Catherine Bowman (born in

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) is an American

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. Her most recent poetry collection is ''Can I Finish, Please?'' (Four Way Books, 2016), and her poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including ''The Best American Poetry, TriQuarterly, River Styx, Conjunctions, Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, The Los Angeles Times, Crazyhorse, The New Yorker, and The Paris Review,'' and in six editions of

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. Her honors include fellowships from

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and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Bowman is a full professor in the Creative Writing Program at

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, and also teaches at the

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in Provincetown. She lives in

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Honors

* 1994

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* Peregrine Smith Poetry Prize * Dobie Paisano Fellowship from the University of Texas * 1990

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Fellowship in Poetry

Published works

Full-length poetry collections * ''Can I Finish, Please?'' (Four Way Books, 2016) * ''The Plath Cabinet'' (Four Way Books, 2009) * * * Anthologies edited *

References

External links

''Ploughshares ''

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Honors

Published works

Further reading

References

External links

''Ploughshares ''