Pia Taavila-Borsheim, Ph.D.

Poet

Author's Bio

Moon on the Meadow: Collected Poems 1997 - 2007 (Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press) 2008

Two Winters (Georgetown, KY: Finishing Line Press) 2011

Mother Mail (Hermeneutic Chaos Press) 2017

Love Poems (Cherry Grove Press) 2018

 

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Covenant of Generations (WRJ (Women of Reform Judaism), 2013)
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The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry (Bloomsbury USA, 2013)
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Deaf Lit Extravaganza (Handtype Press, 2012)
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Hindman Poetry Reading (Wind Publishing, 2003)
Book:
Moon on the Meadow (Moon on the Meadow, 2008)
Chapbook:
Two Winters (Finishing Line Press, 2011)
Journals: , ,
Asheville Poetry Review
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Birmingham Poetry Review
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Blue Lyra Review
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College English
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Comstock Review
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Copperfield Review
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Ibbetson Street
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Journal of Kentucky Studies
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Kindred
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Linden Avenue Literary Journal
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Measure
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Moving Out
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Pegasus Magazine
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Poet's Ink
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Qarrtsiluni
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Soundings
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Southern Women's Review
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SouthLit
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The Bear River Review
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The Broadkill Review
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The Potomac Review
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The Tactile Mind
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The Vocabula Review
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Virginia Writing
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Xanadu
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Prizes won: 

The Denny C. Plattner Prize Appalachia Heritage Magazine

Honorable Mention, Jim Wayne Miller Poetry Prize

Finalist, Black Lawrence Chapbook Competition

Artist's Award from The Vermont Studio Center, March Residency, 2008

Gallaudet University Faculty Award for Publishing

2 Best of the Net Anthology Nominations

2 Pushcart Prize Nominations

 

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Seam by Tarfia Faizullah, Flies by Michael Dickman, Hum by Jamaal May, Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Raised in: 
Walled Lake, MI
Michigan
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Last update: Aug 20, 2019