Shake Rag Alley Winter Writers Reading Series: Robert Russell

Robert Russell, Wisconsin People & Ideas Poetry Contest winner, will read from and discuss his work, as Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts launches its Wednesday evening Winter Writers Reading Series, which runs through March 2020.

Robert Russell is a recovering economist living in Madison. For over 10 years he was co-producer of the “Radio Literature” program on WORT-FM, and was coordinator for the CheapAtAnyPrice poetry series. Russell led the Madison National Poetry Slam teams from 1992 to 1994, and has taught poetry in high schools and colleges here and abroad. His short fiction and poetry have been published in various literary magazines and anthologies, and his chapbook, Witness, is available on Amazon.