Emily Pettit is an American poet, editor, and publisher from Northampton, Massachusetts. She has authored two books of poetry: ''Blue Flame'' (

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), and Goat in the Snow (Birds, LLC). and the chapbooks ''How'' (

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), and ''What Happened to Limbo'' (Pilot Books). She was shortlisted for

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Poetry awar

Education

She received her MFA in Poetry at

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and her BA in Contemporary Images at

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Career

She has taught poetry at

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, New York, New York. Pettit is an editor for Factory Hollow Press, notnostrums, and was publisher of the literary journal

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. ''Goat in the Snow'' was her first full-length collection of poetry and came out in early 2012. Her second volume of poems, ''Blue Flame'', appeared in 2019 from

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. Her work has been included in

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, and Vinyl Poetry. She has previously taught and/or lectured at Flying Object, University of Iowa,

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, and

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Works and publications

* ''Blue Flame'' (Carnegie Mellon 2019) * ''How'' (

) * ''What Happened to Limbo'' (Pilot Books) * ''Goat in the Snow''
Birds, LLC
2012)

References

External links

Official website
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