Gene Fendt Poetry Reading & Discussion
Tue, Jan 06
|Virtual on Zoom
Gene Fendt’s poetry wrestles with the physical world while reaching for the divine. Join us for an evening of reading and conversation with a poet whose work celebrates heritage, questions mortality, and seeks grace in the everyday.
Time & Location
Jan 06, 2026, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CST
Virtual on Zoom
About the Event
Gene Fendt taught at UNK, where he was Albertus Magnus Professor of Philosophy, for about 40 years and was blessed to have Don Welch for a colleague through most of those decades.
Besides the usual (and unusual) scholarly publications, he also wrote and published poetry in numerous journals winning several awards including Gemini magazine's open poetry competition (nominated for a Pushcart), the Princemere Poetry Prize, and two Nebraska Individual Artist Fellowships.
Together with Don Welch he authored The Cranes, A Book of Hours which was written out by noted Nebraska calligrapher Arthur Pierce. His first book of poetry, Eternal Life and other poems was published by Angelico Press of Brooklyn NY in 2025.
FREE and Open to the Public