For more than a quarter-century, poetry-loving folk from Milwaukee and the region have traditionally convened at Woodland Pattern on the last Saturday of January to participate in a 15-hour Marathon reading. In 2021, unable to safely host the event in person at the book center, we opted for a live streamed version and—to compensate for not being in person—expanded the Poetry Marathon to 24 hours, ultimately welcoming 268 participants as well as more than 2,000 audience members who hailed not only from Milwaukee and Wisconsin but also from across the United States and 18 different countries.

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