Kimberly Burwick is an American poet. Her honors include the 2007 Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize (finalist) and the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Memorial Fund Poetry Prize and fellowships from the

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and Provincetown

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. She is author of five poetry collections, most recently, ''Brightword'' (

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), and including ''Horses in the Cathedral'' ( Anhinga Press, 2010), and ''Has No Kinsmen'' (

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, 2006). Her poems have been published in many literary journals and magazines including ''Fence, Kalliope, Barrow Street, Hayden’s Ferry Review, The Indiana Review, Hotel Amerika,'' and ''The Literary Review. ''

Life

Burwick was born and raised in

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and graduated from

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. She holds a B.A. from the

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and an M.F.A. from

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. Burwick teaches at

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and in the U.C.L.A. Extension Writer's Program. She currently lives in

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. Her work ''Horses in the Cathedral'' won the Robert Dana-Anhinga Prize for Poetry.article on ''Horses in the Cathedral''
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Published works

* ''Brightword'' (

, 2019) * ''Custody of the Eyes'' (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2017) * ''Good Night Brother'' (Burnside Review, 2014) * ''Horses in the Cathedral'' ( Anhinga Press, 2011) * ''Has No Kinsman'' (

, 2006)

References

External links

Poems: ''Conjunctions'' > Kimberly Burwick > Three Poems

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INTERVIEW: ''Living the Bright Words: A Conversation with Eco-poet Kimberly Burwick'' By Rebecca Gayle Howell: April 9, 2020

REVIEW of ''Brightword'' , Rupture Magazine , By Keith Kopka
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