Cathryn Hankla

Poet, Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Roanoke, VA
Virginia US

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Book:
Lost Places: On Losing and Finding Home (Mercer University Press, 2018)

Fiction

Books:
Fortune Teller Miracle Fish (Michigan State University Press, 2011)
,
A Blue Moon in Poorwater (University of Virginia Press, 1998)

Poetry

Anthology:
Buck & Wing (Shenandoah, 2000)
Books:
Return to a Certain Region of Consciousness: New & Selected Poems (Mercer University Press, 2025)
,
Immortal Stuff (Mercer University Press, 2023)
,
Not Xanadu (Mercer University Press, 2022)
,
Lost Places: On Losing and Finding Home (Mercer University Press, 2018)
,
Galaxies (Mercer University Press, 2017)
,
Last Exposures (Louisiana State University Press, 2004)
,
The Land Between (Baskerville Publishing, 2003)
,
Poems for the Pardoned (Louisiana State University Press, 2002)
,
Texas School Book Depository (Louisiana State University Press, 2000)
,
Negative History (Louisiana State University Press, 1997)
,
Afterimages (Louisiana State University Press, 1991)

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
LGBTQ
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Born in: 
Richlands
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Last update: Mar 11, 2025