Kathleen Peirce (born 1956,

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, United States) is an

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. She graduated from the

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in 1988. She currently teaches at

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in San Marcos, Texas, for the

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. She has one son.

Awards

* 1990

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Award for ''Mercy'' * 1993

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* 1998

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for ''The Oval Hour'' * 2000

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for ''The Oval Hour'' * 2005

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Fellowship * 2007

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Works

"Anima Forma Corporis"; "Confession 3.10.18"; "Apart"
''Reading Between A&B''

''Blackbird''

''Nothing to Say and Saying It''

''courtland Review''

Bibliography

*''Mercy'', Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991, *''Divided Touch, Divided Color'', Windhover, 1995 *''The Oval Hour'' University of Iowa Press, 1999,
''The Ardors''
Ausable Press, 2004,
''Vault: A Poem''
New Michigan Press, 2017,
''Lion's Paw''
Miami University Press, 2021,

References

External links

Profile at The Whiting Foundation
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