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Lafayette Wattles [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
US
Email: 
lafayette.wattles@gmail.com
Bio: 

“The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the wreck of his whole damn life and one is as good as the other” (Ernest Hemingway). I tend to employ humor while writing about some of the wreck that I have lived or witnessed, but from the perspective of characters who overcome the wreck, who thrive not just in spite of it, but perhaps because of it. My intention with my poetry and my fiction, after all, is to inspire hope.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Favorite authors: 
Harper Lee R.A. Salvatore Mark Twain
Born in: 
Elmira
Raised in: 
Elmira, NY
New York
Website: 
https://lafayettewattles.com [2]
Prizes won: 

Ucross Fellowship, Best of the Net 2008 & 2009 (for poetry), Best in Show Catherine Connelly Award (multiple times), Jesse Stuart Award (for young adult fiction), nominated for Pushcart (three times) . . .

Education: 
Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing at Spalding University
What I'm reading now: 
The Book of Men by Dorianne Laux
Belly Up by Stuart Gibbs
How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr
Identifies as: 
Native American
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any

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