Marilyn L. Taylor, Ph. D., was appointed Poet Laureate for the State of Wisconsin by Governor James Doyle in November, 2008. The author of five collections of poetry, 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 five books of poetry, including Subject to Change (David Robert Books, 2004) which was nominated for the 2005 Poets Prize; a sixth, titled Going Wrong, is forthcoming from Parallel Press in July of 2009.

Marilyn taught for many years at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Department of English and for the university's Honors College. She continues to lead regular poetry workshops at Lawrence University's Bjorklunden Seminar Center in Door County, Redbird Studios in Bay View, and AllWriters Studio in Waukesha. She has also served as visiting poet at many other venues in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Florida, Colorado, Illinois, and elsewhere. She is currently a Contributing Editor for THE WRITER magazine, where her articles on poetic craft appear bi-monthly.

Marilyn served as the city of Milwaukee's Poet Laureate for two years (2004 and 2005). She is available for readings, lectures, and workshop facilitating. For information, e-mail .