The Farm Wife's Almanac

"'Iva's tongue was honey-sweet and stung like a bee,'
the poet writes, an apt description of Wagner's own
poetic gifts, on full display in The Farm Wife's Almanac.
Rich in pathos and humor, this is a collection that 
embodies the culture from which it was birthed, a true
celebration of living close to the land.'"
            Todd Davis, Author, Native Species and Winterkill

 PicturePhoto by Rachel Greenberg / Above: Turkey Run SP by Shari Wagner




​Shari Wagner is the former Indiana Poet Laureate 2016-2017 and the author of three books of poems: The Harmonist at Nightfall: Poems of Indiana, Evening Chore, and The Farm Wife's Almanac. Her poetry has appeared in The Writers Almanac, American Life in Poetry, North American Review, Shenandoah, The Christian Century, Indiana Review, Valparaiso Poetry Review, The Wabash Watershed, and Best American Nonrequired Reading. 
Wagner has been awarded two Creative Renewal Fellowships from the Arts Council of Indianapolis, as well as grants from the Indiana Arts Commission. She lives in Central Indiana and teaches poetry and memoir writing workshops. ​

Cover painting: "Full Moon Winter Haiku"
​by John J Domont
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The Farm Wife's Almanac was shortlisted for the 2021 Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Awards in the category of Poetry. To find information about this program visit the Indiana Humanities website.
click here.      

          George Bilgere in Poetry Town, his online newsletter: 
          "Shari Wagner's The Farm Wife's Almanac is one of the best books I've read in years. 
          It reminds us so poignantly of a world--the world of my own ancestors--that is 
​          vanishing before our very eyes."

                                                        

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