Alinda Dickinson Wasner

Poet

Franklin, MI

Michigan US

Email:

alindaw2011@comcast.net

Author's Bio

Readings: Wayne State University; Detroit Rock and Read with ML Liebler; Ntozake Shange radio show; Paint Creek Center for the Arts; Mott Community College; Brick House, Lansing, MI; Wittenberg Univ; Alex Manoogian Center, Detroit; Como's Bar and Grill, Ferndale, MI; Prague Theatre, CZ; Chicago Public Library.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

Fresh Water: Women Writing on the Great Lakes (Michigan State University Press, 2006)

Amelia (Amelia Press, 1987)

Chapbook:

Departures/Arrivals (Ridgeway Press, 1989)

Journals:

Ararat

Corridors Literary Magazine

Inkwell

Inspirit

MacGuffin

Moving Out

Mr. Cogito

Passages North

Sounds

The Comstock Review

The Wittenberg Review of Literature and Art

Prizes won:

Tompkins Awards for Poetry, Fiction, Essay; Wittenberg Univ. Poetry prize; 2007 Chicago Poetry Center juried prize, 2nd place; Prague Writers Scholarship; Mr. Cogito poetry prize;Amelia Press award;2011 Paumonok Poetry prize semi-finalist;

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now:

Seeing Through Places by Mary Gordon, Bitter Smell of Almonds by Arnost Lustig, Crazy Iris by Kenzoburo Oe, Collected Stories of Lydia Davis by Lydia Davis

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Native American

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Columbus

Raised in:

Galion, OH

Ohio

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Last update: May 09, 2011