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Dorie LaRue [1]

Listed as: 
Fiction Writer
Public address: 
Shreveport, LA
Louisiana US
Email: 
dlarue@lsus.edu
Bio: 

Dorie LaRue is the author of a novel, Resurrecting Virgil, by Backwaters Imprint of the University of Nebraska Press; a forthcoming novel, The Trouble With Student Affairs, from Artemis Press; a chapbook of poetry Seeking the Monsters, by New Spirit Press; a full length collection of poetry, Mad Rains by Kelsay Press, and a forthcoming full length collection of poetry, An Enemy in Their Mouths from Finishing Line Press. She recently received second place for Only Visiting This Planet in the West Virginia Writing Awards for 2019. She has attended Bread Loaf Writers’ and Squaw Valley Writers’ workshops. Her fiction and poetry and book reviews have appeared in a variety of journals including, The Southern Review, The Maryland Poetry Review, and The American Poetry Review. She lives in Shreveport, Louisiana, and teaches writing and literature at LSU in Shreveport.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Favorite authors: 
Albert Goldbarth; Joyce Carol Oates
Twitter/X: 
https://twitter.com/DorieLaRue
Born in: 
Winnsboro, LA
Louisiana
Raised in: 
Crowville, LA
Louisiana
Website: 
https://pumpmyprosenpoems.com [2]
Prizes won: 

2019 2nd Place West Virginia Writing Competition for Book Length Unpublished Manuscript Prose: Only Visiting This Planet

What I'm reading now: 
The Moral Life by Louis P. Pojman
Writers Retreats: 
Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
Community of Writers
Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing Summer Writers’ Conference
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Mental Health

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/node/1084489

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/node/1084489 [2] https://pumpmyprosenpoems.com