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John Tuschen (1945-2005) was an American poet named the first Poet Laureate of Madison, Wisconsin by mayor Paul Soglin in 1977, and served in that role for over 20 years. [1]

His first book of poems, Tuschenetrics: Poems from a Cloth Room, and Paris, was published in 1974[2]

A video version of his poem "Uncle Harry's Tombstone" created by his son Jordan Caylor was an Official Selection at "Zebra 6 Video Poetry Film Festival", Berlin, Germany, 2012; [3] an audio version of that poem along with other works aired on Madison, WI radio station WORT FM. [4] In addition Tuschen's work was featured in a segment of Chicago's Experimental Sound Studio's Sounds From Chicago series in 1991. [5] That program can be heard from an online archive [6] Several articles have been written about Tuschen, which fill in some of the details of his life and times. An article in the Madpoets broadside and webzine [7] as well as an interview in Poetic Voices magazine are available. [8]

Some of his work has been engraved, along with the works of other local poets, into sidewalks in Madison, WI which serve as a permanent memorial. [9]

A new volume of his work was published with a grant from the Madison Arts Commission in 2016. [10]

References

  1. ^ Bill Novak. "Latino writer Oscar Mireles named Madison's fifth poet laureate". madison.com.
  2. ^ Tuschen, John (1974). "Tuschenetrics: Poems from a Cloth Room, and Paris". Madison, WI: Quest Publishing – via www.abebooks.co.uk.
  3. ^ ""Uncle Harry´s Tombstone"". Vimeo.
  4. ^ Excerpt of the radio program "System Considerations
  5. ^ "Creative Audio Archive". www.creativeaudioarchive.org.
  6. ^ " "Sounds From Chicago program from 1991".
  7. ^ "John Tuschen". www.madpoetry.org.
  8. ^ Copy of article from "Poetic Voices."
  9. ^ Moe, Doug (4 December 2018). "Poetry in motion along Monroe Street". WISC.
  10. ^ Moe, Doug (14 March 2016). "Works of Madison's first poet laureate to be published". WISC.