Nancy Vieira Couto

Publications and Prizes

Books:

The Face in the Water (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1990)

Chapbooks:

Carlisle & the Common Accident (Foothills Publishing, 2011)

Anthologies:

Good Poems, American Places (Viking, 2011), DIAGRAM III (Del Sol Press, 2008), The Giant Book of Poetry (Level 4 Press, 2006), Poetry Daily: 366 Poems from the World's Most Popular Poetry Website (Sourcebooks, 2003), Second Word Thursdays (Bright Hill Press, 1999), Out of the Catskills and Just Beyond (Bright Hill Press, 1997), Pittsburgh Book of Contemporary Poetry (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993)

Journals:

American Voice, Black Warrior Review, Diagram, Iowa Review, Kalliope, Mississippi Review, Nimrod, Prairie Schooner, Salamander, Shenandoah, Southern Review

Prizes:

Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County Fellowship, 2002; National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry, 1999; Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts Grant, 1998; American Antiquarian Society-Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund Creative and Performing Artists and Writers Fellowship, 1995; Gettysburg Review Award for 1994 in the Field of Poetry; Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1989; National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry, 1987; New York State Creative Artists Program Service Fellowship, 1982-1983

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Listing last updated: January 25, 2012

More Information

Listed as:

Poet

Gives readings?

Yes

Travels for readings?

Yes

Identifies as:

Portuguese American

Born in:

New Bedford, MA

Raised in:

New Bedford & Dartmouth, MA