In this Academy Evening talk, Bruce Dethlefsen discusses his evolution as a poet and shares his wisdom for emerging writers. Dethlefsen, a former Wisconsin Poet Laureate, is the author of Small Talk (Little Eagle Press, 2014) and retired director of Montello Public Library. This talk was presented by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters in partnership with Mead Public Library Foundation and recorded on April 20, 2017, by WSCS – Sheboygan’s Community Station.