By ANDREW HANSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – A collection of poems from late University of Nebraska at Kearney English professor Don Welch will be published in a book compiled by a pair of the poet’s former students. Dwaine Spieker and Jeff Lacey, regulars in Welch’s UNK classes in the mid-1990s, will have a book launch for “Homing: The Collected Poems of Don Welch (1975-2015),” at 2 p.m. Sunday (Sept. 25) at the Kearney Public Library. The book is almost 300 … [Read more...] about Collection of Don Welch poems released at Sunday book launch
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Don Welch remembered for poetry, inspiring UNK students
KEARNEY – Don Welch, an award-winning Nebraska poet and longtime English professor at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, died Saturday at his Kearney home. He was 84. Welch, who had a bronze sculpture dedicated to him on the UNK campus in 2001, taught at UNK from 1959-97 and authored several published poetry collections. He was a regular contributor to literary magazines. He was the Martin Distinguished Professor of English and Reynolds Chair of Poetry at UNK. His … [Read more...] about Don Welch remembered for poetry, inspiring UNK students
Don Welch presents new collection of poems Wednesday
KEARNEY – UNK Professor Emeritus Don Welch will present from his new collection of poems “Homing” as part of National Poetry Month. Welch will read selected poems at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the University of Nebraska at Kearney's Calvin T. Ryan Library. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will follow. The author of several published poetry collections and regular contributor to literary magazines, Welch was an English professor at UNK from 1959 to … [Read more...] about Don Welch presents new collection of poems Wednesday
