Penelope Scambly Schott is a

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and former professor of English at

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and

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. She has published several books of poetry and has taught poetry writing for

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. At

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in the 1980s she was part of the Guidance Research Group, which developed the SIGI PLUS career information system. Schott is a recipient of the 2004 Turning Point Poetry Prize, the Orphic Prize, and a fellowship from the

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. She now resides in

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. She received the 2008

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in poetry for "A Is for Anne: Mistress Hutchinson Disturbs the Commonwealth".

Publications

* Imitatio Redux, Penelope Schott Starkey, College Composition and Communication, Vol. 25, No. 5 (Dec., 1974), pp. 435–437 * My grandparents were married for sixty-five years, Dept. of English, Fairleigh Dickinson University (1977), * A Little Ignorance, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. (1986), ASIN: B000H5764G * The Perfect Mother: Snake Nation Press, Incorporated (January 1994), * Penelope: The Story of the Half-Scalped Woman : A Narrative Poem, University Press of Florida (December 1998), * ''Almost Learning to Live in This World'', published by Pudding House Press (2004) * The Pest Maiden: A Story Of Lobotomy,

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(December 31, 2004), * Baiting the Void, Dream Horse Press (September 30, 2005), * A is for Anne: Mistress Hutchinson Disturbs the Commonwealth, Turning Point (2007), * Six Lips,

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(2010), * Crow Mercies, CALYX Books (2010), * Lillie Was a Goddess, Lillie Was a Whore,

(2013) * Love Song for Dufur: Poems, Windfall Press (March 2013), * How I Became an Historian,

(July 29, 2016), * Sophia and Mister Walter Whitman, Poetry Box (April 2021),

External links

The Pest Maiden: A Story of Lobotomy, Poems by Penelope Scambly Schott at turning point books.Penelope Scambly Schott on Amazon.com
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