Alice Anderson (born 1966) is an American poet. She is particularly known for her collection, ''Human Nature''.

Biography

Alice Anderson was born May 20, 1966, in

Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa ( ) is the List of municipalities in Oklahoma, second-most-populous city in the U.S. state, state of Oklahoma, after Oklahoma City, and the List of United States cities by population, 48th-most-populous city in the United States. The po ...

. She spent her childhood in California and Mississippi. Anderson took a classes at

California State University, Sacramento California State University, Sacramento (CSUS, Sacramento State, or informally Sac State) is a public university in Sacramento, California, United States. Founded in 1947 as Sacramento State College, it is part of the California State Universit ...

, receiving a BA in English. As an undergrad Anderson worked with the poet Dennis Schmitz who encouraged her to go to graduate school. She received an MFA in Poetry from

Sarah Lawrence College Sarah Lawrence College (SLC) is a Private university, private liberal arts college in Yonkers, New York, United States. Founded as a Women's colleges in the United States, women's college in 1926, Sarah Lawrence College has been coeducational ...

. Anderson was living in Ocean Springs,

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when

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hit. Her work deals with issues that have impacted her life: family violence, intimate partner violence, and traumatic brain injury.

Awards

* 1994 Elmer Holmes Bobst Award for Emerging Writers * 1994 Sarah Lawrence Poetry Prize

Works

* ''Some Bright Morning, I'll Fly Away: A Memoir'' (St. Martin's Press, 2017) * ''The Watermark'' (Eyewear Publishing, 2016) * ''Human Nature'' (NYU Press, 1994)

References

External links

The Reading Life With Alice Anderson
on New Orleans Public Radio 21st-century American poets 20th-century American poets 21st-century American women writers 20th-century American women writers American women poets Writers from Tulsa, Oklahoma Poets from Oklahoma 1966 births Living people Sarah Lawrence College alumni California State University, Sacramento alumni {{US-poet-1960s-stub