Megan Burns

Poet

New Orleans, LA
Louisiana US

Author's Bio

Megan Burns has a MFA from Naropa University and edits the poetry magazine, Solid Quarter (solidquarter.blogspot.com). She has been most recently published in Jacket Magazine, Callaloo, New Laurel Review, YAWP Journal, and the Big Bridge New Orleans Anthology. Her poetry and prose reviews have been published in Tarpaulin Sky, Gently Read Lit, Big Bridge, and Rain Taxi. Her book Memorial + Sight Lines was published in 2008 by Lavender Ink. She has two chapbooks, Frida Kahlo: I am the poem (2004) and Framing a Song (2010) from Trembling Pillow Press. She lives in New Orleans where she and her husband, poet Dave Brinks, run the weekly 17 Poets! reading series (www.17poets.com).

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
Big Bridge New Orleans Anthology (Big Bridge, 2010)
Book:
Memorial + Sight Lines (Lavender Ink, 2008)
Journals:
5-Trope
,
Bombay Gin
,
Callaloo
,
Drunken Boat
,
Exquisite Corpse
,
Monkey Puzzle
,
New Laurel Review
, ,
Trickhouse
,
Turntable & Blue Light
,
Yawp

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Natchez
Raised in: 
New Orleans, LA
Louisiana
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Last update: Aug 09, 2011