David Shumate is an American

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Life

Shumate is the author of three books of prose poems published by the

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: ''Kimonos in the Closet'' (2013), ''The Floating Bridge'' (2008) and ''High Water Mark'' (2004), winner of the 2003

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. Shumate's poetry has been anthologized in ''Good Poems for Hard Times,'' ''

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'', and ''The Writer’s Almanac''. He was awarded an

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in poetry in 2009, and a Creative Renewal Fellowship by the Arts Council of Indianapolis in 2007. Shumate has taught at Marian University. He lives in Zionsville,

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Awards

* 2003

* 2005 Best Books of Indiana competition * 2007 Creative Renewal Fellowship-Arts Council of Indianapolis * 2009 NEA Creative Writing Fellowship

Works

"Plum", ''AGNI''
* * * ''Kimonos in the Closet'', University of Pittsburgh Press, 2013

Anthologies

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References

External links

"David Shumate", ''The Writer's Almanac''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shumate, David Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male poets People from Zionsville, Indiana Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize winners