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Karen An-hwei Lee
Karen An-hwei Lee (born 1973) is an American poet. Life Born in 1973, and raised in Massachusetts, Lee is a Chinese American poet, translator, and critic. She earned an M.F.A. in creative writing from Brown University and a Ph.D. in literature from the University of California, Berkeley. A former resident writing fellow at the MacDowell Colony for the Arts in Peterborough, New Hampshire and the Millay Colony for the Arts in Austerlitz, New York, Lee resided in Santa Ana, California. She became vice provost for Point Loma Nazarene University in 2016. In 2020, she became provost for Wheaton College. Her first poetry book, ''In Medias Res: a primer of experience in approximate alphabetical order,'' was selected by poet Heather McHugh and published by Sarabande Books in 2004. Lee received six Pushcart Prize nominations, a National Endowment for the Arts Grant, the Poetry Society of America's Norma Farber First Book Award, the Kathryn A. Morton Prize for Poetry from Sarabande B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Sarabande Books
Sarabande Books is an American not-for-profit literary press founded in 1994. It is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, with an office in New York City. Sarabande publishes contemporary poetry and nonfiction. Sarabande is a literary press whose books have earned reviews in the New York Times. The press was co-founded by Sarah Gorham (President and Editor-in-Chief) and Jeffrey Skinner (Chair). According to a CLMP Newswire interview, "Its mission, according to Gorham, is to publish poetry and fiction and to disburse the works of its authors 'with diligence and creativity.' The press also serves as an educational resource to teachers and creative writing students." The press publishes the winners of its national poetry and fiction competitions, as well as manuscripts accepted through general submission. Sarabande Books titles are distributed by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution. The press has received grants from the Kentucky Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century American Poets
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American Women Poets
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University Of California, Berkeley Alumni
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Brown University Alumni
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1973 Births
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Prairie Schooner
''Prairie Schooner'' is a literary magazine published quarterly at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln with the cooperation of UNL's English Department and the University of Nebraska Press. It is based in Lincoln, Nebraska and was first published in 1926. It was founded by Lowry Wimberly and a small group of his students, who together formed the Wordsmith Chapter of Sigma Upsilon (a national honorary literary society). Although many assume it is a regional magazine, it is nationally and internationally distributed and publishes writers from all over the United States and the world. ''Prairie Schooner'' has garnered reprints, and honorable mentions in the Pushcart Prize anthologies and various of the ''Best American'' series, including '' Best American Short Stories'', ''Best American Essays'', ''Best American Mystery Stories'', and ''Best American Nonrequired Reading''. Editors ''Prairie Schooners current editor (2011–present) is Jamaican/Ghanaian poet and author Kwame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greensboro Review
''The Greensboro Review'', founded in 1966, is one of the nation's oldest literary magazines, based at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Greensboro, North Carolina. It publishes fiction and poetry on a semi-annual basis. Work from the journal is featured in such anthologies as New Stories from the South, the O. Henry Prize Stories, and the Best American Short Stories.Greensboro Has Spawned A Host of Talented Writers, Greensboro News and Record, September 16, 1990 Founded by poet Robert Watson, the journal was edited for many years by Jim Clark during his tenure as director of the MFA program; it is currently edited by MFA director Terry L. Kennedy. The original design of the magazine was updated in 1989 by then-MFA in Poetry candidate S. P. Donohue, who served as the poetry editor and production manager from 1989–90. The ''Review'' awards the Robert Watson Literary Prizes. Notable contributors *Natasha Trethewey * Claudia Emerson * George Singleton * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tupelo Press
Tupelo Press is an American not-for-profit literary press founded in 1999. It produced its first titles in 2001, publishing poetry, fiction and non-fiction. Originally located in Dorset, Vermont, the press has since moved to North Adams, Massachusetts. History, staff and funding Tupelo Press was founded by Jeffrey Levine, Publisher and artistic director, and author of three collections of poetry. The staff includes Kristina Marie Darling Editor-in-Chief of Tupelo Press and Tupelo Quarterly, David Rossitter, Managing Editor; Cassandra Cleghorn, Associate Editor for Poetry & Nonfiction, and Kirsten Miles, National Director of the 30/30 Project and National Coordinator for Tupelo Press Seminars. Tupelo Press publishes the winners of its national poetry competitions, as well as manuscripts accepted through general submission. Awards given by Tupelo Press include the Dorset Prize, the Berkshire Prize for a First or Second Book of Poetry, and the Snowbound Series Chapbook Award. Tupe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norma Farber First Book Award
The Norma Farber First Book Award is given by the Poetry Society of America "for a first book of original poetry written by an American and published in either a hard or soft cover in a standard edition during the calendar year". Poetry Society of America Web site, Web page titled "PSA Annual Awards Guidelines", accessed October 28, 2006 The award was established by the family and friends of the poet and children's book author Norma Farber. The award comes with a $500 prize. Winners {, class="sortable" !Year !Winner !Title !Judge , - , 2023 , Paul Hlava Ceballos , ''banana ' , Chase Berggrun , - , 2022, , Amanda Larson, , ''Gut (Omnidawn)'', , Mark Bibbins , - , 2021, , Taylor Johnson, , ''Inheritance'' , , Francine J. Harris , - , 2020, , Zaina Alsous, , ''A Theory of Birds'' , , Matthew Shenoda , - , 2019, , Anna Maria Hong, , ''Age of Glass'' , , Geoffrey G. O'Brien , - , 2018, , Eve L. Ewing, , ''Electric Arches'' , , Elizabeth Macklin , - , 2017, , Vinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
