Marilyn L. Taylor, Ph. D., was appointed Poet Laureate for the State of Wisconsin by Governor James Doyle in November, 2008. Her award-winning work has appeared in a number of poetry journals and anthologies, including POETRY, The American Scholar, MEASURE, The Ledge , The Atlanta Review, The Cream City Review, Able Muse, Smartish Pace, and Dogwood, among many others. She is the author of eight collections of poetry, including Subject to Change (David Robert Books, 2004) which was nominated for the 2005 Poets Prize; and a new chapbook titled Going Wrong (Parallel Press, 2009).

For many years, Marilyn was an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she taught for the Department of English and later for the Honors College. She was appointed in 2004 to a two-year term as Poet Laureate of the city of Milwaukee, and continues to lead poetry workshops locally as well as statewide under the auspices of Lawrence University's Bjorklunden Seminar Center in Door County, Redbird Studios in Bay View, and AllWriters Studio in Waukesha. Marilyn has also served as visiting poet at venues in Iowa, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Florida, California, Colorado, Oregon, and elsewhere. She is currently a Contributing Editor for THE WRITER magazine, where her articles on poetic craft appear bi-monthly.

Marilyn is available for readings, lectures, and workshop facilitating. For information, e-mail .