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Brigitte Byrd [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Atlanta, GA
Georgia US
Email: 
brigittebyrd@gmail.com
Bio: 

Brigitte Byrd grew up in France where she trained as a dancer before migrating to the United States. A transnational poet, she is the author of four books of poems. The HuffPost Contemporary Poetry Reviews called her collection Song of a Living Room “some of the most accomplished prose poems of the last decade.” Professor of English at Clayton State University, she also serves as Associate Editor for Tupelo Quarterly. Brigitte lives in Atlanta. http://www.brigittebyrd.com [2]

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
French
Born in: 
Paris
France
Raised in: 
France
Website: 
https://brigittebyrd.com [3]
Prizes won: 

1st-prize poetry winner of the St. Petersburg (Russia) Summer Literary Seminar 2000 judged by Maxine Chernoff and Paul Hoover.

Education: 
Florida State University
Identifies as: 
European American
Feminist
French
Prefers to work with: 
Any

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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/brigitte_byrd [2] http://www.brigittebyrd.com [3] https://brigittebyrd.com