Lisa Lewis is an American poet and professor, born 1956 in

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Biography

Lewis is the author of six books of poetry and is the director of the creative writing program at

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. In 2011, she received an Individual Artist's Fellowship from the

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. She is the Editor in Chief and Poetry Editor of ''

The Cimarron Review ''The Cimarron Review'' is a major American literary journal published quarterly by the Oklahoma State University. It was founded in 1967, and its current editor is Lisa Lewis. The magazine has its headquarters in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Contribut ...

''. Her first book, ''The Unbeliever'', was published as winner of the Brittingham Prize in Poetry in 1994. ''Silent Treatment,'' winner of the

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, appeared from

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in 1998.

New Issues Poetry & Prose New Issues Poetry & Prose is a literary press associated with Western Michigan University. It was founded by poet and Western Michigan University professor Herbert S. Scott. Editors have included poets William Olsen and Nancy Eimers. The Huff ...

published ''Vivisect'' in 2010, and ''Burned House with Swimming Pool'', appeared as winner of

The American Poetry Review ''The American Poetry Review'' (''APR'') is an American poetry magazine printed every other month on tabloid-sized newsprint. It was founded in 1972 by Stephen Berg and Stephen Parker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The magazine's editor is Elizab ...

Prize in 2011. In 2016, ''The Body Double'' appeared from Georgetown Review Press. In 2017, Lewis received the Tenth Gate Prize, a prize awarded each year to an exceptional manuscript by a mid-career poet with at least two previous books, from the

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