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Caroline Cottom [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Greensboro, NC
North Carolina US
Email: 
aplacetobe1@gmail.com
Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Favorite authors: 
W.S. Merwin, Louise Gluck , Elizabeth Bishop, Anthony Doerr, Pablo Neruda, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Marilynne Robinson, Claudia Rankine, Natasha Tretheway, Jericho Brown, Bill Brown, Ilya Kaminsky, Kim Addonizio, Lise Goett
Born in: 
Memphis, TN
Tennessee
Raised in: 
Geneva, IL
Illinois
Website: 
https://www.carolinecottom.com [2]
Prizes won: 

1st prize, Transitions Abroad personal essay contest, 2007

Winner, The Writer's Center, North Carolina, personal essay contest

What I'm reading now: 
Sight Lines by Arthur Sze
The Narrow Road to the Interior by Kimiko Hahn
Sea Change by Jorie Graham
Writers Retreats: 
Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any

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