Nancy Owen Nelson

Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Florence, AL
Alabama US

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Anthologies:
Roll: A Collection of Personal Narratives (Telling Our Stories Press, 2012)
,
Private Voices, Public Lives: Women Speak on the Literary Life (University of North Texas Press, 1995)
Books:
Divine Aphasia: A Woman's Search for the Father (Ardent Writer Press, 2021)
,
Searching for Nannie B: Connecting Three Generations of Southern Women (Ardent Writer Press, 2015)
Journals:
Mom Writer’s Literary Journal
,

Poetry

Anthology:
What Wildness is This: Women Write About the Southwest (University of Texas Press, 2007)
Books:
Five Points South: Poems from an Alabama Pilgrimage (Kelsay Books, 2022)
,
Portals: A Memoir in Verse (Kelsay Books, 2019)
,
My Heart Wears No Colors (FutureCycle Press, 2018)
Prizes won: 

Five Points South:  Poems from an Alabama Pilgrimage--Book of the Year, 2022, Alabama State Poetry Society

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Fort Lewis
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Last update: Jul 22, 2024