Creative Nonfiction Writer, Fiction Writer, Poet
Publications & Prizes
Creative Nonfiction
Books:
The Tribal Knot: A Memoir of Family, Community, and a Century of Change (Indiana University Press, 2013)
, The Riddle Song and Other Rememberings (University of Georgia Press, 2002)
, One Word Deep (Ashland Poetry Press, 1993)
Fiction
Journals: , ,
Kenyon Review
, Ms.
, , Shenandoah
, Poetry
Anthologies:
Kiss Tomorrow Hello (Doubleday, 2006)
, Short Takes: Brief Encounters with Contemporary Nonfiction (Norton, 2005)
, Are You Experienced? Baby Boom Poets at Midlife (University of Iowa Press, 2003)
, Best American Essays College Edition (Houghton Mifflin, 2003)
, O Taste and See: Food Poems (Bottom Dog Press, 2003)
, Poetry Daily (Sourcebooks, 2003)
, Best American Essays (Houghton Mifflin, 2001)
, Boomer Girls: Poems by Women from the Baby Boom Generation (University of Iowa Press, 1999)
, In Brief: Short Takes on the Personal (Norton, 1999)
, Best American Poetry (Scribner, 1998)
, The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses XVIII (Pushcart Press, 1993)
, Mrs. Houdini (University Press of Florida, 1989)
Book:
Deep Light: New and Selected Poems 1987-2007 (Iris Press, 2009)
Prizes won:
Pushcart Prize; included in Best American Essays and Best American Poetry; (4) fellowships from New York Foundation for the Arts and N.C. Arts Council; Glasgow Prize
More Information
Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
Identifies as:
White
Prefers to work with:
Adults
Fluent in:
English
Born in:
Lafayette
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Last update: Feb 22, 2017