Debra Nystrom

Poet

Charlottesville, VA
Virginia US
Email: 
dln8u@virginia.edu
Website: 
english.as.virginia.edu/people/pr…

Author's Bio

Literary agent: 
Gail Hochman, Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
More in Time (University of Nebraska Press, 2021)
,
American Birds: A Literary Companion (Library of America, 2020)
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Plume Poetry 7 (Plume, 2019)
,
The Golden Shovel: Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks (University of Arkansas Press, 2017)
,
The Mind of Monticello: Fifty Contemporary Poets on Jefferson (University of Virginia Press, 2016)
,
Good Poems (Viking, 2012)
,
Good Poems, American Places (Viking, 2012)
,
The Kingdom of Grass (Center for Western Studies, 2011)
,
Best American Poetry (Scribner, 2009)
,
Bright Wings (Perseus Press, 2009)
,
When She Named Fire (Autumn House Press, 2008)
,
Red, White, and Blue (University of Iowa Press, 2004)
,
Common Wealth (University of Virginia Press, 2003)
,
Birthday Poems (Thunder's Mouth Press, 2002)
,
Like Thunder: Poets Respond to Violence in America (University of Iowa Press, 2002)
,
Acquainted with the Night (Columbia University Press, 1999)
,
More Light (Harcourt Brace, 1994)
Books:
NIGHT SKY FREQUENCIES AND SELECTED POEMS (Sheep Meadow Press, 2016)
,
Bad River Road (Sarabande Books, 2009)
,
Torn Sky (Sarabande Books, 2003)
,
A Quarter Turn (Sheep Meadow Press, 1991)
Journals:
AGNI
,
American Poetry Review
,
Blackbird
,
Conjunctions
,
Ecotone
,
Five Points
,
Georgia Review
,
Harvard Review
,
Kenyon Review
,
Narrative
,
New Yorker
,
Northwest Review
,
Orion
,
Ploughshares
,
Shenandoah
,
Slate
,
Crazyhorse
,
The New Yorker
,
The Threepenny Review
,
TriQuarterly
,
Virginia Quarterly Review
,
Yale Review
Prizes won: 

Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, Winter 2021

Best American Essays 2019: “Notable Essays and Literary Nonfiction of 2018”

 Narrative “Story of the Week,” November 2018

“Writers’ Almanac” feature, July 2012

Library of Virginia Poetry Prize, 2010                                   

“Writers’ Almanac” feature, Aug. 2009

“Writers’ Almanac” feature, Jan. 2009

Best American Poetry selection, 2008

James Dickey Prize, Five Points Magazine, 2007                                            

American Life in Poetry feature, Poetry Foundation, October 2005    

Library of Virginia Poetry Prize, 2004 

Heart/Borders Poetry Prize, 2002

James Boatwright Prize, Shenandoah Magazine, 2000                       

Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Fellowship in Poetry, 1997

Balch Prize for Poetry, Virginia Quarterly Review, 1991    

Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Fellowship in Poetry, 1987

                         

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Born in: 
Pierre, SD
South Dakota
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Last update: Feb 05, 2024