Erica Funkhouser is an American

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...

. She graduated from

Vassar College Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States. The college be ...

with an AB and from

Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...

with a MA. She teaches at the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...

. Her work appeared in ''The Atlantic Monthly'', ''The New Yorker'', ''The Paris Review'', ''Ploughshares'', and ''Poetry''. She lives in

Essex, Massachusetts Essex is a coastal town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, 26 miles (42 km) north of Boston and 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Newburyport. It is known for its former role as a center of shipbuilding. The population was 3,675 ...

Awards

* 2007 Guggenheim fellowship

Works

*
Post & Rail
'' University of Washington Press, 2018

''AGNI 66'', 2006
"Day Work"
''Beatrice'', 15 March 2008

Poetry Foundation
''Earthly''
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008,
''Pursuit''
Houghton Mifflin, 2002, *''The actual world'', Houghton Mifflin, 1997, * ''Sure Shot and Other Poems'', Houghton Mifflin, 1992 * ''Natural Affinities'', A. James Books, 1983,

Anthologies

"My Father's Lunch"
''Good Poems for Hard Times'', Editor

Garrison Keillor Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor (; born August 7, 1942) is an American author, singer, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He created the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) show ''A Prairie Home Companion'' (called ''Garrison Keillor's Radio ...

, Penguin Group, 2006,
"The Women Who Clean Fish"
''Working classics: poems on industrial life'', Editors Peter Oresick, Nicholas Coles,

University of Illinois Press The University of Illinois Press (UIP) is an American university press and is part of the University of Illinois System. Founded in 1918, the press publishes some 120 new books each year, thirty-three scholarly journals, and several electroni ...

, 1990,
"Lilies"
''Poetry from Sojourner: a feminist anthology'', Editors Ruth Lepson, Lynne Yamaguchi Fletcher University of Illinois Press, 2004,

Non-fiction

*''Lewis & Clark: the journey of the Corps of Discovery, an illustrated history'', Authors

Dayton Duncan Dayton Duncan (born September 3, 1949) is an American screenwriter, producer and former political aide. He is best known for his collaborations with documentary maker Ken Burns. Early life and education Born and raised in Indianola, Iowa, Du ...

, Ken Burns, William Least Heat Moon, Stephen E. Ambrose, Erica Funkhouser, Knopf, 1997,

References

External links

"Erica Funkhouser Interview""www.ericafunkhouser.com"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Funkhouser, Erica Vassar College alumni Stanford University alumni MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences faculty Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American women poets 21st-century American women