Alyse Knorr

Poet

Denver, CO

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Author's Bio

Alyse Knorr is the author of Mega-City Redux (Green Mountains Review 2017), Super Mario Bros. 3 (Boss Fight Books 2016), Copper Mother (Switchback Books 2016), and Annotated Glass (Furniture Press Books 2013). She also authored the chapbooks Epithalamia (Horse Less Press 2015) and Alternates (dancing girl press 2014). Her work has appeared in Denver Quarterly, Columbia Poetry Review, The Greensboro Review, storySouth, ZYZZYVA, Caketrain, and The Southern Poetry Anthology: Georgia, among others. She received her MFA from George Mason University. Alyse is a co-founding editor of Gazing Grain Press and teaches English at Regis University.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

BARED: Contemporary Poetry and Art on Bras and Breasts (Les Figues Press, 2016)

Building Fires in the Snow: An Anthology of Alaskan LGBTQ Short Fiction and Poetry (University of Alaska Press, 2016)

Writers of the Portuguese Diaspora in the United States and Canada: An Anthology (Boavista Press, 2015)

The Southern Poetry Anthology Volume V: Georgia (Texas Review Press, 2012)

Books:

Mega-City Redux (Green Mountains Review Books, 2017)

Copper Mother (Switchback Books, 2016)

Super Mario Bros. 3 (Boss Fight Books, 2016)

Annotated Glass (Furniture Press Books, 2013)

Chapbooks:

Epithalamia (Horse Less Press, 2015)

Alternates (Dancing Girl Press, 2013)

Journals:

Adanna

Adrienne

Alaska Quarterly Review

Alice Blue Review

Avatar Review

Birdfeast

Blood Lotus

Bloom

BOAAT Journal

Bone Bouquet

Boog City

Burntdistrict

Caketrain

Cold Mountain Review

Conclave: A Journal of Character

Construction

Counterexample Poetics

Crate

Cream City Review

Dark Sky Magazine

Denver Quarterly

Diagram

Diode

Drunken Boat

Elimae

Finery

Front Porch

Hayden's Ferry Review

H_NGM_N

Juked

LEVELER Poetry Journal

Loose Change

Minnesota Review

NightBlock

OCHO

OVS Magazine

Painted Bride Quarterly

Paper Darts

Parcel

Portland Review

Puerto del Sol

Redactions

Requited

Revolution House

ROAR Magazine

Sentence

Souvenir

Stillwater Review

Stone Highway Review

storySouth

Sugar Mule

Sunsets and Silencers

Sweet: A Literary Confection

Tapestry

The Fiddleback

The Nassau Review

Used Furniture Review

Weave Magazine

Whiskey Island

Wicked Alice

ZYZZYVA

Prizes won:

Green Mountains Review Poetry Book Prize for Mega-City Redux (2016).
NEH Seminar participant, "Elizabeth and the Literary Archive” (2017).
Artist residencies at Millay Colony (2014), Vermont Studio Center (2012), New York Mills Arts Retreat (2014), and Big Cypress National Park.
Distinguished Alumni Award, George Mason University College of Humanities and Social Sciences (2016).
Alaska Literary Award, Alaska Arts & Culture Foundation (2015).
“Best of the Net” nomination (2015).
Pushcart Prize nomination from Front Porch (2014).
Alaska State Council on the Arts Career Opportunity Grant (2014).
Velvet Park Top 25 Queer Women of 2014.
Finalist, Center for Book Arts Chapbook Contest (2012).
Finalist, Booth Poetry Contest (2012).
First runner-up, Concrete Wolf Chapbook Series (2011).
Honorable Mention, Bethesda Literary Festival Poetry Contest (2011).
Finalist, Lumina Poetry Contest (2011).

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Feminist, LGBTQ

Prefers to work with:

Adults, Children, LGBTQ, Illness/Wellness, Naturalists/Environmentalists, Disability, Seniors, Teachers, Teenagers, Veterans

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Providence, RI

Raised in:

Georgia

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Last update: Aug 02, 2018