacity, seating will be available in an overflow viewing room.
About the poets:
Anada Werner is a bookseller and freelance conduit to the spirit of the Midwest. PUNT marks her second occasion in print, the first having belonged to a single blue ribbon poem in the third grade.
Milo Wippermann is an editor, designer, and letterpress printer at Ugly Duckling Presse. They are the author of Joan of Arkansas, which was a finalist for a 2024 Lambda Award. In 2023, they won a Whiting Award in poetry and drama. Wippermann holds an MFA in Literary Arts from Brown University and lives in Lenapehoking, Brooklyn, NY.