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Jane Springer [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Clinton, NY
New York US
Email: 
jspringe@hamilton.edu
Bio: 

Jane Springer's new book, *Murder Ballad* won the 2011 Beatrice Hawley Award and is forthcoming from Alice James Books in May of 2012. She teaches at Hamilton College in upstate New York where she lives with her husband, John Powell, their son Morrison, and their two dogs, Woofus and Georgia.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Born in: 
Lawrenceburg
Prizes won: 

Agha Shahid Ali book prize,
Beatrice Hawley book prize,
Whiting Award,
NEA Fellowship.
Pushcart,
Robert Penn Warren Prize,
AWP Intro Award.

What I'm reading now: 
Quantum Lyrics by A. Van Jordon
The Physics of Imaginary Objects by Tina May Hall
Beautiful County by Robert Wrigley
Chronic by D.A. Powell
Inseminating the Elephant by Lucia Perillo
Prefers to work with: 
Any

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