Amy Gerstler (born 1956) is an American poet living in

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. She has won a

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as well as the

National Book Critics Circle Award The National Book Critics Circle Awards are a set of annual American literary awards by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to promote "the finest books and reviews published in English".Pitzer College Pitzer College is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. It was founded in 1963 as a women's college in the Claremont Colleges consortium and became coeducational in 1970. Pitzer enrolls approximately 1000 students. Pitzer off ...

and holds an M.F.A. from

Bennington College Bennington College is a private liberal arts college in Bennington, Vermont, United States. Founded as a women’s college in 1932,

. She is now a professor in th
MFA writing program
at th
University of California, Irvine
Previously, she taught in the Bennington Writing Seminars program, at

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and the

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's Master of Professional Writing Program. Gerstler was editor of the 2010 edition of the anthology '' Best American Poetry''. She is also the author of art reviews, book reviews, fiction, and occasional journalistic essays. She has collaborated with visual artists, including

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, and her writing has been published in numerous exhibition catalogs. Her books of poetry include ''Medicine'' (finalist for the Phi Beta Kappa Poetry Award) and ''Bitter Angel'' (1990) (winner of the 1990

Works

* ''Index of Women'' New York: Penguin Books, 2021. *''Scattered at Sea,'' New York : Penguin Books, 2015. 014312689X, OCLC 892458622 *''Dearest Creature,'' New York : Penguin Books, 2009. , * ''Ghost Girl'' New York : Penguin Books, 2004. , * ''Medicine'' New York : Penguin, 2000. , * ''Crown of Weeds'' New York : Penguin Books, 1997. , * ''Nerve Storm'' New York : Penguin Books, 1993. , * ''Bitter Angel'' Pittsburgh, Pa. Carnegie Mellon University Press 1997. , * ''The True Bride'' Santa Monica : Lapis Press, 1986. , * ''White marriage; & Recovery'', Los Angeles, Calif. : Illuminati, 1984. ,

References

External links

Amy Gerstler, poets.org

Official Author Website, amygerstler.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gerstler, Amy 1956 births Living people Bennington College alumni Pitzer College alumni ArtCenter College of Design people American women poets 21st-century American women