Erin Belieu (born September 25, 1965) is an American

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Early life

Belieu was born and raised in Omaha,

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, graduating from Central High School. She received her

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at the

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, where she learned how to construct poetry. Belieu then attended

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, and

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receiving advanced degrees in the area of poetry.

Career

Belieu previously taught at

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, and Florida State University. She is presently on faculty at the University of Houston MFA/Ph.D. Creative Writing Program. Her work has appeared in places such as The New Yorker, ''The Atlantic Monthly'', ''Slate'', ''Nerve'', ''The Yale Review'', ''TriQuarterly'', ''Ploughshares'', ''The New York Times'', ''Tin House'', and ''The Virginia Quarterly Review''. Her poetry collections include ''Infanta, One Above & One Below, Black Box'' and ''Slant Six''. She has served as managing editor of ''

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''. In September 2006, Belieu was invited to join the Wave Press Poetry Bus Tour, along with notable poets such as

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and

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. In August 2009, Belieu cofounded the national feminist organization VIDA: Women In Literary Arts, notable for its influential annual survey of the rates of publication between male and female authors. This VIDA survey, known as The Count, has been highly influential in addressing sweeping gender bias in contemporary American literary publishing. Belieu formerly served as VIDA's co director, along with notable American poet Cate Marvin. In August 2015, Belieu was one of 20 authors of ''Poets for Corbyn'', an anthology of poems endorsing

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's the

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in Labour Party leadership election.

Awards and honors

* 1994

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, for ''Infanta'', selected by

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* 1995

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* Ohioana Award * Society of Midland Authors Award *invited to read at the Library of Congress by former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky *2007 finalist for the ''Los Angeles Times'' book award in poetry for ''Black Box''

Bibliography

Collections

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List of poems

"For Catherine: Juana, Infanta of Navarre", ''AGNI 56'', 2002
* ttp://www.epoetry.org/issues/issue6/text/poems/eb1.htm "Two Weeks On The Island", ''electronic poetry review''br>"The Birthmark", ''Ploughshares'', Spring 2003

Anthologies

*The Best American Poetry, 2011 editors Kevin Young, David Lehman * * * *

As editor

References

External links

"Erin Belieu", ''Web Del Sol''
* ttp://howapoemhappens.blogspot.com/2009/07/erin-belieu.html "Erin Belieu", ''How a Poem Happens'', July 13, 2009 {{DEFAULTSORT:Belieu, Erin 1967 births Living people 20th-century American poets 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American poets 21st-century American women writers American women poets Boston University alumni Boston University faculty Florida State University faculty Kenyon College faculty Ohio State University Graduate School alumni Ohio University faculty Poets from Nebraska Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award winners The New Yorker people Washington University in St. Louis faculty Writers from Omaha, Nebraska Omaha Central High School alumni