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Carolyn Hembree [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
New Orleans, LA
Louisiana US
Email: 
chembree@uno.edu
Bio: 

Carolyn Hembree is the author of three poetry collections: For Today (LSU Press, 2024); Rigging a Chevy into a Time Machine and Other Ways to Escape a Plague (Trio House Press, 2016), winner of the Trio Award and the Rochelle Ratner Memorial Award; and Skinny (Kore Press, 2012).

Her poems appear in Beloit Poetry Journal, Colorado Review, Copper Nickel, Ninth Letter, Poetry Daily, The Southern Review, and other publications. She received a 2016-2017 ATLAS grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents and has also received grants and fellowships from PEN, the Louisiana Division of the Arts, and the Southern Arts Federation.

Carolyn holds an M.F.A in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona and a B.A. in English and Theatre from Birmingham-Southern College. Born in Bristol, Tennessee, she has lived in New Orleans since 2001. An associate professor in the University of New Orleans M.F.A. program, she was awarded the university’s 2017 Excellence in Teaching Award. Carolyn serves as poetry editor of Bayou Magazine.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Favorite authors: 
Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath, Etheridge Knight, CD Wright, Paul Celan, Shakespeare
Twitter/X: 
@CarolynHembree
Born in: 
Bristol, TN
Tennessee
Raised in: 
Birmingham, AL
Alabama
Website: 
https://www.carolynhembree.com [2]
Prizes won: 

2016-2017 ATLAS grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents, 2015 Trio Award for _Rigging a Chevy into a Time Machine and Other Ways to Escape a Plague_, 2015 Rochelle Ratner Memorial Award for _Rigging a Chevy into a Time Machine and Other Ways to Escape a Plague_

Education: 
University of Arizona
What I'm reading now: 
GRACE ENGINE by Joshua Burton
OBLIVION BANJO by Charles Wright
Identifies as: 
American
Southern
Prefers to work with: 
Any

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