Poet
North Amherst,
MA
Massachusetts US
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Publications & Prizes
Anthologies:
12 X 12 (University of Iowa Press, 2009)
, American Hybrid (W. W. Norton & Company, 2009)
, The Best American Poetry 2009 (Scribner, 2009)
, Pushcart Prize Anthology (Pushcart Press, 2005)
, Best American Poetry (Penguin/Putnam, 2003)
Books:
Tolstoy Killed Anna Karenina (Wave Books, 2022)
, in the still of the night (Wave Books, 2018)
, YOU GOOD THING (Wave Books, 2013)
, Selected Poems (Wave Books, 2009)
, Remnants of Hannah (Wave Books, 2006)
, Reverse Rapture (Verse Press, 2005)
, Hat on a Pond (Verse Press, 2002)
, Voyages in English (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2001)
, Our Master Plan (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1999)
, Blue for the Plough (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1992)
, The Book of Knowledge (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1988)
Journals: , ,
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, , , jubilat
, , New American Writing
, Octopus Magazine
, Verse
, Volt
Prizes won:
The Poetry Center Prize for REVERSE RAPTURE
Jerome Shestack Prize for a set of poems in AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW
Lannan Foundation Residency Fellowship
Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Massachusetts Cultural Council
Personal Favorites
What I'm reading now:
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More Information
Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
Identifies as:
Other
Prefers to work with:
Any
Fluent in:
English
Born in:
New Orleans,
LA
Louisiana
Raised in:
Plaquemines Parish,
LA
Louisiana
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Last update: Jan 27, 2026