Dorothea Lasky 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. A B C D E F G H I–J K L M N O P Q *George Quasha (born 1942 in poetry, 1942) R ...

. She is currently an Associate Professor of Poetry at

Columbia University School of the Arts The Columbia University School of the Arts (also known as School of the Arts or SoA) is the fine arts graduate school of Columbia University in Morningside Heights, New York (state), New York. It offers Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degrees in Film, ...

Background and education

She was born in

St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis ( , sometimes referred to as St. Louis City, Saint Louis or STL) is an Independent city (United States), independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi and the Miss ...

in 1978. She graduated from

Ladue Horton Watkins High School Ladue Horton Watkins High School is a public high school in Ladue, Missouri, United States, that is administered by the Ladue School District. Its namesake, Horton Watkins, was vice president of the International Shoe Company and died in 1949 ...

in 1996. She earned a BA in

classics Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek literature, Ancient Greek and Roman literature and ...

and

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

from

Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) is a private research university in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1853 by a group of civic leaders and named for George Washington, the university spans 355 acres across its Danforth ...

. She earned her MFA in

Poetry Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...

from the

University of Massachusetts Amherst The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) is a public land-grant research university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system and was founded in 1863 as the ...

MFA Program for Poets & Writers MFA may refer to: Organizations * Marine and Fisheries Agency, a former UK government executive agency * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (including a list of ministries with the name) * Movement of the Forces of the Future (), a political party in Cô ...

, and her Ed.M. in Arts & Education from

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

, and her Ed.D. in Creativity and Education from the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...

. Her work has appeared in ''

The Paris Review ''The Paris Review'' is a quarterly English-language literary magazine established in Paris in 1953 by Harold L. Humes, Peter Matthiessen, and George Plimpton. In its first five years, ''The Paris Review'' published new works by Jack Kerouac, ...

'', ''

Boston Review ''Boston Review'' is an American quarterly political and literary magazine. It publishes political, social, and historical analysis, literary and cultural criticism, book reviews, fiction, and poetry, both online and in print. Its signature form ...

'', and ''The'' ''New Yorker''''.''

Bibliography

;Full-length collections * ''Animal''.

Wave Books Wave Books (established 2005) is an American independent press focusing on the publication of poetry, with a focus on innovative, contemporary poetry and poetry in translation. Books published by Wave have been finalists for and winners of the Pu ...

, 2019. * ''Astro Poets: Your Guides to the Zodiac''. With Alex Dimitrov. Flatiron Books, 2019. *
Milk
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, 2018. * * * Ed. with Dominic Luxford and Jesse Nathan. *
''Rome''

Liveright Boni & Liveright (pronounced "BONE-eye" and "LIV-right") is an American Publishing#Book publishing, trade book publisher established in 1917 in New York City by Albert Boni and Horace Liveright. Over the next sixteen years the firm, which chang ...

, 2012, * * * ;Chapbooks & pamphlets * ''Snakes'' (Tungsten Press, 2018) * ''Poetry is Not a Project'' (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2010) * ''Tourmaline'' (Transmission Press, 2008) * ''The Hatmaker's Wife'' (2006) * ''Art'' (H NGM N Press, 2005) * ''Alphabets & Portraits'' (Anchorite Press, 2004)

References

External links

Dorothea Lasky's personal page

Dorothea Lasky's Author Page at Wave Books

Dorothea Lasky's Bird in Snow, home of the Tiny Tour
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Katalanché Press

Dorothea Lasky on PennSound

Lasky's page at Columbia University School of the Arts
1978 births Living people Washington University in St. Louis alumni University of Massachusetts Amherst MFA Program for Poets & Writers alumni Harvard Graduate School of Education alumni University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education alumni American women poets Columbia University faculty Ladue Horton Watkins High School alumni 21st-century American poets 21st-century American women writers {{US-poet-1970s-stub