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Kathleen Driskell [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
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Public address: 
Louisville, KY
Kentucky US
Email: 
kdriskell@spalding.edu
Bio: 

Award-winning poet and teacher Kathleen Driskell serves as the Associate Program Director of Spalding University’s brief-residency Master of Fine Arts in Writing Program in Louisville, Kentucky, where she is Associate Professor of Creative Writing. In addition to Seed Across Snow, she is the author of one previous book of poetry, Laughing Sickness (in its second printing), and the editor of two anthologies of creative writing. Her poems have appeared in many nationally known literary magazines including North American Review, The Southern Review, and The Greensboro Review. Kathleen lives with her husband and two children in an old country church built before The American Civil War.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Born in: 
Indianapolis
Raised in: 
Kentucky, KY
Kentucky
Website: 
https://kathleendriskell.org [2]
Prizes won: 

Kathleen Driskell has received grants and prizes including awards from the Kentucky Arts Council, Kentucky Foundation for Women, AWP, and Riverstyx.

What I'm reading now: 
Valeria's Last Stand by Marc Fitten
National Anthem by Kevin Prufer
Where a NIckel Costs a Dime by Willie Perdomo
Clay and Star: Contemporary Bulgarian Poets by Lisa Sapinkopf & Georgi Belev (eds.)
Otherwise Obedient by Carol Potter
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any

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