Augusta, Maine
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) is an
American poet
The poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their poetry while living in that country.
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*George Quasha (born 1942 in poetry, 1942)
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Biography
Laux worked as a
sanatorium
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cook, a gas station manager, and a maid before receiving a
B.A.
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in English from
Mills College
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in 1988.
Laux taught at the
University of Oregon
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. She is a professor at
North Carolina State University
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’s creative writing program, and the MFA in Writing Program at
Pacific University
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. She is also a contributing editor at
The Alaska Quarterly Review
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.
Her work appeared in ''
American Poetry Review
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'', ''
Kenyon Review
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Orion
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'', ''
Ploughshares
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'', and ''
Zyzzyva
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''.
Laux lives in
Raleigh, North Carolina
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, with her husband, poet Joseph Millar. She has one daughter.
Awards
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Pulitzer Prize
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finalist for Only As the Day is Long: New and Selected Poems
* The Paterson Prize for ''The Book of Men''
* The Roanoke-Chowan Award for ''The Book of Men''
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Pushcart Prize
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* Two fellowships from the
National Endowment for the Arts
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The Best American Poetry 1999
''The Best American Poetry 1999'', a volume in ''The Best American Poetry series
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Background
The series, begun by poet and editor David ...
*
The Best American Poetry 2006
''The Best American Poetry 2006'', a volume in ''The Best American Poetry series'', was edited by David Lehman (general editor), and poet Billy Collins, guest editor.
The volume received some negative reviews. A review in the ''RATTLE'' by G. Tod ...
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The Best American Poetry 2013
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Guggenheim Fellowship
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Oregon Book Award
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for ''Facts about the Moon'', selected by Ai
* 2006
Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
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shortlisted for ''Facts about the Moon''
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National Book Critics Circle Award
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National Book Award for Poetry
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Works
* re-issued by Eastern Washington University Press
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* ''Superman: The Chapbook'' Red Dragonfly Press January 2008
* ''Dark Charms'' Red Dragonfly Press 2010
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* ''The Book of Women'', Red Dragonfly Press 2012
* ''Ce que nous portons'', Translation of ''What We Carry'' by Hélène Cardona, Editions du Cygne 2014
*''Only As the Day Is Long: New and Selected Poems'', W. W. Norton 2019
Anthologies
* ''Best of
The American Poetry Review
''The American Poetry Review'' (''APR'') is an American poetry magazine printed every other month on tabloid-sized newsprint. It was founded in 1972 by Stephen Berg and Stephen Parker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The magazine's editor is Elizab ...
Best American Poetry
''The Best American Poetry'' series consists of annual poetry anthologies, each containing seventy-five poems.
Background
The series, begun by poet and editor David Lehman in 1988, has a different guest editor every year. Lehman, still the genera ...
.
Performance
* ''The Poetry Brothel''
The Poetry Society of New York
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