Alarie Tennille

Poet

Kansas City, MO
Missouri US

Author's Bio

Alarie Tennille was born and raised in Portsmouth, Virginia, and graduated from the University of Virginia in the first class admitting women. She graduated with a degree in English, Phi Beta Kappa key, and black belt in Feminism. She still misses the ocean, but loves the writing community she’s found in Kansas City. Alarie serves on the Emeritus Board of The Writers Place. Her latest (3rd) poetry book is Three A.M. at the Museum from Kelsay Books. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies including The Whirlybird Anthology of Kansas City Writers, Poetry East, Coal City Review, The Ekphrastic Review, I-70 Review, Tipton Review, Allegro Poetry Review, and Southern Women’s Review.

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
The Whirlybird Anthology of Kansas City Writers (Whirlybird Press, 2012)
Book:
Running Counterclockwise (Kelsay Books, 2014)
Chapbook:
Spiraling into Control (Lives You Touch Publications, 2010)
Journals:
Coal City Review
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Kentucky Review
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Little Balkans Review
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Margie
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Rusty Truck
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Short, Fast, and Deadly
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Southern Women's Review
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The Mid-America Poetry Review
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The Orange Room Review
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Touch: The Journal of Healing
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Untitled Country Review
Prizes won: 

First Editor's Choice Fantastic Ekphrastic Award from The Ekphrastic Review, Monthly Poem Award from Goodreads for her poem "The Quilters of Gee's Bend," several Pushcart Prize and Best of Net Nominations, and first runner up for Thorpe Menn Award for Literary Excellence for her book, Running Counterclockwise.

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Too many favorites to name, but they include George Bilgere, Naomi Shihab Nye, Jo McDougall, Andrea Hollander, Maryfrances Wagner, Kevin Young, Margaret Atwood, Jane Kenyon, Michael Bazzett, and Stephen Dunn. I'd better not get started on novelists.
What I'm reading now: 
And Now, Nowhere but Here by Andrea Hollander

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Portsmouth, VA
Virginia
Raised in: 
Portsmouth, VA
Virginia
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Last update: Aug 19, 2023