Washington, D.C.
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) is an American
poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wr ...
.
Life
She received a B.A. from
Goddard College
Goddard College is a progressive education private liberal arts low-residency college with three locations in the United States: Plainfield, Vermont; Port Townsend, Washington; and Seattle, Washington. The college offers undergraduate and grad ...
and an M.A. from the
University of Colorado
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, and is a Full Professor at
George Mason University
George Mason University (George Mason, Mason, or GMU) is a public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia with an independent City of Fairfax, Virginia postal address in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. The university was orig ...
, where she has taught since 1988 in the MFA and undergraduate programs.
For five years she was Executive Producer of Poetry Theater: An Evening of Visual Poetics, and also served as poetry editor for the short-lived but gorgeously produced journal, "'Practice: New Writing + Art," based in the Bay area.
Her work has appeared in ''AGNI'', ''
Beloit Poetry Journal
The ''Beloit Poetry Journal'' is an American poetry magazine established in 1950 at Beloit College. Cerise Press, Colorado Review, ''Court Green'', ''CutBank'', ''Denver Quarterly'', ''Fascicle'', ''Free Verse'', ''Hotel Amerika'', ''Indiana Review'', ''Ploughshares'', ''42opus'', ''Runes'', and other journals.
She also lives in the southern Colorado Rockies.
Awards
* 1982
National Poetry Series The National Poetry Series is an American literary awards program.
Every year since 1979, the National Poetry Series has sponsored the publication of five books of poetry. Manuscripts are solicited through an annual open competition, judged and ch ...
, for ''The Hands in Exile''
* Eugene Kayden Award
* National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
* Chad Walsh Prize from