Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation Stage
Sunday, Sept. 8th at 1pm

Angela (Angie) Trudell Vasquez was the city of Madison Poet Laureate from 2020 to 2024. The first Latina to hold the position, she received her MFA in poetry from the Institute of American Indian Arts in 2017. In Light, Always Light, her third collection of poetry, came out in 2019, and her fourth, My People Redux, was published in 2022, both from Finishing Line Press. My People Redux won first place in the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poet’s annual chapbook contest in 2023 among other accolades. She is working on her fifth book now entitled, How to Write Absence.