Muriel Karr

Poet

California US

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Author's Bio

B.A., Reed College - French major, German minor; M.A., Indiana University, French literature. Taught French at Indiana Univ Northwest, Gary; French and German, Univ of Maine, Orono; former Acting Head, Dept of For. Langs., Univ of Maine, Farmington. Attended Napa Valley Writers Conf 1983-86; Community of Writers Poetry Conf [formerly 'Squaw Valley' Writers Conf] 1987, 1988, 2015; Foothill Writers Conf 1989-2001; Blue Flower Arts, Florida 2010; Healing Art of Writing, Dominican Univ 2010.

Publications & Prizes

Books:

Toward Dawn (Bellowing Ark Press, 2002)

Shape of Pear (Bellowing Ark Press, 1996)

Chapbook:

Membrane (BGS Press, 1994)

Prizes won:

Fulbright Scholar; Woodrow Wilson Fellow

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

Bob Hass; Linda Gregg; Montaigne; Boris Vian; Terese Svoboda

What I'm reading now:

The Essential C.D. Wright (2025 Copper Canyon) by C.D. Wright, eds. F Gander & M Wiegers, Blade by Blade (2024 Copper Canyon) by Danusha Laméris, Your Writing Matters (2022 Thinking Ink) by Keiko O'Leary

More Information

Gives readings:

Travels for readings:

Identifies as:

Feminist, French Canadian, Italian American, Scotch-Irish American

Fluent in:

English, French

Born in:

Lowell, MA

Massachusetts

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Last update: Jul 21, 2025