Frolander to participate in National Cowboy Poetry Gathering

Patricia Frolander of Sundance has been invited to participate in the 36th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Jan. 27-Feb. 1 in Elko, NV. The gathering is an international festival that honors the arts, culture and traditions of the rural West, with poetry, music, storytelling, dancing, workshops, exhibitions, discussions, food and fellowship.

The 36th Gathering will celebrate the historic and contemporary contributions of black cowboys in the American West, as well as honor the artistic performances that make the West the vibrant place it is today.

Wyoming Poet Laureate Patricia Frolander owns her husband’s family ranch in the Black Hills of Wyoming. Patricia’s first book, Grassland Genealogy, was published in 2009 followed by her second, Married Into It, which garnered the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum’s coveted Wrangler Award for Best Poetry Book of 2011, The Willa Cather Award for Best Poetry Book by Women Writing the West and 2012 Best Woman Writer by High Plains Book Awards.

Her third book, Between the West Pasture and Home, was released in December of 2019 and her fourth will be released in the spring of 2020.

Frolander will join nearly 90 other poets, musicians and musical groups from the U.S., Canada and Australia who will perform on seven stages at four different venues in Elko. For artist bios and audio samples visit http://www.national cowboypoetrygathering.org.

The gathering also features hands-on workshops in traditional Western arts including rawhide braiding and hat-making, foodways, dancing, songwriting and comic illustrating. A special exhibition will present an artful view of the poets and musicians who have come to the gathering over the years, as well as a display of historic and contemporary spurs.

Tickets to the gathering can be purchased at http://www.nationalcowboypoetrygathering.org or by calling (888) 880-5885.