Mary Makofske

Publications and Prizes

Books:

Traction (The Ashland Poetry Press, 2011), The Disappearance of Gargoyles (Thorntree Press, 1988)

Chapbooks:

Eating Nasturtiums (Flume Press, 1998)

Anthologies:

Hunger and Thirst (San Diego City Works Press, 2013), From Dusk to Need (Flume Press, 2010), In a Fine Frenzy: Poets Respond to Shakespeare (University of Iowa Press, 2005), Proposing on the Brooklyn Bridge (Grayson Books, 2003), Essential Love (Grayson Books, 2000), Tangled Vines (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992)

Journals:

Asheville Poetry Review, Calyx, Cream City Review, Hawai'i Pacific Review, Lullwater Review, Mississippi Review, Modern Haiku, Natural Bridge, North American Review, Paterson Literary Review, Poetry, Poetry East, The Louisville Review, Valparaiso Poetry Review, Zone 3

Prizes:

2010 Snyder Prize (manuscript competition, Ashland Poetry Press); The Ledge Poetry Prize, 2012; 2012 Lamar York 2nd Place Prize for Nonfiction, Chattahoochee Review; 3rd place in 2011 William Matthews Poetry Prize competition; Lullwater Prize; Robert Penn Warren Poetry Prize; Flume Press Chapbook prize

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Listing last updated: December 6, 2012

More Information

Listed as:

Fiction Writer, Poet

Gives readings?

Yes

Travels for readings?

Yes

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Washington, DC

Raised in:

Washington, DC

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